Robbins-Gioia wins USDA training work

Robbins-Gioia LLC has won a one-year contract to train Agriculture Department personnel in program management.

ACS wins Massachusetts outsourcing contract

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a business process outsourcing contract to provide student loan processing services for the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education.

Report: USPS should drop e-commerce

Commission says private sector ahead in e-commerce services; suggests Postal Service consider outsourcing IT management, other tasks.

Lockheed Martin team wins $50 million Air Force work

A team led by Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md., has won a contract worth up to $50 million to help the Air Force develop a networked command and control system.

Army battlefield net development begins

The Army has begun the development and demonstration phase of its $10 billion Warfighter Information Network-Tactical project.

Small companies get White Sands computer contract

Small-business contract supports computer systems at Army's New Mexico test range.<br>

Defense Dept. puts Iraq mobile telecom up for bids

Iraq's Coalition Provisional Authority will award three 24-month contracts for regional mobile phone licenses by early September, a Defense Department official said today.

MMIS re-bid

Rhode Island Human Services Department is rebidding its Medicaid management information system fiscal agent contract. The incumbent contractor is Electronic Data Systems Corp., Plano, Texas. The new contract will have only a few additions and refinements and is worth $36 million. An RFP is expected in August.

Councils set data elements

Data elements agencies will use in a new online directory of governmentwide acquisition contracts were published July 24 in the Federal Register.

IT security to be added to FAR

The General Services Administration is drafting a new acquisition regulation to integrate security into IT buys.

Navy display systems

The Naval Sea Systems Command wants a contractor to manufacture and support new display systems, including next-generation workstations and the Littoral Combat System. The contract will have five production years and five award-term years. A draft RFP is expected during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, and will be available for download at www.eps.gov and www.neco.navy.mil. More information can be found on fedbizopps.gov, solicitation no. N0002403R6312.

Records management support

The Patent and Trademark Office needs support services for data quality and records management initiatives, application processing and examination functions, management and administrative systems and information dissemination. The contract is for one year with four one-year options. This is a small business set-aside opportunity. The RFP can be found at www.uspto.gov/<BR>

Small business gets help

The General Services Administration and the Small Business Administration are fixing government databases that incorrectly classify many large federal contractors as small businesses.

Contract roundup

Accela Inc., Dublin, Calif., won a $4 million contract from Dade County, Fla., to provide software and support to the county's Department of Environmental Resources Management.

Team wins $2.7 billion contract

A joint venture of Computer Sciences Corp., El Segundo, Calif., Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Pasadena, Calif., and General Physics Corp., Elkridge, Md., has won a contract worth up to $2.7 billion to support an Air Force flight testing center.

Small biz gets big AF contract

The Air Force Space Command's 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., awarded the $429 million Western Range Operations Communications and Information contract to InDyne Inc. It is one of the largest federal IT contracts ever for a small business.

DISA awards $1.5B contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded 11 companies space on a contract to provide information assurance products and services.

Maximus inks health services deal

Maximus Inc. signed a $418.4 million contract with the California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board to provide services and support to two key health services programs.

Team wins $2.7 billion Air Force deal

A joint venture of Computer Sciences Corp., Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., and General Physics Corp. has won a contract worth up to $2.7 billion to support an Air Force flight testing center.

Homeland Security extends smart-card deal for 10 years

Datatrac Information Services Inc. will continue to provide services to the Homeland Security Department under the Integrated Card Production System contract.