Contracts

Army extends MAPS deadline on same day proposals were due

More companies file protests as the Army amends its solicitation and pushes the deadline for bids to May 20.

Contracts

HHS to rework $1B legal services contract after protests

Acacia Center for Justice and ICF challenged invoicing terms, background check requirements and a rule ending representation when unaccompanied migrant children turn 18.

Companies

How ICF views its return to federal growth

In talking with Wall Street, CEO John Wasson also explains how commercial energy has been a bright spot for the company.

Companies

Operations, tech and talent leadership moves across the market

Also included in this listing: one of the market's most active investors makes a series of promotions in its senior ranks.

Companies

ICF holds to its 2025 outlook as shutdown drags on

In talking with Wall Street, CEO John Wasson describes technology modernization efforts as continuing and programmatic work as more impacted at its largest federal client.

Companies

ICF details C-level leadership appointments amid CFO's pending retirement

Barry Broadus will retire from ICF on March 1 and James Morgan is slated to become chief operating and financial officer, while Anne Choate is being promoted to president.

Podcasts

WT 360: ICF’s pillars for its technology modernization outlook and approach

David Birken, senior vice president for digital modernization and experience at ICF, joins to go over some keys for mapping technology implementations to workforce trends and what customer delivery looks like in today’s landscape.

Companies

How ICF used its own AI toolset before taking it to market

Agencies increasingly want to see proof points of how these technologies work before using them, which was on the company's mind as it built out the suite.

Companies

How consulting firms acquire to iterate, and sometimes reinvent themselves

The intersection of consulting, integration and implementation is on full display when looking at our 2024 roundup of mergers and acquisitions. So too are the preceding years.

Companies

International and growth leadership moves across the market

Plus a group that advocates for commercial tech companies brings in its new leader and a former GovCon CEO steps down from a board chairman role he held for three years.

Companies

ICF lays out the risks, opportunities from Trump's push for cuts

The company has quantified the risks from actions like stop-work orders and contract terminations, but is also looking at the tech business as where some opportunity exists.

Contracts

Library of Congress tries again at $450M agile development vehicle awards

The agency sticks with the original number of eight awardees, but the mix is different following a re-evaluation of bids.

Companies

ICF acquires Applied Energy group as grid demand spikes

This purchase is taking place amid a "once-in-a-lifetime transition" to a new distributed energy landscape, as ICF's chief executive John Wasson tells us.

Companies

Science, tech and operations leadership moves across the market

Our final roundup of key executive promotions and hires for 2024 involves a bit of foreshadowing for one company in the upper quadrant of our Top 100.

Companies

Space, finance and talent leadership leadership moves across the market

Two of the government market's most notable publicly-traded companies also announce the newest members of their boards of directors.

Companies

ICF hires former Labcorp exec to lead corporate development

Dr. Eric Hakimov will work with other senior ICF leaders on investments and strategies across its key growth markets.

Companies

How workforce priorities shape ICF's modernization strategy

Two big pieces of that approach involve the training and equipping of government employees, plus ICF giving its own people a safe space to try out new tools.

Companies

Talent, growth and financial leadership moves across the market

A promotion focused on digital modernization also features, plus one of the government's main launch providers hires an auto sector veteran to lead operations.

Contracts

Lack of detail sunk ICF’s bid for $308M GSA contract

A newly-released bid protest decision explains how General Dynamics IT got chosen for the work instead.

Contracts

General Dynamics IT cleared to proceed on $308M GSA award

The General Services Administration fends off a protest against its choice of GDIT for the five-year task order to modernize the agency's assisted acquisition tool.