Harris Corp. will continue to provide technical assistance to the Air Force under a two-year, $15 million follow-on award under the Network-Centric Solutions contract.
The company will provide engineering and technical services to the Navy under a five-year, $24 million follow-on award at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division.
Accenture has won a five-year, $6.3 million contract to assist the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command’s efforts to modernize its ships with mission-critical systems.
Apptis Inc. will provide software and solutions engineering services to the State Department under a two-year Security Information Management System contract worth $8 million.
CGI Federal Inc. will provide a range of technology services to two federal organizations, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Architect of the Capitol, for a combined value of $41 million.
Computer Sciences Corp., General Dynamics Information Technology and Sparta are named to the five-year Missile Defense Agency infrastructure and deployment services contract and will compete for $565 million in task orders.
L-3 Services Group is providing engineering and technical support to the Navy under a $17.4 million contract, according to a Defense Department announcement.
The FBI releases the names of the 46 vendors that recently qualified to compete for task orders over the next year under the $30 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services contract.
46 contractors will compete for task orders under the FBI’s eight-year, $30 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services contract, known as IT Triple S.
Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a $65 million information technology task order from the Air Force that marks 20 years of the defense company’s IT support to the military branch.
CACI International Inc. will develop an electronic health care database for the Veterans Affairs Department through a General Services Administration Schedule 70 blanket purchase agreement worth $91 million over five years.
The industry group is calling on the Office of Management and Budget, government agencies and government contractors to take steps to improve collaboration, risk management and program management and make wider use of agile development techniques.
Unisys Corp. will build an advanced identification system for people and vehicles entering and exiting the United States across the borders with Mexico and Canada under a five-year Land Border Integration contract from U.S. Customs and Border Protection that has a ceiling value of $350 million over five years.
Should program managers--the professionals who are best-suited to provide a results-oriented, front-line perspective on the features of the system as it is developed and released--work with program offices, or in IT shops? Blogger Steve Kelman ponders the question.
