Catapult Technology Ltd. has won program management support contracts from the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation that have a combined value of $5.1 million.
K4 Solutions Inc. will assist the Health and Human Services Department in processing scholarship and other applications under a five-year contract worth $9 million.
The Homeland Security Department's PACTS contract should open more opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned companies as they gain experience and trust with government customers.
NASA awards contracts to 126 small businesses worth $91 million for research projects in areas including technology to monitor the health of space crews and transmitters for deep space communications.
As of Oct. 2, the government overall has awarded 26 percent of the economic stimulus law's funds to contracts for small businesses, an estimated $4 billion.
Under a House bill, small businesses that have outgrown that status because of a government contract could have some cushioning when a contract is again competed.
The acquisition landscape has been changing in the past several years, and now lawmakers and regulators are working on writing stricter rules and setting new precedents.
A number of federal agencies are proceeding with insourcing efforts even though they haven't conducted performance or cost analysis of the benefits or offered a strategic vision of the agency’s workforce composition.
In a governmentwide plan for more outreach to small firms, Commerce Department and Small Business Administration officials plan to take part in more than 200 industry events by mid-October.
The 2009 Washington Technology annual report on small business comprises Fast 50 profiles and rankings, top 25 8(a) small businesses, and the top Alaska Native Corporations and tribally owned small businesses.
