Small Business: In Brief

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SRA finds way to watch small biz by the bunch

About 100 small-business subcontractors are working with SRA International Inc. on the large task order contract it holds with the National Institutes of Health called the Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners Innovations contract (CIO-SP2i).

New dawn for GWACs

Billions of dollars are at stake as primes prepare to fight for a spot on 20 governmentwide deals

Micromuse wins Navsea net-centric service management work

Micromuse Inc. won a $15 million subcontract from Eyak Technology Inc. to provide infrastructure service management and assurance for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command transformation project

FirstSource proposal deadline extended again

The Homeland Security Department announced this week that the date that proposals are due for FirstSource, its small-business only contracting vehicle, has been pushed back to Feb. 9.

Cambridge Communications wins Puerto Rico wideband deal

Cambridge Communications Systems Inc. won a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide transmission and telecommunications support in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Line forms for FirstSource

$3B small biz vehicle should be awarded in February

GSA to issue Satcom II solicitation next month

The General Services Administration will issue the request for proposals for its Satcom II contract about Feb. 6, the agency announced Friday.

Business groups team to boost opportunities for women entrepreneurs

To promote more opportunities for women entrepreneurs, Women Impacting Public Policy, a leading women's business advocacy group, is teaming with the American Small Business Coalition.

Pragmatics to support Justice automated booking system

Pragmatics Inc. won a $4 million task order from the Justice Department to provide systems engineering, design and development for the system that helps federal law enforcement agencies electronically book, identify and share data about people in federal custody.

Due date for FirstSource proposals moves back

Proposals pushed back until Jan. 23 for huge small-business contract.

Protest cycle continues for FedBizOpps

Development InfoStructure Corp. of Arlington, Va., once again is protesting the General Services Administration's award of the contract to run the government procurement portal to Symplicity Corp. of Arlington, Va.

Velazquez admonishes Congress, SBA to do more for small biz

With many small businesses still reeling from a string of hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, Democrats on the House Small Business Committee today released a midyear evaluation of congressional efforts to aid such companies.

ASD lands $405 million Army information systems deal

Advanced Systems Development Inc. won a 10-year, $405 million contract to provide IT solutions for the U.S. Army's Command Information Management System.

SBA adjusts size standards for inflation

Almost 12,000 companies will be re-classified as small businesses after a move by the Small Business Administration to factor three and one-half years of inflation into its monetary-based size standards.

Report: Minority businesses need greater access to capital

Minority-owned businesses are thriving despite limited access to venture capital, loans and the federal marketplace, according to a report released this week by the ranking Democrat on the House Small Business Committee.

EES wins $1 billion DOE IT consolidation deal

Energy Enterprise Solutions LLC won a $1 billion competitive sourcing contract from the Energy Department to provide consolidated IT services?one of the largest federal IT services contracts ever awarded to a small business.

Small businesses win big bucks on NetCents

In just one year, the Network-Centric Solutions program has brought a windfall of $429.7 million to the eight prime contractors allowed to bid on the work.

Small Business Index numbers fall to 8-year low

High health care and energy costs coupled with the regional devastation caused by recent hurricanes are creating a poor climate for small business growth, according to a study released today by the House Committee on Small Business.

IRS awards TIPSS-3 contracts

The IRS has awarded Total Information Processing Support Services-3 contracts to 21 vendors. The contracts are valued at up to $3 billion over five years.