Contracts

January's 20 most talked-about contract opportunities

GovTribe's most recent analysis of its website traffic highlights these competitions as of heightened interest for contractors.

Companies

Applied Insight builds national security footprint through acquisition

The relationship with Zavda started out as a traditional type, evolved into partners in a joint venture and is now a business combination.

Companies

Inside General Dynamics IT's 'Digital Accelerators' initiative

The company's strategy for focusing on some of the federal market's hottest technology priorities helped net close to $2 billion in contract awards for 2023.

Companies

Education withholds payments from student loan servicers

The department says Maximus' Aidvantage subsidiary, EdFinancial and Nelnet are not sending timely and accurate statements to borrowers.

Companies

Paul Lombardi dies at 82

The former DynCorp CEO leaves a wide-reaching legacy as a business leader, friend, mentor and family-centric man.

Opinion

Five things to remember about CMMC

The draft rule for how government contractors will protect their customers' information is long and defense as it was two years in the making, but here are five things to keep in mind in putting together your comments.

Contracts

DISA developing contract to modernize messaging systems

The Defense Information Systems Agency wants small businesses to provide the work if they can provide the updated capabilities DISA needs.

Contracts

Battle renews over $356M Veterans Affairs records contract

General Dynamics IT has now twice won the contract for file conversion and indexing after an initial victory by GovCIO.

Contracts

DOD plans four-phase roll out of CMMC

The Defense Department expects companies will need two years to be fully compliant with this new standard for protecting information on their systems.

Opinion

UPDATE: CMMC's proposed rule is published

After much anticipation, the proposed new standard for the defense industrial base's overall cyber posture is available for download now.

Contracts

L3Harris loses bid for $500M NASA satellite contract

The Government Accountability Office rejects all arguments over the award that went to Ball Aerospace.

Contracts

Navy kicks off work on training contract

The service branch wants a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business to support enterprise-wide training.

Companies

Carlyle, Insight Partners back supply chain software provider

Exiger will use the financial support of its new majority owners to invest more in the development of its artificial intelligence offerings and push to expand the customer base.

Contracts

ANC firms continue battle over $110M Army base support contract

The Army sided with one of the two Alaska Native Corporations vying for the work, but the service branch's pick was declared unfair.

Contracts

CISA details search for cloud-enabled machine learning

The Homeland Security Department's lead cyber agency wants access to more than one cloud computing platform as a way to test and develop machine learning capabilities.

Podcasts

WT 360: The drivers of M&A in 2023 and what lies ahead

Jean Stack, co-lead of the investment bank Baird's government market practice, reviews what the merger-and-acquisition landscape looked like in 2023 and how it is shaping up for 2024.

Companies

Serco's U.S. subsidiary wins $84M Air Force analytical support contract

Serco Inc. will support air operations in Southwest Asia for the next five-and-a-half-years.

Contracts

SAIC levels OCI claim in fight for $193M Army award

Science Applications International Corp. is claiming that Peraton has an organizational conflict-of-interest that should mean disqualification from the competition.

Companies

Nokia builds U.S. defense business with new acquisition

The global telecommunications company is bringing in new capabilities that work to create a so-called "Battlefield of Things" ecosystem.

Podcasts

WT 360: An initial glimpse at 2024's GovCon budget and policy landscape

David Berteau, CEO of the Professional Services Council, highlights key signposts for government contractors to watch with 2024 just around the corner. Those include upcoming federal funding deadlines and the emerging CMMC cyber standard poised to change the entire GovCon ecosystem.