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  • Onvia Report Shows 2Q Decline on State, Local, Educational Procurements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Onvia Report Shows 2Q Decline on State, Local, Educational Procurements

    An Onvia study has revealed nationwide state, local and educational procurements including bids and requests-for-proposals has declined by 1.4 percent in the second quarter of 2016 from Q2 of 2015. Onvia said Thursday its “State & Local Procurement Snapshot for Q2 2016” report showed the year’s first half showed an 0.6 percent increase compared to the same period in 2015. “Onvia […] More

  • Army to Seek Industry Partners for Military Protective Eyewear R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Seek Industry Partners for Military Protective Eyewear R&D

    The U.S. Army plans to issue a solicitation for the research and development of eye protection technology for military personnel. A pre-solicitation notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps stated the Army Contracting Command is scheduled to issue a formal request for bids on the Next Generation Eye Protection project by Aug. 3 and could award multiple firm-fixed-price contracts with a 12-month period […] More

  • ProSol Associates to Provide Curriculum Services for Marine Corps Communication Electronic School - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ProSol Associates to Provide Curriculum Services for Marine Corps Communication Electronic School

    ProSol Associates has won a potential five-year, $23 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide curriculum services for the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Communication Electronics School. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers course instruction for approximately 57 information technology software programs, certification testing conducted by test administrators and curricula development and management. Work will occur at […] More

  • Northrop to Help Army Develop, Maintain Global Combat Support IT System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help Army Develop, Maintain Global Combat Support IT System

    The U.S. Army has awarded a $21 million contract modification to Northrop Grumman to build an enterprise resource planning system for the service branch to manage tactical logistics and financial management functions. The Defense Department said Thursday Northrop will develop, sustain, field and maintain the Global Support System-Army. Army Contracting Command will obligate $1.4 million from fiscal 2014 to […] More

  • Draken Intl Deploys 6 A-4 Skyhawks for USAF Air Education and Training Command - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Draken Intl Deploys 6 A-4 Skyhawks for USAF Air Education and Training Command

    Draken International has deployed six A-4 Skyhawks with 28 pilots and maintainers from Nellis Air Force Base in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s Air Education and Training Command’s exercises. The company said Wednesday it flew 36 sorties for the Air Force’s F-16 requalification training at the Luke Air Force Base and AETC’s F-35 coalition instructor pilot training to deliver Red […] More

  • Michael Fallon: UK Wants DoD to Finalize Procurement Deal for Lockheed’s F-35s - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Fallon: UK Wants DoD to Finalize Procurement Deal for Lockheed’s F-35s

    Michael Fallon, U.K. defense minister, has said the U.K. has called on the U.S. Defense Department to finalize and approve the former country’s request to procure 138 Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft under two contracts worth approximately $15 billion, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Anthony Capaccio writes the contracts include the potential sale of nine Lockheed’s F-35B short-takeoff […] More

  • GSA Solicits Proposals for New US Courthouse Site in Des Moines, Iowa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Solicits Proposals for New US Courthouse Site in Des Moines, Iowa

    The General Services Administration seeks proposals on a Des Moines, Iowa-based site where a new U.S. courthouse could be built to replace a courthouse in downtown Des Moines and a leased courthouse annex. GSA said Wednesday the $136.6 million it plans to allocate for the new facility will go to the acquisition, design and construction of the new facility, which will house nine […] More

  • Army Taps Georgia Tech Applied Research for Technical Support to Natl Ground Intell Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Georgia Tech Applied Research for Technical Support to Natl Ground Intell Center

    The Georgia Institute of Technology’s applied research organization has secured a five-year, $35 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide offsite technical support for the foreign materiel division of the National Ground Intelligence Center. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. will analyze and exploit foreign military hardware in an effort to help the NGIC’s foreign materiel division access intelligence and […] More

  • CH2M to Provide Engineering Services for Federal Lands Highway Program; Bill Lang Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M to Provide Engineering Services for Federal Lands Highway Program; Bill Lang Comments

    CH2M has received an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Federal Highway Administration to provide architect-engineer services to the federal lands highway program. The award represents the company’s sixth general engineering IDIQ contract and complements the 300 previous task orders CH2M performed in rural areas such as the Lake Tahoe Program of Projects in California and Nevada, the […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Acquisition App Store Ideas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Acquisition App Store Ideas

    The U.S. Air Force has released a sources sought notice to gather information from potential vendors that can offer technical support, system analysis, design, development, operations and maintenance services for the military branch’s Acquisition App Store program. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday stated the AAS program aims to provide a service-oriented architecture platform for the contracting community to build, discover and execute acquisition processes and applications. […] More

  • DHS, CBP to Hold Industry Day for Small UAS & Airport Passenger Processing Startups - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, CBP to Hold Industry Day for Small UAS & Airport Passenger Processing Startups

    The Department of Homeland Security will hold an industry day on July 29 to foster partnerships between the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and startup firms and investors in the fields of small unmanned aircraft systems and airport passenger processing. DHS said Tuesday the event aims to inform organizations and professionals on research and development opportunities under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program. […] More

  • DynCorp Passes Private Security Company Mgmt Systems Standards; Leonard Moss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Passes Private Security Company Mgmt Systems Standards; Leonard Moss Comments

    DynCorp International has achieved a private security company management systems certification conducted by independent auditing firm MSS Global. The certification builds on the company’s compliance with the ISO 18788 standards for security operations management systems, DynCorp said Tuesday. “The PSC.1 Standard, established by the U.S. Congress, requires any company providing security services to meet high standards for […] More