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  • VA Posts Sources Sought Notice for Software Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Posts Sources Sought Notice for Software Mgmt Platform

    The Department of Veterans Affairs wants information on potential industry sources of a software management platform that can aid VA’s use of the General Services Administration‘s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. VA said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice that proposed software management tools system should be able to provide telecommunications asset management such as ordering, billing, […] More

  • Rolls-Royce to Continue Sustainment Support for Air Force C-130J Propulsion Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce to Continue Sustainment Support for Air Force C-130J Propulsion Systems

    Rolls-Royce has received a $40 million contract modification to continue to help the U.S. Air Force sustain propulsion systems of the service branch’s C-130J transport aircraft fleet. The Defense Department said Monday that Rolls-Royce will provide inventory control point management, sustaining engineering, repair, sustainment and technical data support services under the modification. The Air Force Life Cycle […] More

  • USAID-Inmarsat Partnership Aims to Promote Sustainable Fishing Practices in Southeast Asia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID-Inmarsat Partnership Aims to Promote Sustainable Fishing Practices in Southeast Asia

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has partnered with Inmarsat to help Southeast Asian commercial fishing crews adopt sustainable fishing practices. Inmarsat said Friday the alliance seeks to leverage communications technology to support catch documentation and traceability efforts in the region. USAID’s Oceans and Fisheries Partnership Oceans will also work with Inmarsat to aid communications between crew members of medium […] More

  • Lockheed Secures Air Force F-16 Engineering, Technical Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures Air Force F-16 Engineering, Technical Services Contract

    Lockheed Martin has landed a potential $47.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform engineering and technical services in support of F-16 fighter aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday Lockheed aims to expand the technical expertise of F-16 system maintainers through the contract. Work will occur in Utah, Ohio, Arizona, South Carolina, Bahrain, Pakistan, Chile, Jordan, […] More

  • LinTech to Provide IT Support to DoD Office of Inspector General - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LinTech to Provide IT Support to DoD Office of Inspector General

    LinTech Global has won a potential five-year $48.4 million contract to support information technology functions within the Defense Department‘s Office of the Inspector General. DoD said Monday its education activity received 19 bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive acquisition process. The contract’s base period is valued at $9.5 million and will run through Aug. 31, […] More

  • Knight Point Systems Promotes GovCon Vet Darin Stolte to Service Delivery VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Knight Point Systems Promotes GovCon Vet Darin Stolte to Service Delivery VP

    Darin Stolte, formerly a general manager at Knight Point Systems, has been promoted to vice president of service delivery at the Reston, Virginia-based information technology services contractor. Stolte will oversee contracts staff and general managers as he works to monitor project metrics on a monthly basis and facilitate service delivery across the company’s contracts, Knight […] More

  • DSA Named to Inc. Magazine’s 2017 Fast-Growth Company List; Fran Pierce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DSA Named to Inc. Magazine’s 2017 Fast-Growth Company List; Fran Pierce Comments

    Data Systems Analysts has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of 5,000 U.S. fastest-growing companies for the ninth time. The Trevose, Pennsylvania-based information technology services contractor ranked 3517th on the magazine’s 2017 list and recorded 88 percent in sales growth over a three-year period, DSA said in an Aug. 16 news release. The company also made […] More

  • MCP Named Sole Awardee of GSA BPA to Supply Dell Products to Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MCP Named Sole Awardee of GSA BPA to Supply Dell Products to Agencies

    Millennium Computer Products has been awarded by the General Services Administration a one-year blanket purchase agreement as the sole supplier of Dell hardware to the government. The BPA works to facilitate the government’s purchases of Dell products such as desktops, monitors, laptops and tablets with standard preconfiguration and optional upgrades through a business model designed to lower […] More

  • Teresa Carlson: AWS to Increase Cloud Infrastructure Investment in Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teresa Carlson: AWS to Increase Cloud Infrastructure Investment in Australia

    Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, has said the company’s Australian operations will receive infrastructure upgrades to meet anticipated customer demand, The Australian Financial Review reported Monday. Carlson told the publication that AWS constantly evolves its cloud infrastructure in Australia as part of efforts to “innovate ahead of demand […] More

  • Patriot Shipping to Transport USS Fitzgerald to HII Facility in Mississippi - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patriot Shipping to Transport USS Fitzgerald to HII Facility in Mississippi

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Patriot Shipping a $3.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to transport the damaged guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald to Pascagoula, Mississippi, for repairs. The company will heavy-lift the ship from Yokosuka, Japan, to Pascagoula to undergo repairs by Huntington Ingalls Industries, the Navy said Friday. USS Fitzgerald suffered damages as a result of its collision with […] More

  • Army Wants Info on Financial Mgmt System Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Wants Info on Financial Mgmt System Sources

    The U.S. Army seeks information on industry sources of an integrated information and financial management system that can support the Army headquarters’ G-8 force development directorate and other agencies. The Army said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that the integrated system should feature fiscal programming; budget and execution; and equipment modeling functions to support force modernization […] More

  • Microsoft Unveils Monitoring Tool for Agencies on Azure Government Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils Monitoring Tool for Agencies on Azure Government Cloud

    Microsoft has released a monitoring and analytics tool on the Azure Government cloud environment to help government agencies assess the state and performance of various resources. Tom Keane, head of global infrastructure for Microsoft Azure, said in a blog post published Wednesday that the Azure Monitor platform helps users troubleshoot resources as well as evaluate […] More