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  • KaBOOM to Install Play Equipment at VA Medical Centers, Fisher Houses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KaBOOM to Install Play Equipment at VA Medical Centers, Fisher Houses

    Nonprofit organization KaBOOM has entered into a partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide play equipment such as Imagination Playground and Rigamajigs to VA medical centers and Fisher Houses nationwide. CarMax, KaBOOM’s corporate sponsor for the initiative, will help install four playgrounds and award 30 grants for Imagination Playgrounds and Rigamajigs in efforts to accommodate children of veteran families visiting the […] More

  • Munro Enterprises to Resell Skyline's Medical Fluid Disposal Tech in Federal Healthcare Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Munro Enterprises to Resell Skyline’s Medical Fluid Disposal Tech in Federal Healthcare Sector

    Munro Enterprises will market and distribute a Skyline Medical-built automated  fluid disposal system to government-run healthcare facilities under a reseller agreement. The deal gives Munro exclusive rights to offer Skyline’s Streamway medical technology to potential federal customers such as the departments of Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and Defense, Skyline Medical said Friday. Dave Johnson, chief operating officer of Skyline Medical, said […] More

  • Helomics Lands VA Contract For Tumor Profiling Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Helomics Lands VA Contract For Tumor Profiling Test

    Helomics has secured a Federal Supply Schedule contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide access to the ChemoFx tumor profiling test for all government healthcare facilities. The Pittsburgh-based personalized healthcare company said Thursday ChemoFx is designed to supply tumor-specific information for clinicians to identify suitable chemotherapies and drugs for patients with tumor. Helomics President and CEO Neil Campbell said the test uses live […] More

  • VA, Nonprofit LeanIn.Org Forge Women Veterans Support Alliance; Ashley Finch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA, Nonprofit LeanIn.Org Forge Women Veterans Support Alliance; Ashley Finch Comments

    The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Center for Women Veterans and nonprofit organization LeanIn.Org have formed a partnership in an effort to provide support to women veterans. The LeanIn.Org Women Veterans’ chapter initiative consists of pilot programs, where women veterans will participate in peer-to-peer meetings and share leadership skills with fellow women veterans and non-military members, VA […] More

  • VA Posts RFI on Predictive Modeling, Analytical Services for Veterans Benefits Administration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Posts RFI on Predictive Modeling, Analytical Services for Veterans Benefits Administration

    The Department of Veterans Affairs looks to acquire predictive and simulation modeling, database assimilation, econometric and analytical consulting services as part of an effort to help improve benefits and service delivery to current and former U.S. military personnel and their family members. The VA said in request for information posted Monday on FedBizOpps the Veterans Benefits Administration aims to implement a quantitative system to predict  benefits […] More

  • Vencore Receives 'Virginia Values Veterans' Accreditation; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Receives ‘Virginia Values Veterans’ Accreditation; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has received a Virginia Values Veterans certification from the state’s Department of Veterans Services. The Chantilly, Virginia-based government contractor said Tuesday it looks to hire 1,800 veterans and family members by fiscal year 2020. The accreditation recognizes companies that have publicly committed to hire and retain veterans, conduct a year-long training program and submit an organizational veteran hiring plan that contains strategy and […] More

  • VA Issues Dark Web Searching Software RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Issues Dark Web Searching Software RFI

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is requesting information on commercial software that could be used to search exploited agency data on a dark Web site. In a FedBizOpps notice published Thursday, the VA said it is interested in technology that will employ an encrypted data hash or a pattern matching tool to scan the dark Web for VA-sourced data […] More

  • Ad Hoc Team to Build, Secure Consolidated VA Services Website - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ad Hoc Team to Build, Secure Consolidated VA Services Website

    Silver Spring, Maryland-based software engineering company Ad Hoc LLC will collaborate with three other technology companies to help the Department of Veterans Affairs design, build and maintain an online portal of various agency services under a $12.9 million contract. The contract also covers website application development, content creation, identity authentication and testing services, the department said in a FedBizOpps […] More

  • AWS Allots Funds for Cloud Training to 10K Transitioning Soldiers, Spouses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Allots Funds for Cloud Training to 10K Transitioning Soldiers, Spouses

    Amazon has pledged at least $7 million in funds for 10,000 service members, veterans and military spouses to participate in its Amazon Web Services training program. The company will offer cloud computing training services in an effort to assist veterans in their transition to the civilian workforce as well as develop skills to meet job requirements in the […] More

  • CACI to Offer IT Modernization Support Through VA T4NG Contract; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Offer IT Modernization Support Through VA T4NG Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International seeks to support the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ information technology modernization efforts under the 10-year, $22.3 billion Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation multiple-award contract. The company said Wednesday the 10-year contract aims to support a VA-wide total IT modernization program and represents work as part of its health market portfolio. CACI added it will offer enterprise IT network support, […] More

  • Joni Fernbaugh Joins Noblis as Business Dev't Director; Pat Brosey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joni Fernbaugh Joins Noblis as Business Dev’t Director; Pat Brosey Comments

    Joni Fernbaugh, formerly director of strategic and clinical programs at IMS Health, has been named director of business development at Noblis. Fernbaugh will also serve as a subject matter expert for the nonprofit science and technology organization’s health innovation-related missions, Noblis said March 7. “Her practical experience managing oversight of federal health strategic planning and operations […] More