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  • SBA: Federal Agencies Awarded 27% of Fiscal 2021 Contracting Dollars to Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBA: Federal Agencies Awarded 27% of Fiscal 2021 Contracting Dollars to Small Businesses

    The federal government got an “A” on the governmentwide scorecard for exceeding its small business contracting goal of 23 percent in fiscal year 2021 by awarding $154.2 billion or 27.2 percent of total contract dollars to small enterprises. The Small Business Administration said Tuesday the federal contract funds awarded to small businesses reflect an increase […] More

  • SBA Announces Proposed Rule for Veterans Certification Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBA Announces Proposed Rule for Veterans Certification Program

    The Small Business Administration is seeking industry insights on its proposed rule to develop a certification program for veteran-owned small businesses looking to pursue contract opportunities across the federal government. In a notice published in the Federal Register, SBA said the new governmentwide certification program would replace the existing self-certification process for small businesses seeking […] More

  • Parsons Gets Recognition for Teaming Efforts With Veteran-Owned Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Gets Recognition for Teaming Efforts With Veteran-Owned Businesses

    Parsons has received the National Veteran Small Business Coalition’s Champion of Veteran Enterprise Award for collaborating with veteran-owned and service-disabled, veteran-owned companies to support federal projects. The company said Wednesday it surpassed the government’s SDVOSB contracting goal of 3 percent in 2017 by awarding 10 percent of subcontractor dollars to businesses that fall under that group. The Pasadena, […] More

  • SAIC Holds Networking Event for Veteran-Owned Firms; Jim Scanlon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Holds Networking Event for Veteran-Owned Firms; Jim Scanlon Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. brought together multiple veteran-owned companies at a networking session in an effort to help small businesses identify potential teaming opportunities with the Reston, Va.-based government technology services contractor. Representatives from more than 60 small businesses attended the event and pitched various offerings for the public sector, SAIC said Friday. “SAIC’s partnership with the […] More

  • Katrina McFarland, Sehlke Advisory Board Member, to Speak at NPS Acquisition Research Symposium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Katrina McFarland, Sehlke Advisory Board Member, to Speak at NPS Acquisition Research Symposium

    Katrina McFarland, a member of Sehlke Consulting‘s board of advisers and president at Blue Oryx, will participate in a panel discussion on government acquisition reform at an upcoming Naval Postgraduate School event in Monterey, California. Sehlke said McFarland will speak at NPS’ 15th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium on May 10 along with David Berteau, president and […] More

  • ProSol Wins DISA Contract for Distributed Tactical Comm System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ProSol Wins DISA Contract for Distributed Tactical Comm System Support

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Professional Solutions1 a potential five-year, $48 million contract to provide global logistical services management support for DISA’s Distributed Tactical Communication System. ProSol will also deploy field service representatives to support the Defense Department‘s Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service Gateway program under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, DoD said Friday. The Defense Information Technology Contracting […] More

  • Sehlke Consulting Included in 2017 Inc. 5000 List of 'Fastest-Growing' Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sehlke Consulting Included in 2017 Inc. 5000 List of ‘Fastest-Growing’ Companies

    Professional services firm Sehlke Consulting has been named in Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 “fastest-growing” U.S. companies for 2017, with a recorded 2016 revenue of $6.9 million and three-year growth rate of 1,371 percent. The service-disabled, veteran-owned small business based in Arlington, Virginia, is placed at No. 319 in the 2017 Inc. 5000 ranking, No. 25 […] More

  • VA Seeks Proposals for Game-Based Training IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Seeks Proposals for Game-Based Training IDIQ

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for proposals for a potential five-year contract to provide gaming training products for the Veterans Health Administration. VA said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Dec. 21 the Serious Educational Game Solutions contract will be a set-aside program for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses and will include consulting support […] More

  • VA Verifies Worldwide Counter Threat Solutions as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Verifies Worldwide Counter Threat Solutions as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has verified Worldwide Counter Threat Solutions, formerly known as Allen Vanguard Counter-Threat Solutions, as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business. WCTS said Thursday the verification makes the company eligible to utilize the Veterans First Contracting Program that works to prioritize SDVOSBs in VA contract awards. VA programs under the Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business […] More

  • Academy Medical to Offer Rennova Health Services to Federal Government Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Academy Medical to Offer Rennova Health Services to Federal Government Market

    Rennova Health has entered into an agreement with service-disabled veteran-owned small business Academy Medical to offer the former’s laboratory services to U.S. federal government clients such as the Department of Veterans Affairs. The agreement establishes Rennova’s Riviera Beach Laboratory as an exclusive federal government business channel partner to Academy Medical, Rennova said Thursday. The diagnostics software company added that […] More

  • Avwatch Appoints Homeland Security, Disaster Recovery Vet Larry Gagliano as Field Operations Specialist - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avwatch Appoints Homeland Security, Disaster Recovery Vet Larry Gagliano as Field Operations Specialist

    Avwatch has appointed Larry Gagliano, formerly Alpha Omega Change Engineering‘s director of domestic operations and airborne networking, as a field operations specialist based in Washington. Gagliano has worked in the homeland security and disaster recovery industry for nearly 25 years and has handled National Reconnaissance Office programs at Rockwell Collins and systems engineering at BAE Systems, Avwatch said […] More

  • GSA Schedules RFP Release for Veterans Tech Services 2 Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Schedules RFP Release for Veterans Tech Services 2 Contract Vehicle

    The General Services Administration plans to issue a request for proposals on the potential 10-year Veterans Technology Services 2 contract vehicle April 21. GSA said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Tuesday the VETS 2 contract will cover information technology products and support services for federal agencies and will be a set-aside program for service-disabled, […] More