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  • Calibre Enters Partnership With Triple-i for Veterans Affairs IT Services IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Calibre Enters Partnership With Triple-i for Veterans Affairs IT Services IDIQ

    Calibre has partnered with Information Innovators Inc. to offer a range of information technology and project management services under the Department of Veteran Affairs‘ Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation contract vehicle. Alexandria, Virginia-based Calibre said Friday it will work to support Triple-i’s position as a prime contractor for the VA’s T4NG vehicle that covers work in areas […] More

  • Underwriters Laboratories, VA Dept Sign Cooperative Medical Device Cyber R&D Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Underwriters Laboratories, VA Dept Sign Cooperative Medical Device Cyber R&D Agreement

    Global safety consulting and certification science organization Underwriters Laboratories and the Department of Veterans Affairs have signed a cooperative research-and-development agreement to help create cybersecurity standards and certification approaches for medical devices. UL said Friday the CRADA project will cover veterans’ patient safety and security work through the organization’s Cybersecurity Assurance Program and modify existing and emerging standards and […] More

  • 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 Taps Philips for Ambient Assisted Living Tech Research Grant; Hans-Aloys Wischmann Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Taps Philips for Ambient Assisted Living Tech Research Grant; Hans-Aloys Wischmann Comments

    Royal Philips has secured grant funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs to explore location-aware assisted technologies for the VA as part of an effort to aid veterans with mild cognitive impairments. The company said Thursday it will research an ambient assisted living technology that equips traditional homes with sensors, actuators, interfaces and artificial intelligence to help address veterans’ […] 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

  • 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