Thomas Liguori, formerly chief financial officer of semiconductor manufacturing company Advanced Energy Industries, has been named CFO of electronic components distributor Avnet in a move slated to take effect Jan. 29. He will succeed Ken Jacobson, who has served as Avnet’s CFO on an interim basis since August, and will rep...
Weekly Roundup December 18 – December 22 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This month there was a significant amount of year-end contract activity in the GovCon marketplace. Foreign nations announced their intent to purchase military vehicles and the commencement o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 19, 2017 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has awarded a contract to EY for the latter to provide financial auditing services for SAIC’s fiscal year ending Feb. 1, 2019, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. SAIC said Friday the audit committee within its board of directors selected EY ...
The General Services Administration has awarded 61 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $50 billion governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology products and services. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the award is for the unrestricted portion of the Alliant 2 GWAC that has a base term of five years and five...
Five companies have won potential five-year contracts worth up to $188.8 million combined for professional services to the commander of the Navy Installation Command. The Defense Department said Thursday each indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a base ordering period of 36 months along with an optional 24-month orderi...
Speedcast International has signed a definitive agreement for a potential $100 million acquisition of UltiSat in efforts to establish a new government division and build on existing remote communications offerings to the public sector. Speedcast said Sunday the pending transaction with the U.S. government contractor is anticipated to ...
Weekly Roundup June 26 – June 30 2017 A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week we saw the unveiling of the House Armed Services Committee™s $696.5 billion defense authorization bill. The draft, titled 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), was revealed on the 26th and asks for $28.5 billion more than ...
Weekly Roundup June 19 – June 23 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Although the phrase œSpace Race brings to mind the Cold War-era struggle between the United States and Soviet Union for supremacy in spaceflight capabilities, it may begin to develop ...
Weekly Roundup June 5 – June 9 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This past Wednesday, President Trump brought attention to his plan to overhaul the crumbling infrastructure of the U.S. During a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump called for bipartisan coope...
Eight companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $495.7 million contract to provide support services for a range of U.S. Army programs and systems. The Defense Department said Monday task orders encompass project, program and portfolio management; financial management; life cycle logistics; systems engineering; business analyti...
