Government contracting mergers and acquisitions deals are on the upswing after a year and a half of slow progress. That was one of the resounding themes of the 6th Annual Government and Defense Conference, hosted by Robert W. Baird & Co., at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner on Wednesday. Baird Managing Director and Wash100 Award winner&...
The U.S. Air Force plans to increase the ceiling amount of a potential eight-year, $2.6 billion contract for global engineering and construction support services by approximately $1.8 billion. Raising the ceiling value of the Worldwide Engineering and Construction indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to $4.4 billion will cover the remain...
The U.S. Air Force plans to increase the ceiling value of a potential $6.4 billion multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract used to acquire natural disaster recovery, contingency and humanitarian support services to $15 billion. Increasing the ceiling amount of the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program V IDIQ contract will ...
NASA is soliciting proposals for a follow-on contract that will provide for operations, maintenance and other support services needed at Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, and several agency locations. According to a solicitation notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov, the Wallops Range Contract has two areas of core requirements: prog...
The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific has awarded five companies a $98 million contract modification to continue providing the U.S. military with incidental construction and other global contingency services. AECOM (NYSE: ACM), Fluor (NYSE: FLR), KBR (NYSE: KBR), IAP and ECC joint venture and V2X (NYSE: VVX) will provide short-ter...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International With its broad national security role, the DOD has been a pioneer in the development of numerous innovative cybersecurity solutions. This makes sense given its lengthy history and the quantity and caliber of resources devoted to both research and development and the acquisition of technol...
Doug Magee is a U.S. Army veteran and seasoned business development executive currently leading Day & Zimmermann’s Government Services practice as president. He cut his teeth at companies like KBR, DynCorp International, Michael Baker International and, most recently prior to D&Z, as an operating company president at Akima. Magee commands ...
Five companies have secured a $98 million contract modification on a potential eight-year, multiple-award contract vehicle for incidental facility construction services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific. The modification increases the ceiling value of the previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, ...
Government contracts awarded by Air Force Research Lab have since been an effective collaboration between the government and private sectors. The purpose of these research and development programs is to advance technical and scientific expertise and apply what is gained to achieve national and agency goals The Air Force Research Laboratory (A...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Cyber awareness means strong risk management While it is true that anyone and everyone is vulnerable to cyber-attacks, there are available protections and defenses for helping mitigate those threats. It starts with having a risk management strategy and being proactive. Because of the emer...
