Marlborough, Massachusetts-based medical technology company Hologic will supply COVID-19 diagnostic tools to the U.S. Army under a three-year, $178.5 million contract. The Army’s Health Contracting Activity ordered Panther Fusion and Aptima SARS-CoV-2 assays, multiplex test kits and various related consumable items through the firm-fixed-price...
A Maximus (NYSE: MMS) business unit has been awarded a potential $951 million contract to support a national hotline program for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts, according to a General Services Administration award notice posted on SAM.gov. GSA issued the sole-source contract to Maximus Federa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2021 — MetTel will help the National Archives and Records Administration implement a software-defined wide area network under a potential $65 million task order awarded via the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, ExecutiveBiz reported April 15. “NARA requires a modern network to enable staff to communicate fro...
The Department of Defense will cancel all projects related to border wall contruction that are backed by funds initially intended for military projects, missions and functions in compliance with President Joe Biden’s proclamation. “DOD has begun taking all necessary actions to cancel border barrier projects and to coordinate with interagency par...
Noblis will advise and assist the Department of Homeland Security on projects to defend against weapons of mass destruction under a prime contract worth potentially $99 million over five years. The nonprofit company said Wednesday it will support the DHS’ Countering WMD Office across programmatic, administrative, scientific, research and syste...
President Joe Biden has nominated Heidi Shyu, who was the U.S. Army’s assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology from 2012 to 2016, to become the undersecretary of the Department of Defense for research and engineering. Shyu serves on the boards of multiple technology and investment companies, such as Auterion Government Sol...
President Joe Biden has nominated national security veterans Frank Kendall and Gina Ortiz Jones to serve as secretary and undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, respectively. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 Award winner, previously worked at the Pentagon as undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics and principal deputy underse...
Guidehouse and ReefPoint Group have created a joint venture that aims to help federal civilian, defense and commercial clients transform health care delivery with the use of information technology. Taurian Consulting emerged from a partnership between the two companies under the Small Business Administration’s mentor-protege program and will o...
The White House has issued an executive order that will direct government contractors to increase the minimum wage of employees working on federal contracts to $15 per hour. The new policy will require all federal agencies to include the raise in new contract solicitations by Jan. 30, 2022 and implement the higher wage into new...
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed leader to the cybersecurity and government contracting (GovCon) sectors as well as an influential member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has released his latest article with the program. Previously, Brooks discussed the details in understanding cybersecurity in our sector, its massive capa...
