The General Services Administration has given federal agencies the go-ahead to use the unrestricted portion of a contract vehicle to procure human capital strategy, training and development and organizational performance support services. GSA said Monday that 77 vendors won contracts under the Human Capital and Training Solutions Unre...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rebounded Tuesday on gains by defense technology makers as U.S. stocks also rose with jumps by technology and retail shares in conjunction with investor optimism on new consumer confidence data. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 4-to-1 ratio and all 11 of its S&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2016 ” BAE Systems has met with an estimated 150 small and midsize enterprises in Australia to discuss supply chain opportunities on the Australian navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship program, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday it seeks to partner with local SMEs as BA...
Serco Group˜s North American subsidiary will continue its site support services at a military base in Good Bay, Canada under a potential four-year, $115 million contract from the country’s public services and procurement agency. Serco Inc. said Monday it will extend its non-military operations and maintenance func...
Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) has received a $378.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to manufacture a total of 1, 543 medium tactical vehicles for Cameroon, Iraq and Somalia under the foreign military sales program. The Defense Department said Friday that Oshkosh’s defense business segment will also produce three...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index dropped Friday but registered a weekly gain as U.S. stocks took a break from their two-day surge after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday. The post-Fed decision rally helped the GCI add 2.57 percent over five days with its S&P 500-listed c...
The U.S. Postal Service has awarded contracts worth $37.4 million combined to six companies to produce a total of 50 prototype next-generation delivery vehicles for USPS. USPS said Sept. 16 half of the prototypes to be developed under the agency’s NGDV acquisition effort will include hybrid and new technologies such as...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 21, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has unveiled a bioenergy plant in New York that works to transform waste into renewable energy using a Concord Blue-built technology platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The technology utilizes the advanced gasification process to produce synthetic gas that could power a c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 21, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government policy, strategy and outreach at Inmarsat‘s government services business, has said satellite communications as a service works to deliver an integrated satcom architecture for the Defense Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Cowen-Hir...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed in narrow range Tuesday after Cowen and Company downgraded the stock of military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and GCI decliners over gainers at roughly 2-to-1 ratio. Newport News, Virginia-based Huntington Ingalls ended as the GovCon Index’s worst net performe...
