The GovCon Index held steady in positive territory throughout the trading session Thursday to close at a gain of 0.487 points to 73.711 as U.S. markets anticipated Friday’s jobs report from the Labor Department. Investors also looked at data that showed weekly jobless claims at 278, 000 and factory orders climbed 1.6 percen...
The Defense Department has started to accept bids for a potential 10-year, $17.5 billion contract that will cover global information technology services to military and defense customers, Nextgov reported Thursday. Frank Konkel writes the Defense Information Systems Agency issued the request for proposals for the Encore III contract t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 3, 2016 ” A BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) joint venture has received a $51.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to supply radio terminals to U.S. and foreign military forces, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Data Link Solutions JV said Tuesday it will provide Lot 4 Multifunctional...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 3, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) is set to receive a potential $44.9 million sole-source contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command to provide laser technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The U.S. Navy said in a notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps that it seeks diode-pumped laser designation technology ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 3, 2016 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) will provide implementation and operations services to the NATO Communications and Information Agency in support of its training and analysis programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the potential three-year contract works to support NCIA’s servi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 3, 2016 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) will continue to provide managed cloud hosting services to government agencies as part of a three-year extension to its Networx contracts with the General Services Administration, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday GSA extended its Networx Universal contract thr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 3, 2016 ” Fulcrum is one of the 33 finalists in the 2016 Helios Apollo Awards in the categories of employee onboarding, employment brand, employee mentorship and employee recognition, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. Helios HR said Friday it will honor the winners of the talent development awards across all ...
William Searcy, a two-decade FBI veteran and a former head of information technology programs at the bureau, has joined Unisys Corp. (NYSE: UIS) to lead the technology services company’s new justice, law enforcement and border security initiative. Unisys said Thursday Searcy will help oversee the Blue Bell, Pa.-based company’s ...
Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — swung to a net loss for the fourth quarter of 2015 on reductions to the company’s market capitalization value after it issued fiscal year 2016 guidance below Wall Street’s expectations. The Chantilly, Va.-based governmen...
The U.S Navy has awarded five companies positions on a potential five-year, $99 million contract to provide construction, repair and renovation work on dry utilities construction projects in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command‘s Southwest region. NAVFAC received 24 proposals for the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-d...
