The Department of Defense’s office of inspector general concluded that the awarding of the potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) was consistent with federal acquisition laws and policies, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Read More »Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Government-Industry Communication Helps Drive Commercial Tech Investment
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 19, 2020 — Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government policy and strategy at Inmarsat Government, said the extent to which the government and the private sector can discuss future actions will help companies make decisions about technology investments and partnerships, ExecutiveBiz reported March 11.
Read More »DHS Waives Procurement Regulations to Expedite Border Wall Construction; Chad Wolf Quoted
The Trump administration has announced that the nation’s government will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of the border wall between the United States and Mexico, the administration announced in Feb. 2020.
Read More »Julie Dunne, GSA’s Commissioner of Federal Acquisition Service, to Give Keynote Address at Potomac Officers Club’s 2020 Procurement Forum on March 19th
Julie Dunne, commissioner of federal acquisition service with General Services Administration (GSA), will serve as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s 2020 Procurement Forum on Thursday, March 19th.
Read More »Kevin Phillips: New Business Accounts for Half of ManTech’s $2.9B in FY 2019 Contract Awards
Kevin Phillips, president and CEO of ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said new business accounts for about 50 percent of the $2.9B in contract awards recorded in full fiscal year 2019 as the company continues to build on the government’s demand for digital transformation and cybersecurity technologies, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday.
Read More »Report: DoD Plans $10.3B Northrop B-21 Bomber Procurement
The Department of Defense plans to spend approximately $10.28B over four years to procure the B-21 Raider stealth bomber from Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Bloomberg Government reported Monday.
Read More »Poland Close to Finalizing Lockheed F-35 Procurement Deal With US
A defense minister said Poland is set to finalize an agreement to buy 32 units of the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft from the U.S. government in late January, Defense News reported Thursday.
Read More »Army Issues RFI for IT Enterprise Solutions-4 Hardware Contract Vehicle
The U.S. Army has begun to seek information on potential vendors that can provide commercial off-the-shelf hardware as it works to develop the scope and structure of the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-4 Hardware procurement vehicle.
Read More »GSA Issues Revised RFP for E-Commerce Platforms
The General Services Administration has released its amended solicitation for e-commerce platforms to help facilitate the procurement process for government agencies, Nextgov reported Friday.
Read More »Matthew Madalo Joins Siemens’ Federal Arm as Legal, Contracts & Compliance VP; Tina Dolph Quoted
Matthew Madalo, a government contracting and legal professional, has been named vice president of legal, contracts and compliance at Siemens Government Technologies.
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