Tag Archives: small business

Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has agreed to acquire Symantec's (Nasdaq: SYMC) enterprise security assets for approximately $10.7B in cash. The transaction includes the acquisition of the Symantec name and is expected to conclude before the end of calendar year 2019, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, Symantec said Thursday.

The General Services Administration has awarded 24 small businesses spots on the first pool of a potential $3.45B contract to provide human capital and training support services for federal agencies.

The Department of Energy plans to award $121M worth of research and development grants to 103 small businesses from across 29 U.S. states. DOE said Monday the money will support R&D efforts under the second phase of its Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 11, 2018 — Amazon Web Services is set to jointly host a “hackathon” with Eastern Foundry as part of a Small Business Administration project to address disaster response issues and increase access to research grants in support of small businesses, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 26. Fedscoop reported …

The General Services Administration has awarded 16 small businesses spots on the first phase of a potential $15B, 10-year contract to provide building maintenance and operations support for federal agencies at zone 1. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the companies will vie for task orders under the small business track …

Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal business, Creoal Consulting and i360technologies have been selected by the Interior Department to compete for Oracle Federal Financials accounting system support task orders under a potential seven-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Accenture Federal Services will vie for task orders worth up to $120M to provide OFF system support services …

A Chenega subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $151.7M contract from the U.S. Army to provide fee basis providers who will help perform medical screening of applicants seeking to join the armed forces. Chenega Tri-Services will recruit, hire and assign FBPs at 66 sites across the U.S. and Puerto Rico …

The Interior Department has selected IBM (NYSE: IBM), Deloitte and Summit2Sea Consulting to provide Oracle Federal Financials accounting system support for the agency’s Financial Management Line of Business program. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says IBM and Deloitte’s consulting business will compete for up to $120M in task orders under …

Gene Morabito, a retired Air Force Security Forces lieutenant colonel and former president of Chenega‘s Infinity subsidiary, has been appointed president of the Alaska native corporation’s security international subsidiary. The company said Morabito will lead the expansion of its physical and electronic security systems segment within the federal government sector in his …

The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded 20 companies spots on the small business set-aside track of a potential 10-year, $17.5B contract to provide information technology platforms and services for the Defense Department and other federal agencies. DoD said Friday DISA received 95 proposals for the Encore III contract vehicle that has a …