GovConWire's Government Contracting News 7/28/2021

Fourteen companies have won spots on a potential 10-year, $2.41 billion contract to help the U.S. Army operate, modernize and secure a network of government-controlled facilities for hosting large-scale military cyber mission force events. Contractors will compete for individual orders to provide event planning and execution, site security, information technology and modernization and operations support

Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services arm has received a potential six-year, $729 million contract from the U.S. Army to consolidate enterprise resource planning systems into a single model to improve readiness and efficiency. Accenture Federal Services will provide the Army Shared Services Center with Agile development, organizational change management, quality assurance and other capability support

Robert Silverman, an executive vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton, was recently presented his first Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to BAH headquarters. For his 2021 Wash100 Award, Silverman was recognized for his leadership and his efforts to

REI Systems has secured a five-year, $400 million contract to help the Food and Drug Administration modernize and operate information technology systems through Agile methodology. The company said Tuesday it will apply DevSecOps, containerization, cloud, security and analytic platforms to the agency’s IT modernization project under the Criminal Investigations, Imports and Systems Inspection Regulatory Compliance

Kimberly Lebak, an executive in Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) technical solutions division, has been named as head of an HII and BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) joint venture that performs cleanup work at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. HII said Tuesday that Lebak will oversee the $1.4 billion Los

Larry Prior, an operating executive for The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, will formally join the board of QinetiQ Group on Aug. 2 as an independent non-executive director. Neil Johnson, chairman of Qinetiq, said in statement Tuesday that Prior will bring to the company’s board his professional experience in the

McAfee‘s (Nasdaq: MCFE) enterprise business and FCN will provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with cybersecurity tools and expertise under a five-year, $281 million contract to support the agency’s compliance with a recent executive order on strengthening the federal government’s defenses against malicious cyber campaigns. The department will gain access to McAfee Enterprise’s MVISION Endpoint

Anduril Industries has secured a potential five-year, $99 million production other transaction agreement from the Defense Innovation Unit to make its counter-unmanned aircraft systems available for purchase by service branches. The P-OT agreement allows the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps to buy and sustain Anduril’s C-UAS platforms for

Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on recent congressional actions on the Department of Defense’s budget for fiscal year 2022. The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to approve and move the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act to the Senate floor for consideration. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and

Joseph Leonelli, a three-decade veteran in federal contract research and development market segments, has been promoted as the senior vice president of ATCC’s federal solutions division. He has led general management functions and business growth initiatives within the division since joining the Manassas, Virginia-based biological materials provider in 2015, ATCC said Tuesday. Leonelli also oversees