GovConWire's Government Contracting News 6/24/2021

The General Services Administration has established a potential 10-year, $2.1 billion multiple-award blanket purchase agreement that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration can use to procure information technology products and services from small enterprises to meet mission needs. The NOAA Mission IT Services BPA is a small business set-aside vehicle that covers IT tools and

Recently named senior vice president of Verizon’s public sector business Jennifer Chronis, was presented her first Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson for driving technology offerings, expanding revenue and partnering with industry leaders to drive digital transformation for Verizon. Following a significant four-year

The U.S. Air Force has awarded 20 companies positions on a potential six-year, $950 million contract to provide infrastructure, supporting tools and services for the military branch’s threat radar systems and combat training ranges. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center received 20 offers for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that also includes support for joint

The federal government has struggled to complete the required security clearance processes for its massive workforce. The security clearance backlog has recently been reduced due to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) efforts to streamline and digitize the clearance process. During Potomac Officers Club’s Trusted Workforce Forum, the federal government and private sector leaders

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected five companies to compete for new construction task orders through a $950 million firm-fixed-price contract vehicle. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the awardees are BL Harbert International, the Archer Western Federal joint venture, Hensel Phelps Construction, JE Dunn Construction and Turner Construction. Contractors will be tasked

Robin Carnahan, who served as director of the state and local government practice at the General Services Administration’s 18F digital service organization from 2016 to 2020, has been confirmed by the Senate to lead the agency. She helped establish 18F and worked with federal agencies to update the public service delivery process as part of

Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a potential $344.4 million sole-source contract to update MK-15 close-in weapon systems for the U.S. Navy and South Korea. The company’s missiles and defense business will modernize the radar-guided gun systems and provide associate hardware to customers as part of the firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

OpenGov, a provider of cloud enterprise resource planning software for state and local government agencies, has acquired software company ProcureNow for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its portfolio of offerings. San Francisco-based ProcureNow is a small business providing software-as-a-service offerings meant to help agencies streamline workflows and manage contracts and

Ocean Bay Information and Systems Management has secured a $167.2 million contract to provide administrative, technical and professional services to the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to an award notice posted on SAM. gov. The DEA’s Office of Acquisition and Relocation Management sought a contractor to support the agency mission under the five-year contract that consists

Atlas Research and Prometheus Federal Services‘ joint venture Titan Alpha has received a task order to assess patient care access at 140 Department of Veterans Affairs-run medical centers. Titan Alpha will perform two audits, the first of which applies to all VAMCs and the second inspection will apply to the medical facilities that must take corrective