GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/13/2022

In the last three years, the U.S. health care system has undergone dramatic changes, catalyzed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the urgent need for advanced technology integration and the shifting health needs of American civilians. In March 2020, at the onset of the pandemic, demand skyrocketed for health care services like contact centers, claims processing

The Department of Defense has released a memorandum to provide updated guidance on approaches that contracting officers can consider to manage cost increases as a result of inflation under existing firm-fixed-price contracts. The memo states that contracting officials could consider taking schedule relief or amending contract requirements in circumstances where there is a need to

Riverside Research has won a five-year, $200 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide advisory and assistance services to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. The company said Tuesday it will support NASIC in various competency areas such as artificial intelligence, science and engineering, remote sensing, strategic planning, program management and acquisition.

J.P. Foley, a GovCon industry veteran, has joined Arlington, Virginia-based federal information technology and digital services contractor BridgePhase as chief growth officer. He will oversee business development and strategic growth initiatives to drive the company’s expansion in the federal sector with a focus on the Department of Defense, homeland security and civilian government customers, BridgePhase

Google has wrapped up its $5.4 billion cash purchase of Mandiant as both companies aim to provide a suite of end-to-end platforms and support offerings designed to help customers secure cloud and on-premise information technology assets. The search engine company first announced the $23-per-share transaction in March, saying the acquisition will provide enterprise clients access

Joshua Reese, former senior associate at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has joined management consulting and technology services firm Changeis as director of client development and strategy. Reese brings to his new role more than 20 years of experience in organizational development as well as knowledge in climate and infrastructure market, Changeis said Monday. Welcoming

Sigma Defense Systems has participated in a $25 million investment round for Raleigh, North Carolina-based Diveplane to help that startup further develop trainable artificial intelligence platforms. The series A funding activity also saw participation from Shield Capital, Calibrate Ventures and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Sigma Defense said Monday. Michael Capps and Chris Hazard formed Diveplane

A joint venture between REI Systems and ADG Tech Consulting has received a three-year, $110 million contract to help the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services develop software applications. ADG-REI Technology Ventures will provide code deployment support for USCIS immigration systems and implement new business functionalities in an open-source agile DevSecOps environment, REI Systems said Monday.

Management consulting company Client Solution Architects has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Robert Johnson, a more than two-decade industry executive who recently served as a senior vice president at Amentum. In a LinkedIn post on Monday, Johnson said he joined CSA as VP of business development operations and welcomed the opportunity to

The Department of Commerce has listed 15 small businesses in a pre-award notice of a potential 10-year, $1.5 billion contract vehicle for enterprise-wide information technology services. The notice, posted Monday on SAM.gov, provides the “apparent successful offerors” for the Commerce Acquisition for Transformational Technology Services acquisition program. The proposers are: BrightPoint  Centuria  CW-LTS dotIT Enterprise