President Obama recently signed two appropriations bills that fund agencies throughout the entire 2012 fiscal year. This is a stark contrast from the last several months when federal agencies operated under a series of short-term continuing resolutions. Despite operating without set budgets, agencies awarded more than $45 million in contracts in the first quarter of [...]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved Harris Corp.‘s proposed mentor-protégé agreement with Unissant, Inc., a Reston, Va.-based software development and consulting company. The two will enter a three-year program through which Harris will help Unissant compete for contracts and other opportunities with the DHS. Harris also hopes to build on the partnership to become more competitive [...]
IBM will provide the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with professional, administrative and management support services, according to a Washington Post report. The Post reports that the company will complete the work on a $5.5 million contract. It provided no other details.
Telcordia Technologies Inc. will provide the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with technical data sets on an $816,933 federal contract, according to a Targeted News Service report.
CIBER will be working with prime contractor Wexler Technical Solutions, Inc. under the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Blank Purchase Agreement. The five-year BPA provides software and maintenance support to the DHS ICE Systems Development Division, which acts as the investigative arm of the DHS. The BPA has a $50 million [...]
USIS recently announced the creation of an advisory board made up of senior leaders in government and industry to help develop business opportunities and to provide guidance on how best to navigate the shifting landscape of opportunity in the federal sector. USIS CEO Bill Mixon told ExecutiveBiz the creation of the board, which he called [...]
As part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Mentor-Protégé program, Vangent will collaborate with Customer Value Partners, Inc. to raise its competitiveness and help develop its offering. The aim of the DHS program is to allow large contractor firms to provide developmental assistance to small businesses, especially those owned by veterans, service-disabled veterans and women. [...]
