A Bloomberg Government study has found that U.S. government spending on multiple-award contracts (MACs) grew twice as fast as total contract spending between 2006 and 2010, with MAC spending increasing 49 percent to $121 billion over the period. “Multiple-award contracts are starting to become the center of the universe,” Jaime Garcia, president of Washington-based Seville Government Consulting told [...]
GovWin recently held the webinar on how to help small businesses break into government contracting. The webinar, titled Securing Government Contracts: Lessons Learned from Successful SMBs, featured experts who explained how getting into the industry works. The panel of experts highlighted the ways small companies can break into the industry, including building relationships with small [...]
SRA announced its multiaward contract with the Defense Department. The blanket purchase agreement was awarded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Defense, Research and Engineering and the contract is worth $100 million over five years. The firm will provide subject matter expertise in engineering, DoD acquisition and program management and will help [...]
The Air Force is extending a program that provides agencies with contracts for communications equipment and services. The program, Network Centric Solutions, works with such companies as Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics Corp, among many others. The current extension will run through until September 2012, while the new contract runs [...]
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) was honored as one of DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” for 2011, “honoring the company’s commitment to hiring and developing a diverse staff, creating an inclusive work environment and leveraging the differences of staff to further enhance client service.” The 2011 ranking marks Booz Allen’s first appearance on the [...]
GTEC (NASDAQ: GTEC) CEO John Hillen spoke with ExecutiveBiz today shortly after the firm announced it had reached an agreement to sell to Ares Management in an all-cash deal valued at $315 million. The deal, expected to close in the second quarter, will see GTEC shed its publicly-traded status and become an entirely private company. [...]
ATK’s (NYSE: ATK) Reusable Solid Rocket Motors propelled the Space Shuttle Discovery into orbit for the spacecraft’s last mission. Discovery’s crew embarked on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station yesterday. “As we near the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program, we reflect on the dedicated workforce that has provided the most reliable, human-rated [...]
