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 [...]
For the second consecutive year, the nation’s capital has topped MarketWatch’s Best Cities for Business list. MarketWatch attributed DC’s ranking to its mix of large and small companies, low unemployment, strong economy and large government infrastructure. In conducting its study of metropolitan areas with more than 500,000 residents, MarketWatch analyzed cities’ economic data, including the number of companies located there and the revenue generated by those companies. As the presence of [...]
According to CNBC.com, a U.S. Navy medical unit has approved a contract worth $49.9 million to support research and development in the Clinical Investigations Program. The program conducts medical research to improve the quality of healthcare to the Defense Department. The contracted firms would provide the Naval Health Research Center protocol development, data entry, statistical analysis, [...]
SAIC Inc. has won a $9,159,127 contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with research, development, software and reports, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The Air Force Research Laboratory is the contracting activity on the cost-plus-fix-fee award. The announcement said contract work would take place over three phases, with the first phase consisting of core research and the latter phases focusing [...]
SAIC Inc. has received a $25 million task order from the Transportation Security Administration to upgrade 210 Reveal Imaging CT-80 explosive detection systems to its next-generation CT-80DR. Reveal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAIC, has developed and deployed hundreds of reduced-sized explosive detection systems across the globe. “We are pleased to continue to support TSA in [...]
Suzan Zimmerman is senior vice president of business development at QinetiQ North America, where she oversees all military business development operations and is responsible for QinetiQ NA’s strategy for warfighter technology, advanced weapons and training systems. Zimmerman manages Qinetiq NA’s corporate strategic direction for the Defense, Justice, Treasury, Agriculture and Transportation departments, the U.S. Customs Service [...]
Deborah Werner is the vice president of business development for BAE Systems Inc.’s intelligence sector. Werner is responsible for customer account development for federal intelligence, defense and civilian agency customers. Werner joined BAE Systems in 2006 as vice president of business development. Prior to joining the company, Werner held senior business development positions at various [...]
