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  • GSA Seeks Industry Ideas for Water Heating & Cooling System Optimization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Industry Ideas for Water Heating & Cooling System Optimization

    The General Services Administration has posted a request for information on potential alternatives for a Washington, D.C.-based complex that provides water heating and cooling services to GSA and non-GSA facilities. The agency said Friday interested parties can submit ideas and concepts on how GSA could update, expand and reposition the Heating Operations and Transmission District complex. HOTD was built in 1933 […] More

  • NineSigma Lands GSA Contract for Prize-Based Innovation Contest Design, Mgmt Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NineSigma Lands GSA Contract for Prize-Based Innovation Contest Design, Mgmt Services

    NineSigma has received a five-year contract from the General Services Administration to provide support services to federal agencies in the development and management of prize-based innovation challenge projects. GSA awarded the contract through the 00CORP Professional Services Schedule, NineSigma said Wednesday. Denys Resnick, chief growth officer at NineSigma, said a prize-based innovation contest is an approach […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds IPsoft's AI-Based Digital Labor Platforms to GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds IPsoft’s AI-Based Digital Labor Platforms to GSA Schedule

    Carahsoft Technology and IPsoft have partnered to offer the latter company’s artificial intelligence-based digital labor platforms through the General Services Administration‘s Schedule contract vehicle. The partnership aims to drive demand for IPsoft’s AI offerings across the public sector market, Carahsoft said Wednesday. “Federal organizations are under considerable pressure to deliver more with less, particularly when it comes to improving their […] More

  • Steve Costalas Receives Executive Mosaic's Top General Counsel Executives Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Costalas Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top General Counsel Executives Award

    STEVE COSTALAS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY VENCORE, INC. Steve Costalas is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Vencore, Inc.  Vencore has over 40 years of proven experience providing information solutions, engineering and analysis to the U.S. Intelligence Community, Department of Defense and Civilian Agencies.  Vencore employs more than 3,800 people focused on […] More

  • Veris Group to Offer Agencies Cyber Services Under GSA Schedule 70 Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veris Group to Offer Agencies Cyber Services Under GSA Schedule 70 Contract

    Veris Group will offer penetration testing, cyber hunting and risk and vulnerability assessment services to government agencies through the General Services Administration‘s Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services Special Item Number. The company said Friday its adaptive threat division that offers red teaming, hunt operations and application security assessment services will act as a primary provider of services […] More

  • GSA-D&B Partnership Expands Govt Spending Activity Info Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA-D&B Partnership Expands Govt Spending Activity Info Access

    The General Services Administration and Dun & Bradstreet have renegotiated their data collection contract to expand the use of federal government spending information. Kevin Youel Page, acting assistant commissioner of GSA’s Integrated Award Environment, wrote in a blog post posted Saturday that rights to proprietary D&B data stored in IAE systems have been expanded in efforts to help users conduct historical […] More

  • DISA Extends Comtech Subsidiary's Tactical Satcom Services for Marine Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Extends Comtech Subsidiary’s Tactical Satcom Services for Marine Corps

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received an additional $14.4 million order by the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue the company’s managed satellite support services to the U.S. Marine Corps. DISA awarded the order to exercise the third option year under a previously awarded contract to TeleCommunication Systems, which is part of Comtech’s government services segment, the company said Thursday. The exercised option […] More

  • ManTech Subcontracts Govplace for Agency Cybersecurity & Cloud Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Subcontracts Govplace for Agency Cybersecurity & Cloud Systems

    Govplace has received subcontract from ManTech International to provide cybersecurity and cloud systems to federal agencies in support of the government-wide Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation and Continuous Monitoring as a Service initiatives. Govplace said Thursday it will work with prime contractor ManTech under CDM Group F phases 1 and 2 that cover 44 federal agencies through a government-only shared services platform […] More

  • GSA, DOE Seek Info on Building Tech Platform Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA, DOE Seek Info on Building Tech Platform Sources

    The General Services Administration and Energy Department have started to seek information on potential industry sources that can provide building technology platforms designed to build up the environmental and economic performance of federal and commercial facilities. Both agencies will evaluate potential building technologies through measurement and verification performance studies as part of the Green Proving […] More

  • Report: Oracle to End Use of GSA’s IT Schedule 70 Contract Vehicle, Third-Party Software Resellers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Oracle to End Use of GSA’s IT Schedule 70 Contract Vehicle, Third-Party Software Resellers

    Oracle will no longer use the General Services Administration’s Information Technology Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle and third-party resellers to directly sell its software platforms to government agencies, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Oracle’s decision seeks to reduce litigation risks associated with the False Claims Act as well as address concerns over compliance with the Transactional Data Reporting rule […] More

  • GSA Extends GeoComm’s IT Schedule Contract; Jody Sayre Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Extends GeoComm’s IT Schedule Contract; Jody Sayre Comments

    GeoComm will continue to offer geographic information and communication systems to federal, state and local agencies following an extension to the company’s General Services Administration’s Information Technology Schedule contract. GeoComm was awarded a spot on the IT Schedule in September 2006 and the agency extended its contract with the public-safety technology vendor through Aug. 31, 2021, the company said Tuesday. Government clients are […] More

  • Carahsoft's John Lee: GSA's 'FedRAMP Accelerated' Seeks Streamlined Cloud Application Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s John Lee: GSA’s ‘FedRAMP Accelerated’ Seeks Streamlined Cloud Application Process

    The General Services Administration‘s move to restructure its cloud computing authorization approval process aims to help cloud service providers streamline the steps necessary to achieve a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Authority to Operate designation, a Carahsoft executive has said. John Lee, vice president of cloud solutions at Carahsoft, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the FedRAMP Accelerated review […] More