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  • GSA Selects Distributed Solutions for Contract Writing-as-a-Service BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Selects Distributed Solutions for Contract Writing-as-a-Service BPA

    Distributed Solutions Inc. has secured a potential $10.5 million blanket purchase agreement from the integrated technology services branch of the General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service to develop a contract writing system-as-a-service platform for GSA and its customer agencies. DSI said Wednesday the agreement calls for the company to provide a software-as-a-service, cloud-based enterprise-grade system for government […] More

  • Octo Consulting to Support GSA Award Mgmt Platform Modernization Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting to Support GSA Award Mgmt Platform Modernization Effort

    The General Services Administration has awarded Octo Consulting a potential five-year, multimillion dollar task order to help GSA modernize a technology platform for agency personnel to manage federal financial assistance services, contracts and intergovernmental transactions. Octo Consulting said Wednesday it will provide development, testing, information security, training, and user support services for the Integrated Award Environment  program. The […] More

  • Dominion Consulting to Help VA Adopt USDA's Financial Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dominion Consulting to Help VA Adopt USDA’s Financial Mgmt Platform

    Dominion Consulting has received a contract of an undisclosed value to support the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ migration to the Agriculture Department‘s financial management platform, AlexandriaNews reported Thursday. The report said the contract covers independent validation and verification services intended to help VA replace its current mainframe legacy financial system with the CGI-built Momentum platform. The General Services Administration and the Office […] More

  • Vencore to Extend GSA Public Building IT Service Support; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore to Extend GSA Public Building IT Service Support; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has landed a potential five-year, $27 million re-compete contract for continued support on the General Services Administration‘s Public Buildings Information Technology Service. Vencore said Tuesday the contract covers services such as J2EE, .NET and database work, program management, project management, applications operational and maintenance support, GSA Enterprise Quality Program standards compliance and applications development. “We […] More

  • Navy Wants Info on Parachute Insertion Training, Sustainment Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Wants Info on Parachute Insertion Training, Sustainment Sources

    The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center has kicked off a search for potential sources of training and sustainment services for the U.S. Navy’s autonomous static line and military free fall parachute insertion systems. The branch seeks written information on the required services through a sources sought notice published Monday and intends to issue a full solicitation for […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Zscaler Cloud Security Platform to GSA Schedule, NASA SEWP Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Zscaler Cloud Security Platform to GSA Schedule, NASA SEWP Contracts

    Carahsoft will act as Zscaler‘s master government market aggregator and offer the latter’s cloud security platform on General Services Administration and NASA contract vehicles for an extended partnership between both companies. Zscaler designed its Internet Security Platform cover secure web gateways, cloud sandboxes, cloud firewalls and secure private access to internal assets in an effort to block malware, Carahsoft said Oct. 21. James […] More

  • GSA Posts Outlease RFP for Ronald Reagan Building's Intl Trade Center Portion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Posts Outlease RFP for Ronald Reagan Building’s Intl Trade Center Portion

    The General Services Administration has published a request for proposals for a leasehold interest in the Ronald Reagan Building’s international trade center portion. GSA said Monday a third-party service contractor currently runs the ITC and the agency seeks proposals that will cover both operations and management of the entire ITC. “This proposed outlease is another strategy intended to reduce […] More

  • Deltek Study: Federal IT Spending on Fixed-Price Contracts Reached $45B in FY 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek Study: Federal IT Spending on Fixed-Price Contracts Reached $45B in FY 2015

    A new study by Deltek says the value of fixed-price contracts used by federal agencies to procure information technology platforms and services rose from $43.5 billion in fiscal year 2014 to $44.9 billion in FY 2015, driven by IT professional services. Deltek said Friday task orders accounted for approximately 40 percent of federal IT contract spending in FY 2015. […] More

  • Jim Williams: Govt Should Understand Citizens’ Journey to Facilitate Service Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Williams: Govt Should Understand Citizens’ Journey to Facilitate Service Delivery

    Jim Williams, former acting administrator at the General Services Administration, has said he believes there would be a “renewed focus on customer service” in the next U.S. administration. Williams said in a video interview posted Wednesday on Maximus‘ website that he thinks the government should work to know and understand the citizens’ journey as well as […] More

  • 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

  • MEF16: Enabling Agile, Assured and Orchestrated Network Services for Government - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEF16: Enabling Agile, Assured and Orchestrated Network Services for Government

    Sponsored Content Providing communications services to the government is a big challenge. It takes research, planning, RFPs, analysis, integration and execution. The true litmus test, of course, is how effectively the deployment works in the end. Will it deliver the access and speeds required, and seamlessly integrate with disparate systems? Does it meet the needs of […] More