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  • HII Promotes Scott Weldon as Supply Chain Management VP, Lori Harper Retires - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Promotes Scott Weldon as Supply Chain Management VP, Lori Harper Retires

    Scott Weldon, previously chief procurement officer at Huntington Ingalls Industries, has been selected to replace Lori Harper in the role of vice president of supply chain management at the company’s shipbuilding division. Weldon will immediately take over the management of Ingalls Shipbuilding‘s supply chain operations, overseeing sourcing, procurement, material warehousing and inventory control, the company said […] More

  • Jonathan Eaton Named Grant Thornton Supply Chain Mgmt Practice Leader - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jonathan Eaton Named Grant Thornton Supply Chain Mgmt Practice Leader

    Jonathan Eaton, formerly a vice president and industry supply chain partner at Chainalytics, has joined Grant Thornton as leader of the professional services firm’s national supply chain management. Grant Thornton said Tuesday Eaton will oversee a portfolio of strategy, transformation,  demand and supply planning, procurement, analytics, transportation, visibility and network optimization service offerings in his new position. His more than […] More

  • AAR to Help Manage DLA Aviation Spare Parts Supply Chain - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AAR to Help Manage DLA Aviation Spare Parts Supply Chain

    AAR has received a potential five-year, $43.9 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply aviation spare parts to the Defense Logistics Agency. The company said Tuesday its OEM Aftermarket Solutions business will provide total supply chain management services intended to help DLA distribute, procure and manage its inventory of depot and field-level aviation spare parts. “The contract allows AAR […] More

  • Serco Inc. to Help DLA Manage Hazardous Materials Under $101M Contract; Dan Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Inc. to Help DLA Manage Hazardous Materials Under $101M Contract; Dan Allen Comments

    Serco Group‘s North American subsidiary will perform supply chain management support for hazardous materials under a potential five-year, $101.5 million contract the Defense Logistics Agency awarded in May. Serco Inc. will assist DLA’s distribution unit in planning, forecasting, data management, procurement, inventory, storage management and environmental reporting efforts related to hazardous waste disposal, the company said Monday. Dan Allen, Serco Inc. chairman and CEO, said […] More

  • PAE to Help US Army Train Afghan Forces in Maintenance, Supply Chain Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE to Help US Army Train Afghan Forces in Maintenance, Supply Chain Mgmt

    PAE will work with the U.S. Army to help mentor and train Afghanistan’s national defense and security forces in the field of warehouse support, supply chain management and maintenance under a potential $142 million contract awarded in May. The Army’s Tank-automotive and Armaments Command awarded the National Maintenance Strategy contract that also covers the delivery of ground […] More

  • Vectrus Secures Army Contract for Base Operations Support in Qatar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus Secures Army Contract for Base Operations Support in Qatar

    A Vectrus subsidiary has secured a $28.7 million contract to provide base operations services in support of the U.S. Army‘s Area Support Group-Qatar. The Defense Department said Monday that Vectrus’ systems business is scheduled to finish work by Sept. 29, 2017. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through an online solicitation and obligated the full contract amount at the […] More

  • CMS to Extend Use of McKesson InterQual Criteria for Medicare Auditing Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CMS to Extend Use of McKesson InterQual Criteria for Medicare Auditing Efforts

    McKesson‘s health solutions business has received a contract to continue to provide the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services access to company-developed criteria for Medicare services auditing programs. InterQual Criteria works to help administrative law judges, Medicare fiscal intermediaries and administrative contractors, quality improvement organizations and CMS departments to make evidence-based clinical decisions and manage care, McKesson […] More

  • VSE Lands $63M Army Task Order for Medium Tactical Vehicle Supply Chain Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VSE Lands $63M Army Task Order for Medium Tactical Vehicle Supply Chain Mgmt

    VSE Corp. has received a potential three-year, $63 million equipment-related services task order to provide supply chain management services to the U.S. Army‘s Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command. The company said Monday it will supply spare/repair parts, major components and other supply chain management support for the reset of the family of medium tactical vehicles such as the 2.5 ton, 5 ton and 10 […] More

  • Technavio: Global Defense IT Spending Market to Reach $108B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio: Global Defense IT Spending Market to Reach $108B by 2020

    Technavio has forecasted that global defense information technology spending will reach $108.4 billion by 2020 as continued demand for IT and technology offerings in the defense industry drive the need for technological support services. The company said Friday the market will see a compound annual growth rate of at least three percent over the forecast period. IT investments will work […] More

  • NCR Receives Second USPS Supplier Performance Award; Stan Ratcliffe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCR Receives Second USPS Supplier Performance Award; Stan Ratcliffe Comments

    NCR has received a second Supplier Performance Award from the U.S. Postal Service which recognizes the company’s supply chain management and customer service support for post offices across the U.S. The Duluth, Georgia-based company said Wednesday it accepted the distinction June 29 during the 2015 Supplier Performance Awards ceremony and reception at the USPS Headquarters Building in Washington. “NCR takes great pride in its long-standing […] More

  • SAIC to Help DLA Establish Spare Parts Supply Chain Mgmt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Help DLA Establish Spare Parts Supply Chain Mgmt Program

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a potential five-year, $41.5 million contract to create a total supply chain management initiative for multiclass spare parts. SAIC will perform work for DLA and the U.S. Army and is scheduled to complete the three-year base period of performance by July 30, 2019, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Exostar Unveils Source-to-Pay Sourcing & Procurement Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exostar Unveils Source-to-Pay Sourcing & Procurement Mgmt Platform

    Exostar has launched a new source-to-pay system that works to combine the functions of a management platform for sourcing, contracts, procurement, payments and invoicing work with information security features. The company said Tuesday its S2P offering is based on Wax Digital’s web3 platform and builds on Exostar’s supply chain management portfolio for aerospace and defense customers. “Organizations of all sizes, […] More