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  • USAID Taps AECOM for Amazon Conservation Project; John Vollmer Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID Taps AECOM for Amazon Conservation Project; John Vollmer Quoted

    The U.S. Agency for International Development‘s South America Regional office in Peru has awarded a potential five-year, $23.5M contract to AECOM to help protect the Amazon rainforest from harmful infrastructure and extractive efforts. Under the Amazon Promotion of Best Social and Environmental Management Practices initiative, the company will work to protect the hydropower, oil and […] More

  • CGI Helps USAID Adopt Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Helps USAID Adopt Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure

    CGI has helped the U.S. Agency for International Development transition USDA’s information technology infrastructure to a hybrid cloud computing environment in an effort to comply with the White House’s Federal Cloud First Policy. The company said Tuesday used its Unify360 suite of IT management tools and services to migrate more than 900 agency physical and virtual servers into the […] More

  • ICF to Continue CDC Public Health Surveillance System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Continue CDC Public Health Surveillance System Support

    ICF has won a potential three-year, $20 million task order to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update a cloud-based public health surveillance system. The company said Thursday it will provide technical expertise and support services for the surveillance, information management, technology, data management and analytic tools of the agency’s BioSense platform. The recompete task order contains a one-year […] More

  • USAID Seeks Info on Correspondence Tracking Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID Seeks Info on Correspondence Tracking Systems

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has submitted a request for information on systems used to track correspondence documents. USAID is in need of a system that would automatically receive and categorize solicited and unsolicited correspondence, and notify officials for feedback and approval, the agency said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice. The agency currently manages correspondence […] More

  • Tetra Tech to Support USAID's Water Supply & Sanitation Efforts in Uganda - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tetra Tech to Support USAID’s Water Supply & Sanitation Efforts in Uganda

    Tetra Tech has received a potential five-year, $32 million contract to provide technical expertise for a U.S. Agency for International Development program that seeks to expand water, sanitation and hygiene services across Uganda. The company said Tuesday it aims to assist Uganda’s government in efforts to increase household access to sanitation and improve the quality of health […] More

  • Leidos, Immunovaccine Expand Malaria Vaccine Devt Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos, Immunovaccine Expand Malaria Vaccine Devt Partnership

    Leidos and biopharmaceutical company Immunovaccine have expanded a partnership to develop peptide-based vaccines against malaria. The U.S. Agency for International Development and Leidos selected a vaccine delivery formulation based on Immunovaccine’s DepoVax platform for further research and development through a contract extension, Immunovaccine said Tuesday. USAID issued the new contract after the two companies completed various milestones under the Leidos […] More

  • Tetra Tech to Support USAID Clean Energy Programs in Central Asia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tetra Tech to Support USAID Clean Energy Programs in Central Asia

    Tetra Tech has received a four-year, $24 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from to support the U.S. Agency for International Development‘s efforts to accelerate adoption of clean energy services throughout Central Asia. The company said Thursday it will assist USAID and the agency’s Central Asian country partners to implement sustainable energy services in the region that are competitive with common […] More

  • CGI Gets $68M USAID Cloud Data Center Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Gets $68M USAID Cloud Data Center Support Contract

    CGI has received a potential five-year, $68.2 million contract to support enterprise data center and disaster recovery efforts of the office of the chief information officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development. The company said Monday it will also help USAID implement the Unify360 enterprise software platform in an effort to transition the agency’s data centers to a hybrid […] More

  • USAID-Inmarsat Partnership Aims to Promote Sustainable Fishing Practices in Southeast Asia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID-Inmarsat Partnership Aims to Promote Sustainable Fishing Practices in Southeast Asia

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has partnered with Inmarsat to help Southeast Asian commercial fishing crews adopt sustainable fishing practices. Inmarsat said Friday the alliance seeks to leverage communications technology to support catch documentation and traceability efforts in the region. USAID’s Oceans and Fisheries Partnership Oceans will also work with Inmarsat to aid communications between crew members of medium […] More

  • Tetra Tech Lands $57M USAID Contract to Promote Clean Energy in Pakistan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tetra Tech Lands $57M USAID Contract to Promote Clean Energy in Pakistan

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded Tetra Tech a $57 million contract to help USAID promote clean energy practices in Pakistan. Tetra Tech said Thursday it will support project developers and investors in efforts to secure private sector funding sources to generate 2,000 to 3,000 megawatts of electricity over the next four years as part of the Clean Energy for […] More

  • FDA OKs Abbott Zika Virus Detection Molecular Test that Involves Whole Blood Usage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FDA OKs Abbott Zika Virus Detection Molecular Test that Involves Whole Blood Usage

    The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its emergency use authorization for an Abbott-developed molecular test for Zika virus detection to involve the use of whole blood in addition to previous serum and urine sample usage. Abbott said Thursday the RealTime ZIKA test was created for use on the company’s molecular diagnostics instrument called the m2000 RealTime […] More

  • XLA to Support USAID Operations in Middle East, North Africa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    XLA to Support USAID Operations in Middle East, North Africa

    XLA has secured a potential five-year, $25 million contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to support USAID’s operations across the Middle East and North Africa. The company said Monday it will provide acquisition and assistance, administrative and financial management, technical sector and program office support services to USAID’s Middle East Regional Platform and […] More