ExecutiveBiz – Covers emerging companies in Washington's government contracting sector. 7/15/2021

ICF has received a potential five-year, $12 million recompete contract from the Social Security Administration for software development support. The company said Wednesday it will build, support and maintain software applications using the agency’s Security Automated Features and Enhancements platform under the contract to help SSA automate its physical security processes. SAFE is a suite […]

SupplyCore has received two sole-source contracts from the Defense Logistics Agency that have $120 million in maximum combined value and provide for facilities maintenance, repair and operations supplies supporting U.S. forces in Korea and Japan. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity awards are bridge contracts with a six-month ordering period ending on Jan. 15, 2022, and no optional extensions, […]

CGI has secured a seat on the Library of Congress’ information technology services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth $150 million over five years. The company said Thursday it will be required to provide end-to-end services for the full range of IT lifecycle activities, bringing leading-edge tools, technology and best practices to the Library.  “It’s an honor to continue our […]

Donnie Scott, CEO of Identity and Security North America business at IDEMIA, said he expects the company to accelerate work on digital identity and contactless biometrics as he anticipates the technologies to be widely adopted driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. “Obviously, when you’ve got a pandemic where you are […]

The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $62 million contract for next generation missile warning systems designed to support threat detection capabilities of aircrews in contested environments. BAE Systems’ delivery of the 2-Color Advanced Warning Systems is part of the Limited Interim Missile Warning System and covers the third of four production lots, the […]

Carahsoft Technology has added 95 software vendors to its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to further support the U.S. Army’s enterprise infrastructure initiatives. Commercial off-the-shelf software products from computer security service provider C2 Labs, cybersecurity company Forcepoint, technology organization Thales and other new partners bring the total number of vendors on […]

Avion Solutions, a Huntsville, Alabama-based small business, has secured a $70 million task order from the U.S. Army for aviation turbine engineering and program management services. The company said Wednesday it will lead a team of five subcontractors to deliver business and operations, engineering, acquisition logistics and integrated product support for the Army Aviation Turbine […]

GBL Systems and Samsung Electronics’ U.S. business arm have started the delivery of new 5G testbeds to U.S. Army military bases in support of the Department of Defense’s augmented reality/virtual reality operations and training initiatives. Samsung said Wednesday it was designated to deploy 5G end-to-end services and technical support while GBL took charge of developing […]

Microsoft has partnered with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center to help the latter expand its climate modeling capacity through artificial intelligence services and cloud-based predictive analytics tools. The company and ERDC will use the Azure Government cloud computing service for a code scalability demonstration of an integrated modeling system designed to enable […]

Gus Hunt, CEO of Hunt Technologies and former chief technology officer of CIA, has joined the federal business arm of VAST Data as a board member, responsible for advising the subsidiary on securing opportunities from and doing business with its public sector customers. VAST Federal said Thursday Hunt will support its continued federal expansion efforts […]