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NAVY
Three companies have won a $99 million contract with the U.S. Navy for physical security access control at Navy shore installations, including joint bases assigned to the Navy.
The winners are:
- Alutiiq Pacific
- Securityhunter Inc.
- Split Pine Technologies
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OPINION
On May 15, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report on strategic sourcing. It's worth reading…carefully. For while it clearly endorses the greater use of strategic sourcing for government needs, it is important to pay close attention to the sometimes less than obvious messages it contains.
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PEOPLE
Octo Consulting Group has named Tracy Denny vice president of business development, where he will be responsible for establishing and leading all aspects of Octo’s business development function.
The firm’s business development function will include business development personnel oversight, capture and proposal management functions and leading strategies to achieve Octo’s strategic growth objectives, the company said in a release.
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In 1996, when I started my career with Washington Technology, the dotcom bubble was just starting to inflate.
Over the next couple years, I watched as several government contractors tried their hand at cracking commercial markets. They saw greener pastures in the commercial sector, which was growing rapidly, and had healthier margins compared to the slow and steady government market.
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VETERANS AFFAIRS
Three companies have won a $200 million task order contract with the Veterans Affairs Department to provide mobile devices and cellular wireless services including voice, text and data services.
The winners of the contracts are:
- Cellco Partnership
- AT&T Mobility
- A&T Systems Inc.
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NAVY
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has won a $111.5 million contract with the U.S. Navy for the development, integration and production of undersea warfare systems.
Under the cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-only, firm-fixed-price contract, the company will develop, integrate and produce AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare Systems.
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FAST 50
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 Fast 50. The deadline for submitting applications is July 1.
Our annual list ranks the 50 fastest growing small-business contractors in the government market.
Any small business in the government market can nominate itself. To be considered, companies need to submit five years of government contracting revenue data, which will be used to calculate their compound annual growth rate. Companies are ranked by their growth rate, not by their overall revenue.
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CLOUD
Microsoft is building two new cloud computing centers in Australia in a move to expand its Windows Azure business into the country, Yahoo News is reporting.
The data centers will be built in the states of New South Wales and Victoria.
Windows Azure has around 200,000 customers, but Microsoft has not released any revenue numbers, Yahoo News reported.
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NAVY
Honeywell Technology Solutions has won a $25.9 million task order contract to continue providing the U.S. Navy with technical and analytical support services for the Office of Compliance and Assessment.
The contract has a $14.2 million base.
The company will provide cyber-related services, including command cyber readiness inspections, cybersecurity inspections and command assessments/trainings.
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NAVY
Metron Inc. has won a $18.3 million contract for research and development of a large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle.
This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a base value of $7.3 million, and has two option years.
Under this cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Metron will conduct in-lab integration and testing of autonomy and mission planning software with bench test hardware selected for deployment on the undersea vehicle.
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