CACI wins $9.7M modification for program management, engineering services

CACI-CMS Information Systems has won a $9.7 million contract modification to provide program management and engineering services in support of Defense Department biometric programs.

This modification is to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract, and brings the total value of the contract to $43.4 million.

Work is to be performed in Alexandria, Va.

Funds were obligated at the time of the award, but no word on whether they will expire at the end of fiscal 2013. 

No competition for private intell cloud contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a $45 million contract to Alliance Technology Group for private cloud services for an intelligence agency without conducting a competition.

In itsjustification document for the no-compete procurement, DISA describes a need for an ISR – intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance – cloud for large data object storage and that Alliance Technology, a small business in Hanover, Md., is the only company capable of meeting the requirements.

Former GTSI execs reunited at new firm

Two executives who you could argue pulled GTSI back from the brink have reunited at a new company.

Sterling Phillips was brought in as the CEO of GTSI in 2010, in the aftermath of the company’s scandal involving small business contracts. The company’s revenue was plummeting.

Bjorklund hangs up consulting shingle

Ray Bjorklund, the budget data guru of FedSources and Deltek, is now his own guru.

Bjorklund’s last day at Deltek was Monday, and today he announced the launch of BirchGrove Consulting.

His plan, he said, is to provide data analysis for individual clients.

“Companies really need hard numbers today to justify their positions in the market,” Bjorklund said. “The market is going sideways, so they need hard numbers to make good business decisions.”

SAIC scores $74M Navy security engineering services contract

Science Applications International Corp. has won a three-year, $74 million contract with the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command to provide security engineering services in support of its anti-terrorism program.

The Anti-terrorism/Force Protection Ashore Global Sustainment Program provides a centrally managed life-cycle sustainment program to help Navy shore installations maintain their systems and equipment in accordance with operational requirements, SAIC said in a release.

Of the contract, John Thomas, SAIC senior vice president and group general manager, said that "It is a significant milestone in expanding our AT/FP services and capabilities for the DoD worldwide."
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Former NASA CIO Linda Cureton opens consulting firm

Former NASA chief information officer, Linda Cureton, has launched a new company called Muse Technologies Inc., which will provide IT consulting, strategy planning and program management to public and private-sector organizations throughout the lifecycle of IT projects, according to an FCW report Read More

QinetiQ North America names new president and COO

QinetiQ North America has named Gary Slack president and chief operating officer, marking the second high-profile promotion that the company has made in two months.

In the middle of February, the company named JD Crouch CEO Read More

15 win $900M Navy C5ISR contract

Fifteen contractors have won a $899.8 million task order contract with the Navy to for support services for interoperable command and control systems.

The winners are:

• Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• CACI International
• Centurum Information Technology
• Computer Sciences Corp.
• Glotech Inc.
• Honeywell Technology Solutions
• Engility Corp.
• Lockheed Martin Corp.
• M.C. Dean
• QinetiQ North America, Services and Solutions Group
• Science Applications International Corp.
• Sotera Defense Solutions
• Scientific Research Corp.
• ManTech Systems Engineering Corp.
  

5 win $184M contract NIH IT support

Five contractors have won a five-year, $184 multiple-award contract to provide information technology support services to the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute .

The winners are:

• Science Applications International Corp.
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Paragon
• Sapient
• SRA International
  

Lockheed wins $146M contract for simulation system

Lockheed Martin has won a five-year, $146 million task order contract to design an advanced simulation-based training system for the U.S. Army.

The system will ensure Army, joint and coalition leaders are prepared to act in an evolving operational environment.

The Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability system will support training exercises that replicate operational scenarios. Read More