Industry layoffs mount as cancelled contracts and DOGE efforts take hold
Industry layoffs mount as cancelled contracts and DOGE efforts take hold
Contracts
GSA makes two more batches of OASIS+ awards
The government-wide professional services vehicle now has 698 unrestricted primes and 1,563 small business winners with more to come.
Companies
A baker's dozen corporate leadership moves to note as spring arrives
This new listing of key hires and promotions across the government market also coincides with the ending of 2025's first quarter.
Contracts
Energy selects 16 sites for AI data center construction, new energy development
The Department of Energy identified 16 locations on its own land to build the new infrastructure.
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Companies
How consulting firms acquire to iterate, and sometimes reinvent themselves
The intersection of consulting, integration and implementation is on full display when looking at our 2024 roundup of mergers and acquisitions. So too are the preceding years.
Companies
Venture investing is part of the M&A conversation too
These “deals of a different stripe” to own part of a company require the same business muscles as acquisitions: belief in a business and a willingness to put down money in support of that belief.
Opinion
To survive the new GovCon environment, your people are your ultimate competitive edge
Five critical blind spots that threaten you contracts, and how to transform your team before it is too late, according to BD expert Nic Coppings.
Contracts
Army wraps up awards for $379M training support contract
The Live Training Ranges and Combat Training Centers contract covers continues tech refreshments and other modernization work to aid in the readiness of soldiers.
Companies
The public company acquirer remains a unicorn in the M&A action
While in the minority, this group of serial buyers requires a different sort of attention and conversation given that they are publicly-traded and have to explain it all.
Contracts
Spending and workforce cuts will harm VA’s modernization work, Democrats say
Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., said cuts across VA are forcing the department “to decide between keeping staff on the floor, and investing in expensive equipment that may sit idle without enough personnel to operate it.”
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Contracts
VA names 9 medical facilities that will receive new EHR in 2026
The department said it plans to deploy the modernized electronic health record at a total of 13 sites next year following a pause on most rollouts of the software that was instituted in April 2023.
Companies
Retired Leidos exec shares how the company instilled agility into its corporate culture
Gerry Fasano looks back at a 41-year career and why his favorite job was leading the integration of the Lockheed Martin IS&GS services business into Leidos, which essentially created a new company.
Companies
Defense tech, digital modernization drive GovCon M&A in 2024
Private equity firms led the charge with 85 out of 159 closed transactions as companies reposition themselves for emerging market opportunities.
Contracts
DARPA launches competition for $700M 'episodic mission IT' vehicle
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has no cap in the number of awards for this contract that covers application analysis and cybersecurity work, among other areas.
Contracts
Your contract termination has been reversed. Now what?
Agencies can call, and are calling, contractors back to work after telling them their services are no longer required.
Rankings
Our 2024 M&A roundup is now available
Merger and acquisition volume hit a three-year high in 2024 with 158 closed transactions.
Contracts
GSA chooses 9 for $919M supply chain monitoring software pact
The General Services Administration designed this blanket purchase agreement for other agencies to acquire tools that can help them vet suppliers and monitor for other risks to supply chains.
Contracts
GSA, DOD preview on-ramp for $1.8B readiness support contract
Roughly a dozen primes are currently involved in this contract called PRISM and the Defense Department wants to know if more small businesses can join them.
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