The National Institutes of Health and U.S. Agency for International Development finalized a trio of awards on large, multiple-award contracts just before and during the holiday week.
The consulting firm has been held by one of the government market's most notable private equity owners in Veritas Capital, but the incoming new owner Bain Capital is in a different category of size and reach.
The Government Accountability Office said it had no choice but to rule against the Defense Department because it wouldn't show how it investigated a conflict-of-interest allegation.
In the Government Accountability Office's eyes, Kearney did not show enough specifics to overturn the Army's choice of Guidehouse for an audit support services contract.
Step one is extending BAE Systems Inc.'s incumbent contract to continue its support of nuclear weapons. Step two -- making a new award decision -- will take a while.
Awardees on this blanket purchase agreement will provide analytics and other technology-related services to the department's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.