Jacobs

A reader's guide to 'New Amentum' on its launch day

The government services company is now a publicly-traded one following its merger with Jacobs' federal-facing units. Here is a one-stop shop of our coverage in the buildup to the transaction's closure.

  • By Ross Wilkers

DTRA opens proposal window for $3.5B counter-WMD contract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency will choose up to eight companies for this recompete of a contract vehicle focused on partnerships with other nations.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Court fight over $45B Hanford tank contract resumes

The Energy Department's decision to stick with its preferred bidder for the contract to manage a vast farm of radioactive waste storage tanks is again the subject of a lawsuit.

  • By Ross Wilkers

BAE challenges loss of $12B nuclear weapon support contract

BAE Systems and Guidehouse are fighting to manage the retirement of the Minuteman III missile and deployment of its replacement.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Energy tries again to award $45B Hanford tank contract

The department wraps up its evaluation of revised proposals following a court challenge, but the outcome is the same for now unless another protest follows.

  • By Ross Wilkers

How and why Jacobs lost a $2.8B incumbent contract

A newly-released bid protest decision describes one significant mistake by Jacobs, but also includes allegations of information being shared because the business unit involved is part of a complex merger.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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Jacobs loses fight to keep $2.8B Special Operations IT contract

All of the incumbent's claims were rejected and that clears the way for the transition to a new prime.

  • By Nick Wakeman

FEMA goes to new alignment for disaster response support contract

The current iteration of the Public Assistance - Technical Assistance Contract has three companies, while the new version will have four and also splits up the work by geography.

  • By Ross Wilkers

New Jacobs, Amentum creation puts focus on large enterprise contracts

The as-yet-named entity from the merger of Amentum and two of Jacobs' government-facing business units will hit the market with plans to be a global systems integrator.

  • By Ross Wilkers

DISA finalizes $1B testing support award

The Defense Information Systems Agency goes with a newcomer for this much-protested contract that evidently now has the green light to get going.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Jacobs, Amentum unveil transaction to form a new public company

Jacobs agrees to merge two of its government-facing business units with Amentum to create this new government services provider.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Jacobs renews its fight to keep $2.8B contract

Special Operations Command chose Peraton for IT systems and infrastructure support work over the incumbent.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Peraton wins $2.8B Special Operations IT recompete

This award is poised to continue a tradition of the customer going with someone else other than the incumbent.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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All sides ask court to dismiss case involving $1B DISA contract

It is unclear if the Defense Information Systems Agency will stand by its choice of American Systems or restart the competition.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Jacobs gets second chance at $1B Special Operations Command contract

The command will now open discussions with all bidders, including the incumbent Jacobs that challenged its elimination.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Air Force chooses 46 firms for nearly $1B weapons testing tech contract

Awardees will compete to provide "highly-specialized technologies" for the testing and evaluation work.

  • By Ross Wilkers

CEO retirements signal growing market maturity

A grouping of recent CEO retirements came with no drama and are a sign of stability in the market. Just don't think of it as boring.

  • By Nick Wakeman

WT 360: Our snap reax to Jacobs' spinoff plan

Washington Technology's Ross Wilkers and Nick Wakeman offer up their first impressions of Jacobs' plan to create a new $4.4 billion-annual revenue government services company.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Jacobs plans spinoff of government services business

The federal market is poised to get a new independent, publicly traded company thanks to Jacobs' decision to spin out the bulk of its $4.4 billion government services business.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Air Force gets moving on redo of $12B missile support recompete

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.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Fight for $1B DISA contract lands in court

Two companies including an incumbent are now asking the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to reverse the award of a $1 billion contract to American Systems.

  • By Nick Wakeman