BAE uses team approach to build small-business alliances
Every month, the IT group for BAE Systems North America Inc. invites about three dozen small-business partners to a Homeland Security Department trusted forum. They discuss issues and trends, and identify emerging opportunities as well as share best practices.
Diversity, as defined by Booz Allen Hamilton
"What do you do?" is just about the worst question to ask Lynn Livengood, especially if you meet her at a small-business fair where she scouts potential partners.
SRA finds way to watch small biz by the bunch
About 100 small-business subcontractors are working with SRA International Inc. on the large task order contract it holds with the National Institutes of Health called the Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners Innovations contract (CIO-SP2i).
Goals are great, but homework makes teams
Mihir Shah and Stella Mercado Colwell of Suh'dutsing Technologies LLC and MerCom, respectively, met Kim Bowley at State Department small-business networking events early this autumn. By November, both 8(a), HUBZone companies were teamed with ManTech International Corp., where Bowley has been the small-business liaison officer since 1990.
AT&T's numbers emphasize commitment to small business
AT&T Government Solutions underscored its commitment to small-business partnering when it tapped 30 such companies for its team chasing the gargantuan Networx telecommunications contracts.
Making the team: Matchmaker
Things don't always go as planned in government contracting.
Making the team: Specifics critical to Anteon teams
With more than 100 managers creating and running project teams, Anteon International Corp. has more people involved in finding teammates than some of its partners have employees.
Making the team: GTSI moves broaden its focus with small-business alliances
Like an old-fashioned shopkeeper who has outgrown its original storefront, GTSI Corp. clings to its roots as a hardware vendor.
Making the team: CSC wants experience, flexibility in its partners
The scope of a project can change drastically while work is under way. That's why Computer Sciences Corp. relies on experienced subcontractors for many of its government projects.
EDS Using Its 'Tools' To Form, Revise Teams
Leveraging relationships is part of EDS' approach to small business partnering, both for teaming and for its conventional subcontracting activities. EDS has also developed a small business staffing program that seeks to bring specialists into EDS contracts.
Making the Team: SAIC
Science Applications International Corp.'s stock incentives boost small business partnering.
Making the Team: Lockheed Martin
Early this month, Lockheed Martin Information Technology's health care solutions unit invited 23 small companies ? all prospective subcontractors ? to an all-day briefing and interview session at the company's Center for Leadership Excellence in Bethesda, Md.
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