DOD suspends preference for disadvantaged businesses
DOD has suspended a preference it has previously given to small, disadvantaged businesses, saying that it had exceeded its goal of awarding contracts to such firms.
Veterans' contract opens for business
The long-awaited Veterans Technology Services governmentwide acquisition contract is open for business. GSA announced today that agencies can place orders through VETS.
Survey: Integrators prefer agency-specific awards
Most systems integrators prefer to get agency-specific contracts rather than governmentwide vehicles, according to a new survey.
Six vendors land Army ITES2-H award
Six contract awards were announced Feb. 9 for the Army's ITES2-H contract, which has a value of $5 billion.
Defense contracting done right
Small defense contractors with the right management team are inherently set up for success ? they can adapt more quickly than larger businesses can to market conditions, share the business risk with their customers and attract top talent.
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New eVenture group wins $330M systems engineering deal
A joint venture has received a contract as a small business set-aside from the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center New Orleans.
EDS forms team to chase Air Force network deal
EDS Corp. has picked AT&T Inc., as well as several large and small businesses, to help it chase a potential $500 million contract with the Air Force Space Command.
GSA express program to shorten time it takes to get on schedules
One of Lurita Doan's goals as administrator of the General Services Administration is to decrease the time and burden for vendors to get on the Federal Supply Schedules.
Hot topics for the New Year
Politics, must-have technologies and major new contracts are front and center in 2007. Permeating these issues is the continuing war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
L-3's small-business partners roll with the changes
When a contractor changes its name three times in 18 months, something big is probably afoot. At L-3 Communications Corp., the $12 billion company that has been acquiring and reorganizing its government contracting units, the changes add to the challenges as well as the opportunities for prospective small-business partners.
Federal IT consolidation spills over into 2007
Senior executives and owners of federal IT services companies should pay close attention to a changing environment that provides both opportunities and uncertainties in 2007.
Catapult brings on new president
Catapult Technology Ltd. has started off the New Year with new leadership.
Merlin restructures government business
Merlin International Inc. has reorganized its government business into three divisions to better match up with what the company sees as the needs of its customers.
Input: Large companies share of federal IT pie growing
The percent of federal IT prime contract dollars going to large companies increased by 15 percent from 2003 to 2005, sharply cutting into the share held by small and mid-sized firms.
Veterans Technology Services winners selected
GSA today announced that it has awarded its $5 billion, 10-year governmentwide acquisition contract to 44 service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses.
Jerry Grossman | New SBA size further stratifies small business
Arguably, the Small Business Administration's final rule, announced Nov. 15, regarding small-business size recertification under long-term federal contracts has few beneficiaries in the long term, except, perhaps, unsuccessful small businesses.
SBA regs ruffle feathers
A fair shake in federal contracting is what small IT companies are after. But what constitutes "fair" is a matter for debate, one that is raging around new regulations released by the Small Business Administration in November.
Stan Soloway | Size recertification rule falls short of mark
Last month, the Small Business Administration released its anxiously anticipated rule on the recertification of small-business size status. On balance, SBA got it partly right.
Infotech and the Law: A new day dawns in size recertification
It's finally out: the Small Business Administration's long-awaited, much-debated, final rule establishing size recertification requirements applicable to contracts that run for longer than five years appeared in the Nov. 15 issue of the Federal Register.
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