Small biz gets big seat at Alliant table
At $15 billion, the General Services Administration's Alliant Small Business contract is the biggest vehicle ever developed just for small businesses.
Tech Success: Web management comes easy for Calif. town
Online since the mid-1990s, the city of Rialto, Calif.'s Web site had limited space, was difficult to maintain and badly needed a redesign.
SBA gets expanded oversight role
The Small Business Administration now is responsible for establishing the certification of small businesses as small disadvantaged, 8 (a) certified or HUBZone-certified.
State moves ahead on small biz contract
The State Department has decided that its five-year, $300 million contract for IT support services will be a small-business competition.
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.
DHS small-business efforts surpass goals, agency says
The Department of Homeland Security says it awarded 27 percent of its prime contracts to small businesses in 2004.
Application development
The Florida Department of Children and Families is seeking vendors to provide rapid application-development capabilities, data integration and Web-based applications for an alternate development environment. An RFP is expected in April.
2005 Who's Who among state and local integrators
More than $1 billion
A bigger slice:
The roster of players might be the same as last year's, but it isn't business as usual in the state and local government market. Many systems integrators, even those holding strong positions, are pushing into new lines of business as a way to enlarge their slice of the state and local pie.
Infotech and the law: Size regulations still an issue with SBA rule
Recently, the Small Business Administration issued a final rule to amend its small-business size regulations. Buried in this rule is a potentially confusing requirement for small businesses to provide updated size certifications following certain types of mergers or acquisitions.
FAA seeks research support
The Federal Aviation Administration wants airport technology, research and development services, and technical and engineering support for its Airport Technology Research and Development Branch. The branch conducts research, tests and demonstrations related to runway support, planning and design, pavements, capacity enhancement, capacity and delay computer modeling, wildlife hazards, lighting and markings, and rescue and firefighting. The Technical Center is next to Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey.
Disabled vets get $5 billion GWAC
The General Services Administration this spring will release a $5 billion, 10-year governmentwide acquisition contract for service-disabled veteran-owned IT small businesses.
Probe sought for no-bid ANC contracts
Leaders of the House Government Reform Committee want GAO to review agency awards of sole-source small business contracts to Alaska Native Corporations.
GSA to release $5 billion veteran-owned small business IT contract
The General Services Administration this spring will release a $5 billion, 10-year governmentwide acquisition contract for service-disabled veteran-owned IT small businesses.
WebExtra! How to move from letter of intent to M&A success
After companies sign a letter of intent, they still have plenty of hard work ahead to complete the deal. Smart sellers need to protect themselves from transactions that slip away after the letter of intent is signed.
Buy Lines: GSA still attracts, but what does it take to succeed?
Each month, an average of 115 companies apply to the General Services Administration to join the ranks of the 4,000-plus Schedule 70 contractors. This means that each month, more than 100 companies -- mostly small businesses -- are taking the very first steps to enter the federal IT marketplace.
WFI acquires network company
Wireless Facilities Inc. has acquired TLA Associates, a provider of network services, for $34 million in cash, the company announced Jan. 27.
SBA modifies HUBZone
The Small Business Administration is changing its Historically Underutilized Business program to help small businesses create more jobs in economically distressed communities.
SBA modifies HUBZone program to foster job growth
The Small Business Administration is changing its Historically Underutilized Business program to help small businesses create more jobs in economically distressed communities, the agency said today.
More time to speak out on size standards
The Small Business Administration has extended the deadline by 60 days for comments on the advance notice of a proposed rule to the agency's effort to restructure small-business size standards.
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