DigitalNet Holdings Inc. won a Homeland Security Department contract worth up to $25 million for fingerprint identification services, officials of the Herndon, Va., company announced today.
The House of Representatives yesterday passed an amendment to the Treasury-Transportation appropriations bill that would dampen the Bush administration's efforts to conduct public-private competitions for federal work under rules established in May 2003.
Federal officials are asking for comments on how time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts are used to buy commercial products and how the contract types could be used to buy commercial services.
Titan Corp. won a task order contract from the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command that authorizes Titan to continue providing linguist services and support for critical contingency missions worldwide.
Defense Department procurement rules that went into effect today limit the consolidation of DOD requirements into single contracts and allow incentive payments to companies that use Native American, Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian small businesses as subcontractors on DOD contracts.
<font color="cc0000"> (UPDATED) </font color>Fifty-one small businesses won spots on the Commerce Information Technology Services Next Generation, a small-business acquisition contract for information technology.
The Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology awarded grants worth about $260,000 to five companies and individuals to develop homeland security technologies.
Service-disabled veterans recently got what many women want: a new procurement regulation that allows contracting officers to set aside federal contracts specifically for their small businesses.
Cairo Corp. of Chantilly, Va., has grown nearly 200 percent annually during the past five years and now tops Washington Technology's annual list of the 50 fastest-growing federal IT contractors. Owner and president Alba Alemán said she doesn't want any special treatment from the government because of her gender.
Federal agencies beginning next month will be required to use performance-based contracting on 40 percent of eligible jobs worth more than $25,000, according to a Sept. 7 memo from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Two new amendments attached to Senate spending bills threaten to curtail the Bush administration's effort to compete government jobs with the private sector.
Acting in partnership with government customers "is the key to the kingdom," a Lockheed Martin Corp. executive told information technology industry executives today.
Dynamic Systems will provide hardware and software configuration, technical engineering support, asset tracking and a paperless order processing system, equipment testing and custom integration.
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