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    US Geological Survey Awards Service Support IDIQ to Cherokee Nation Technologies

    Cherokee Nation Technologies has been awarded a potential $45 million contract to provide geographic information platforms, research, data analysis, programming and other technical support services for the U.S. Geological Survey’s research centers. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract covers support for USGS’ National Wetlands Research Center, Southwest Ecological Science Center, Coastal and Marine Science Center and State Water Science Centers […] More

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    LGS Innovations Secures $9.5M Navy Submarine Telecom Cable Task Order

    LGS Innovations has won a one-year, $9.5 million task order to provide telecommunications cables for the U.S. Navy’s submarine fleet. The company will supply the military branch with cable assemblies that comply with the Hydro-Acoustic Data Acquisition System – Truck Cable standard, the Defense Department said Monday. LGS Innovations will perform work through July 2016 in High […] More

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    TCS Lands $11M IT Support Services Contract in Maryland; Michael Bristol Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems has secured a potential $11.3 million contract to provide maintenance and technical support services for the Maryland Department of Human Resources’ information technology infrastructure. TCS said Friday the contract has a three-year base period and two option years and has been awarded under Maryland’s Consulting and Technical Services+ indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Under the CATS+ […] More

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    GSA Issues RFI for Cyber National Mission Force

    The General Services Administration has issued a request for information to gather ideas from industry on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide support services for a proposed nationwide cyber force, Defense Systems reported Monday. Mark Pomerleau writes the GSA’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center plans to set up the Cyber National Mission Force in partnership with the U.S. Cyber Command. Pomerleau […] More

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    Vencore to Support App Test, Development Work at Sandia Labs; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore will provide support to Sandia National Laboratories on the development and testing of technologies for military applications under a $10 million sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Tuesday it will work on formal software and system testing, custom software development, documentation and testing for classified programs at Sandia. Mac Curtis, president and CEO of Vencore, noted that […] More

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    NASA Taps Exceed Resources for Admin, Secretarial Support at Johnson Space Center

    Exceed Resources has received a $73 million performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from NASA for administrative and secretarial support services at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA said Friday the contract has a five-year period of performance that starts Aug. 2, 2015 and ends in May 2020. According to the space agency, Exceed Resources Inc. will perform work under the JSC Administrative Support Services […] More

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    AECOM to Support Navy Facility Design Projects in Europe, Africa, SW Asia

    AECOM will prepare documentation on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps facilities planning and environmental activities in Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia under a $45 million architect-engineering contract. The Defense Department said Friday AECOM’s technical services arm will support the Naval Facilities Engineering Command‘s design projects in the EURAFSWA area of responsibility through May 2020. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract […] More

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    Tony Bardo: Hughes to Provide Digital Signage, Learning Mgmt System to Texas Agency

    Hughes Network Systems will provide data communications and networking equipment and associated services to the Texas Department of Information Resources under a two-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Monday the contract includes digital signage utilized in emergency messaging and media distribution applications and the Hughes Learning Portal learning management system. “By leveraging digital signage in combination with learning management, […] More

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    Army Seeks Partners for Airborne Reconnaissance System IDIQ Contract

    The U.S. Army is looking for partners to provide mission equipment payload design, systems and aircraft integration, configuration management, logistics support and sensor procurement services for the Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced system. The service said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday that it plans to award a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the replacement of nine ARL-Multifunction systems. ARL-E works […] More

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    Alion Lands $34M Contract for Support Services to NSWC Crane; Greg Bryant Comments

    Alion Science and Technology will provide the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane in Indiana with engineering, quality assurance and project, configuration and data management services under a potential five-year, $34 million contract. The company said Tuesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers services and associated test equipment in support of the Polymer Engineering and Underwater Sensor and Logistics branches of […] More

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    ASI Government: Include Commercial Service Requirements in Cloud Contracts

    Federal agencies have used different approaches to procure cloud computing products and services and many have indicated they face difficulties when they structure cloud contracts, ASI Government‘s Kymm McCabe, Frank McNally and Anne Laurent say. In a guest post published Tuesday on FCW, the authors point to ASI Government’s cloud acquisition guides, where the company highlighted parts 12 and 39 of the […] More

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    Northrop to Provide Engineering Support for Navy Combat System Upgrade; Mike Barrett Comments

    Northrop Grumman has received a $12 million task order from the U.S. Navy to support the Combat Direction Systems Activity at Dam Neck in upgrading the Ship Self-Defense System Mark 2 combat system. The company said Tuesday it will develop new hardware prototypes to replace old components and provide systems engineering and integration as well as lifecycle engineering services. […] More