Merger-and -acquisition activity in the government market is not static, so while looking back at the deals that closed in 2017, it also is important to look forward at what the year ahead will bring.
Source: Best deals of 2018 already happening — Washington Technology
There are tons of valuable government contracting events in the DC metro area, from networking happy hours to training seminars to opportunity overviews. We narrowed down the top 5 that we think you should attend in the upcoming weeks.
Source: March Monthly Insights Newsletter | Top 5 GovCon Events
During 2017, more than 100 mergers and acquisitions closed in the government market and were transformative events for the companies involved.
Source: Who made the year’s best deals? — Washington Technology
The White House-backed initiative aims to help agencies modernize technology around five key areas.
Source: GSA Awards Contracts for IT ‘Centers of Excellence’ – FedTech
ICF Inc. and SIE Consulting Group are among the companies selected for five contracts to set up “centers of excellence” to guide IT modernization initiatives.
When interviewing non-traditional IT vendors in the federal marketplace for a series of blogs, I asked how they decided what agencies to target. A common answer was that they chose based on whether a sympathetic contracting officer was present. So — not the least to provide tips to contracting folks who want to encourage new vendors entering the marketplace — I decided to talk to two of the contracting officials the new vendors mentioned to me: Mark Junda of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Dan Levenson of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to find out what they did to encourage new vendors.
Source: Meet the contracting folks who are encouraging new IT vendors — FCW
Agency CIOs must be empowered and focus on enterprise-wide changes to truly move IT systems into the 21st century.
Source: Modernizing Government IT Is Not Just About Technology – FedTech
There were 60 transactions through the first two months of the year among aerospace, defense and government services companies and the activity shows no signs of slowing down.
Source: M&A in government contracting is off to a torrid start – Washington Business Journal
Acquisition reform will take more than creative regulatory workarounds if the Defense Department is going to truly modernize and advance, said Air Force Materiel Commander Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski.
Source: Why acquisition reform is about more than OTAs — FCW
It seemed like a routine contract award for the Energy Department. DoE wanted a company to process radioactive liquid waste. The winning bidder soon ran into protests, because of its novel approach to handling very dangerous material. Joe Petrillo, procurement attorney at Petrillo and Powell, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk more about the case.
