8/28/2014 The Department of Energy (DOE) ESPC IDIQ first arrived on the scene in 2009 in the heart of the recession. Since its arrival, some 16 contractors have shared in project financing of a little over $2 billion. This is a very unusual IDIQ in that the projects are “alternatively financed” not [...]
Published August 7, 2014 NASA nixed the proposals of five companies bidding on the $20 billion SEWP V contract because their proposals exceeded the page limit set in the solicitation. In their protests, the companies argued that NASA shouldn’t have counted certain pages, but the Government Accountability Office agreed with the agency, and [...]
8/28/2014 Rarely has the pending release of a federal government agency IDIQ occurred while the agency is generating so much news. Recent events surrounding the Veterans Administration include the appropriation of some $16 billion in new funding to address scheduling deficiencies uncovered at the agency and the resignation of the Secretary followed [...]
Aronson LLC Federal government contractors have never faced as many significant changes as they will experience over the next few years. With flat-to-down budgets, dramatically increased oversight, higher costs of doing business, significant new rules and regulations and severely squeezed profit margins, government contractors absolutely must rethink what they’re doing and how [...]
The Department of Homeland Security anticipates releasing the RFP for its PACTS II multiple award IDIQ vehicle in early June. PACTS II (Program Management, Administrative, Clerical, and Technical Services) is a 5-year (2-year base period and three 1-year option periods) set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. Awards will be made [...]
Mike Summers, OCI Vice President of Sales, and Jeff Simons, retired Government Assistant to the PEO STRI for TEACH weigh in on their thoughts about the strategy, release date and criteria to capture this $8B Multiple Award IDIQ TEACH Program Description TEACH (Train, Educate And CoacH) is a major new Multiple Award [...]
On April 2nd, DoD CIO Teri Takai addressed the audience at the “Security Through Innovation Summit” presented by Intel Security and FedScoop. Consolidation and standardization were the core themes of her comments as she answered questions from moderator Nigel Ballard, Director of Federal Marketing at Intel. Impact of New NIST Security Standards [...]
NOAA’s $5.5 billion FY15 budget request promotes environmental intelligence with a tagline that emphasizes Science, Service and Stewardship. The value of NOAA was stated best by Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA administrator. She said the job of NOAA is to “make science matter for millions of Americans thanks to the environmental intelligence from [...]
Opening date for the Silver Line is yet to be determined, last month the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority suggested that the Silver Line could start this summer. Initially the Silver Line was set to open in late 2013 or January 2014. So far the seven-level parking garage and the plaza are complete. [...]
The Professional and Technical Support Contract (PRO-TECH), originally estimated by Deltek to be released last December, finally kicked off Wednesday with an Industry and Speed Dating event hosted by Deltek. The NOAA presentation was led by Mitchel J. Ross, Director of Acquisition and Grants Office, from the NOAA, Silver Spring office. This [...]
