Acquisition

Booz, Allen snares $620M telecom services pact

The General Services Administration last week awarded a contract to Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. for up to $620 million worth of telecommunications support services that will complement the PostFTS 2000 contract. ~~The Telecommunications Support Contract 2 services available to agencies throughout t

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Leasing fare added to IT schedule menu

HERSHEY Pa. The General Services Administration will award next month three or four schedule contracts to vendors who will lease laptops and other information technology products to federal users. Bill Gormley assistant commissioner of acquisition at GSA's Federal Supply Service said last week at

Acquisition

Shifting landscape requires training

Forget everything you know about federal procurement. Years worth of knowledge and insights have little relevancy due to the wholesale overhaul of procurement regulations over the last two years. To compete in the new world order government and industry executives are finding the need to refresh th

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HQ, regional offices set to kick off FAST

Contracting personnel at General Services Administration headquarters hope to issue a solicitation this month for a $1 billion program to channel agencies' information technology requirements to small disadvantaged 8(a) vendors as well as contractors holding schedule and governmentwide contracts. O

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BofA loss raises tape questions

The practice of shipping backup tapes to remote sites may be reviewed in light of the loss of computer tapes with financial information on more than 1 million feds.

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Auditor general chides Florida tech office outsourcing

The state auditor general found that the technology office did not follow Florida laws.

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ICE prepares for $500M deal

Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks bidders on a tech support contract possibly worth up to $500 million.

Acquisition

Mactec to run EPA's CASTNet

The environmental agency will pay Mactec up to $24 million over five years to run the Clean Air Status and Trends Network.

Acquisition

Keeping the customer happy

Shopping is a necessary activity, but it's one that can result in nearly indescribable frustration, especially around the holidays.