Idemia’s U.S. arm has secured a potential $128 million contract to provide credential authentication platforms and support services for the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration. Idemia Identity & Security USA will provide design, manufacturing, engineering, training, test support, maintenance, delivery and...
Shifting global dynamics have underscored the importance of homeland security for the United States in recent years, and some of the country’s top security leaders are taking a closer look at how emerging technologies are shaping the competitive landscape. The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology directorate serves as the res...
By the time a new technology is funded, developed, prototyped, tested, produced and finally put in the hands of our warfighters, it’s often already outdated, as the federal government’s acquisition processes can take years to get through. The Defense Innovation Unit is on a mission to drastically speed up the Department of Defense’s acquisiti...
The Department of Homeland Security has released a presolicitation notice for the third iteration of a program that covers commercial services and offerings to meet component and departmental service needs in support of DHS mission objectives. According to the draft request for proposal on SAM.gov, the Program Management, Administration, Clerical an...
The General Services Administration plans to release in March a solicitation for a services contract to build a 10-story headquarters for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at St. Elizabeths West Campus in Washington, D.C. The proposed single-award, firm-fixed-price contract will require the vendor to provide management, consultant...
Greg Williams, most recently vice president of Chevo Consulting’s homeland security practice, has been promoted to executive VP of the management consulting firm’s homeland security and defense account. Williams brings to the role over three decades of experience offering management advisory support to homeland, civilian and defense clients, Che...
Peraton has been awarded a $174.6 million contract to help the U.S. Customs Border and Protection manage an airborne detection and monitoring system used in air, maritime and ground surveillance. The award is for the continued provision of program management, operations and maintenance, life cycle management and mission support for the Tethered Aero...
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking industry comments on its draft synopsis and vendor selection criteria for a follow-on architectural engineering services contract vehicle with a potential ceiling value of $1 billion over 10 years. General architect-engineer services under the multiple-award indefinite-deliver/indefinite-quantity contra...
Four companies have each won two-year contracts from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply retail electricity and ancillary or incidental services to multiple U.S. federal departments and military branches. DLA‘s energy organization received six offers for the procurement effort through a competitive bidding process, the Department of ...
Raiza Basilio, a 15-year GovCon industry veteran, has joined McLean, Virginia-based federal information technology services contractor Steampunk as vice president for citizen service and defense portfolio. She brings to the role her experience building client relationships and supporting customers in the Department of Homeland Security and federal i...
