Posts from GovConWire for 03/23/2016

Navy Picks 5 Firms for Potential $503M Educational Program Support IDIQ

The U.S. Navy has selected five companies to provide teaching and research services and subject matter expertise in support of the Naval Postgraduate School’s educational programs under a potential $502…

Steven Omick Named President, CEO at Riverside Research

Steven Omick, former president of Vencore‘s research subsidiary, will serve as president and CEO of New York-based nonprofit scientific research services company Riverside Research starting Monday…

State Department to Host Overseas Small Biz GovCon Conference

The State Department is set to hold its first overseas small business government contracting conference on May 31 at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. The Office of Small and Disadvantage Business Utilization will convene large contractors, agency representatives, suppliers and small businesses during the event to facilitate socio-economic discussions, the department said in a notice released Monday…

Oshkosh to Provide Light Tactical Vehicles Under $244M Army Contract Modification

Oshkosh Defense has landed a $243.8 million U.S. Army contract modification to deliver a set of light tactical vehicles and trailers as well as provide system engineering, program management and test support…

Booz Allen Gets Navy’s Marine Corps Operational Services Task Order

Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $20.4 million U.S. Navy task order to provide operational support services to the Marine Corps Installations Command and the Marine Corps headquarters’ energy, water management and transportation initiatives…

Army Awards SAP NS2 Multiyear Consultation Services Contract

The U.S. Army has awarded SAP‘s national security services unit a $17 million multiyear contract for consultation services in support of the service branch’s enterprise resource planning logistics and financial programs…

IRS Seeks to Improve Tax Info Presentation Through Crowdsourcing Design Contest

The Internal Revenue Service has launched a crowdsourcing competition that seeks to develop novel ways to present tax information to taxpayers in an effort to help them understand the data as well as their tax responsibilities…

March 22 Market Close: GovCon Index, US Stocks Show Little Change Amid Brussels Attacks

The GovCon Index held in narrow range for the entirety of Tuesday trade and closed at a nominal loss of 0.084 points to 75.331, which ends the Index’s four-day stretch of gains. U.S. markets also struggled for direction after the early morning terrorist attacks at the main airport and a subway station in Brussels that killed at least 30 and wounded more than 170…