Posts from GovConWire for 06/21/2016

Honeywell Receives $75M AF Turbine Engine Contract Modification

Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) has received a $75 million contract modification to support the U.S. Air Force‘s Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines III and Beyond program. The Defense Department said Monday the VAATE initiative is a collaborative effort of multiple government agencies and companies that aim to develop new turbo-propulsion engine technologies by 2017…

ICF to Help NIEHS Manage Scientific Data for National Toxicology Program

ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) has received a potential $60 million task order to help a National Institutes of Health organization manage scientific data and evaluate research publications relevant to the agency’s National Toxicology Program…

USSOCOM Taps Zero Point for Bomb Disposal, Electronic Countermeasures Training IDIQ

Zero Point has secured a potential six-year, $49 million contract to support the U.S. Special Operations Command‘s training programs related to explosive ordnance disposal, radio-controlled improvised explosive devices and electronic countermeasures…

National Technical Information Service Seeks Joint Venture Partners for Federal Data Platform Dev’t Effort

The Commerce Department’s National Technical Information Service has asked companies, nonprofit and research organizations to submit proposals for the development of platforms and services that aim to streamline federal data collection, interoperability and analysis…

Google’s Matt Cutts to Join US Digital Service Team at the Pentagon

Matt Cutts, a veteran engineer at Google, will join the U.S. Digital Service and offer his services to the Defense Digital Service at the Pentagon. Cutts said in a blog post published Friday he will be based in Washington as part of his new role…

State Dept Explores Industry Sources of EHR System Implementation Support

The State Department is requesting information on project management services providers that can help the agency deploy an ambulatory electronic medical records system for the healthcare units of U…

CorasCloud to Supply Marines With Portfolio Mgmt Platform; Jim Benson Comments

The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has tasked CorasCloud to deliver its customizable project and portfolio management system to plan, manage and execute the service branch’s tasks and support its initiatives…

Fluor, Partners Reach Financial Agreement on $6B Maryland Light Rail Project

A team comprised of Fluor, Meridiam Infrastructure Purple Line and Star America Purple Line has achieved financial close on Maryland’s $5.6 billion Purple Line Light Rail project. The Fluor-led Purple Line Transit Partners will finance, design, build, operate and maintain the project for Maryland’s transportation department and transit administration through a 36-year period, Fluor said Monday…

Bob Kleinhample: SAIC, VMware Partner on Cloud-Based Simulation Offering for Gov’t Clients

Science Applications International Corp. has selected VMware to provide cloud-based platforms for SAIC’s simulation training program as part of an effort to meet the technical requirements of government customers…

Mellanox, DOE Lab to Collaborate on Exascale Computing Tech Design

Mellanox Technologies and the Energy Department‘s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have entered into a partnership agreement to design and architect exascale computing technologies. PNNL and Mellanox seek to explore advanced functions of the company’s Interconnect platform as well as develop a new in-network computing architecture, Mellanox said Monday…

Xerox Lands Public Sector Cooperative Contract for Managed Business Services

Xerox will provide operational and managed business platforms and services to government agencies and educational institutions under a contract awarded through cooperative purchasing organization National IPA/TCPN…

June 20 Market Close: GCI Soars 1%, Stocks With UK Presence Lift as Markets View Britain’s EU Exit as Unlikely

The GovCon Index started the week of Britain’s vote on whether to stay in the European Union on the front foot with a Monday gain of 1.192 percent to 79.289 as global investors took positions that the U…