Protests over $10B Polaris contract move to court
Six companies are challenging their non-selection for one of 102 places on the government-wide IT contract for small businesses. The Government Accountability Office may have cleared its docket of protests involving the Polaris small business contract, but several disappointed bidders have taken their complaints to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Six companies filed protests at […]
Four promotes Stewart to chief executive
David Stewart will lead the technology distributor’s new phase of its strategy as a portfolio company of Sverica Capital Management. Four Inc. has hired a new chief executive in David Stewart, who first joined the public sector IT product reseller in 2008 and has been its chief operating officer for two years. Stewart started as CEO […]
Leidos eyes missile defense, border security tech as growth avenues
In talking with Wall Street, CEO Tom Bell said the company has “prepared some big ideas” in both areas for the new Trump administration and other senior stakeholders to consider. Missile defense and border security represent two key items on the new Trump administration’s agenda, plus a pair of specific areas Leidos believes it can be […]
Space Force warns industry on cost overruns
The service will convert pricey programs to fixed-price contracts if needed, an official said. The Space Force will change current contracts to fixed-price agreements or break them into more manageable pieces if they see programs heading for major cost overruns, an official said Tuesday. “We’re going to look hard at figuring out how to get out […]