To survive the new GovCon environment, your people are your ultimate competitive edge
Five critical blind spots that threaten you contracts, and how to transform your team before it is too late, according to BD expert Nic Coppings. GovCon executives, that knot in your stomach? It’s not just stress. It’s a warning sign that the perfect storm of contract consolidations, budget scrutiny, economic uncertainty, and hyper-competition is already impacting […]
Army wraps up awards for $379M training support contract
The Live Training Ranges and Combat Training Centers contract covers continues tech refreshments and other modernization work to aid in the readiness of soldiers. The Army has finalized its award of a potential eight-year, $378.7 million contract to 11 companies that will provide lifecycle support for the military branch’s live training ranges and combat training centers. […]
The public company acquirer remains a unicorn in the M&A action
While in the minority, this group of serial buyers requires a different sort of attention and conversation given that they are publicly-traded and have to explain it all. The clear majority of merger-and-acquisition activity in the government market involves private equity groups, either via their acquisition of a company or follow-on purchases to further scale out […]
Spending and workforce cuts will harm VA’s modernization work, Democrats say
Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., said cuts across VA are forcing the department “to decide between keeping staff on the floor, and investing in expensive equipment that may sit idle without enough personnel to operate it.” Democrats on the House panel overseeing the Department of Veterans Affairs used a Tuesday hearing on biomedical innovation to voice serious […]
VA names 9 medical facilities that will receive new EHR in 2026
The department said it plans to deploy the modernized electronic health record at a total of 13 sites next year following a pause on most rollouts of the software that was instituted in April 2023. The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday officially announced the nine additional VA medical facilities slated to receive the new Oracle […]