On-ramp bidding begins for $1.8B DOD readiness support contract
The General Services Administration and Defense Department are focusing this search to add more companies to the contract’s major system support pool. The General Services Administration and Defense Department are now ready for small businesses to start working on and submitting proposals for the on-ramp of PRISM, a potential $1.8 billion professional services contract vehicle. GSA […]
Veterans Affairs chooses joint venture for $276M data program contract
A joint venture of ThunderYard and Booz Allen Hamilton will work with VA on providing an ecosystem of data management tools to health care and benefits providers. A joint venture of ThunderYard and Booz Allen Hamilton has won a potential five-year, $276 million task order to help the Veterans Affairs Department manage a portfolio of data […]
Microsoft’s global public sector chief Angela Heise steps down
Phillippe Rogge, Vodafone Germany’s former CEO and a Microsoft veteran, will take over leadership of the group Heise has led for the past three years. Angela Heise, head of Microsoft’s worldwide public sector, announced in a LinkedIn post Tuesday that she is stepping down from the position. She also announced her successor as Phillippe Rogge, who […]
New OMB memo lays out GSA’s plan to consolidate contracts
New rules that are coming will require agencies to use existing government-wide vehicles and best-in-class contracts before creating new ones. A new memo from the Office of Management and Budget describes how the General Services Administration will take over much of the government’s buying of what it calls “common goods and services.” That memo sent Friday by OMB Director […]