GSA eyes 399 more small business awards for OASIS+
The General Services Administration identifies who it wants to join the 8(a), service-disabled/veteran-owned and woman-owned small business portions for the professional services vehicle. The General Services Administration is eyeing 399 more small businesses to join the growing roster of awardees for OASIS+, the massive government-wide professional services contract vehicle with no ceiling. GSA announced those companies as […]
Washington Harbour Partners buys stake in debris-tracking satellite firm
The investment is the second announced within a week for Turion Space, which also builds satellites that can improve space-domain awareness. Turion Space has announced its second investor in a week by adding private equity firm Washington Harbour Partners to its stable of backers. Washington Harbour’s entry into Turion was announced Wednesday and follows Critical Software’s investment that […]
WT 360: We unpack the 2024 M&A roundup and GovCon’s ongoing adjustment to Trump 2.0
Nick and Ross start out by going over the newest edition of our annual report that catalogs merger-and-acquisition activity, then shift their discussion to how the new administration still leaves contractors guessing roughly 11 weeks in. In each year from 2004 and onward, WT publishes a report and augmenting analysis that catalogs merger-and-acquisition activity in […]
Industry layoffs mount as cancelled contracts and DOGE efforts take hold
Just shy of 2,500 workers in Maryland and Virginia are poised to lose their jobs as 13 companies issue mass layoff notice. The layoffs and firings that are happening across government agencies have spread into the contractor workforce that supports them, with multiple companies filing notifications in Virginia and Maryland of workforce reductions. Companies with over 100 […]
GSA makes two more batches of OASIS+ awards
The government-wide professional services vehicle now has 698 unrestricted primes and 1,563 small business winners with more to come. The General Services Administration has released a third set of unrestricted awards for the OASIS+ professional services vehicle on Thursday, bringing the total number of primes for that portion to 698. GSA on Thursday announced 110 companies as new unrestricted awardees with more […]
A baker’s dozen corporate leadership moves to note as spring arrives
This new listing of key hires and promotions across the government market also coincides with the ending of 2025’s first quarter. Advanced IT Kevin Thompkins has joined the provider of IT, cybersecurity and training services as senior vice president of corporate strategy. Advanced IT cited his 25-year career as covering functions such as business development, partnerships, […]
Energy selects 16 sites for AI data center construction, new energy development
The Department of Energy identified 16 locations on its own land to build the new infrastructure. The Department of Energy is moving forward with some of the Trump administration’s plans to support both artificial intelligence infrastructure development and energy production, identifying 16 public land sites for potential construction. In a Thursday announcement, Energy confirmed that these […]
How consulting firms acquire to iterate, and sometimes reinvent themselves
The intersection of consulting, integration and implementation is on full display when looking at our 2024 roundup of mergers and acquisitions. So too are the preceding years. One major theme emerges when looking at how contractors that do consulting approach acquisitions in the market: they look to buy companies that are not really consulting businesses. Instead, […]
Venture investing is part of the M&A conversation too
These “deals of a different stripe” to own part of a company require the same business muscles as acquisitions: belief in a business and a willingness to put down money in support of that belief. Across the wide world of mergers and acquisitions in the government market, the conversation and activity primarily centers around the singular […]
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 […]