Value of Army’s ITS-Small Business vehicle is $400MM
Source: INPUT B2G Exchange Blog
Since the Fort Belvoir Chapter of AFCEA Industry Day in April 2008, vendor interest in Army's
Information Technology Services – Small Business (ITS-SB) opportunity has quickly increased. ITS-SB encompasses certain core competencies of the IT market and is being considered a small business augmentation to the ITES contracts within specific task areas.
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| “The Army is looking to small businesses to fill in the gaps left by the two ITES contracts. ITS-SB will supply IT services in the specific task areas missed or limited under the current large ITES-2S and ITES-2H requirements. Even though the Army has trusted Small Businesses in other areas with the massive FIRST contract and more specific SETAC requirements, ITS-SB brings technology services directly to the small business community. Look for an Industry day in June prior to release of the RFP.” -Melissa Burka, Research Associate, Federal |
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Encore II Winners Announced, including the Protesters
Source: INPUT B2G Exchange Blog
Last Friday, The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced that it had made fourteen awards for their
ENCORE II Information Technology Solutions contract for large businesses. Four of the awardees were companies that protested the original awards back in 2007.
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| “Several questions arise out of this emerging trend of protests on large contract awards: Is Protesting Now a Business Strategy? Can Government Avoid Protests with More Diligence? Do Protests Point to the Government's Human Capital Challenges? We may not have answers to these questions yet, but the trend is unmistakable.” -John Slye, Principal Analyst |
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Watch This: Implications of OMB’s Management Watch List
Source: INPUT B2G Exchange Blog
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a quarterly review of the Management Watch List (MWL). Late last week, OMB released the first list of programs since the MWL totals were published in February and found a 19% reduction in listed programs. INPUT further reviews what happens to programs which continue to appear on the MWL.
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| “Once OMB has selected a program for the MWL, federal officials have to act quickly to correct the weaknesses. And, even with many other oversight bodies affecting federal programs (Congress, Government Accountability Office and the Inspector General,) OMB manages to ensure that the Management Watch List and High Risk Lists are taken seriously. However, as always, some federal agencies have been better than others in improving troubled programs.” -Jeremy Potter, Senior Analyst, Federal Homeland Security Opportunities |
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New Law Likely to Boost Electronic Health Record Efforts
Source: INPUT B2G Exchange Blog
Congress overwhelmingly passes a bill preventing discrimination via genetic information by insurers and employers, which the President is almost certain to sign.
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| “The fear that the information in electronic health records would somehow be used to adjust insurance rates or bar employment was one of the major privacy challenges to EHR programs. This legislation should go a long way to remove this chilling effect and assure citizens that their health histories will only be used to make their health care safer, more efficient and effective.” -Richard Colven, Vice President, Industry Analysis |
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April 2008 Federal M&A recap
Source: INPUT B2G Exchange Blog
8 M&A deals reported among Federal Vendors in April.
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