Sentar Awarded $47M Task Order for DHA Cybersecurity Risk Management Operations Support Services

Summary: Sentar, a Women-Owned Small Business, has been awarded a $47 million task order by The Department of the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic). The contract is to provide Cybersecurity Risk Management Operations Support services to the Defense Health Agency (DHA).   Detailed Stories: Sentar Awarded $47M Task Order for
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General Services Administration (GSA) Releases Pre-Sol For $2.5 Billion Payroll Contract Called NewPay

Summary: The General Services Administration released a presolicitation (Pre-Sol) on May 17, 2018, for a $2.5 billion contract called NewPay. NewPay will be a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) competed through GSA’s Schedule IT-70. The contract will provide payroll, work scheduling, leave, and other related services for federal employees. NewPay services could reach two million federal
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Program Managers Do Not Make Good Capture Managers

Often debate rages as to whether it is generally a good idea on recompetes for incumbent program managers (PM) also to be dual-hatted as capture managers. Absolutely not. Sometimes we see what we want to see, not what really is. In like manner, some incumbent program managers are too close to the recompete to see
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The Difference Between a Bank Line of Credit and Term Loan

As a business owner looking for help financing part of your business, it is important to understand the fundamental differences of a bank line of credit and a term loan. They are used specifically for different purposes. Applying for the wrong type of loan may cause problems later on as the business grows. A line of
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Proposal Managers: Ten Keys to Effective Stand-up Proposal Meetings

We have all been there: Stand-up meetings that began with such promise, but over time they languished until we came to dread them as time wasters. Here are 10 keys to making your stand-up meetings effective for everyone: Actually stand up. Don’t let anyone settle in their seats for a session of gridlock. They’re called “stand-up
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Imports And Systems Inspection Regulatory Compliance And Enforcement (SIRCE)

The Pulse - GovCon - Industry Exposé - Cancelled Bids, Pre Sol Bids, Active Bids, and Awarded Bids
The FDA contracting office released the draft RFP to continue the support for the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) criminal investigations, imports, and systems for inspection, recalls compliance, and enforcement (SIRCE). Incumbent Lockheed Martin (now Leidos) has been supporting this program since 2009 with the PoP ending in September of this year.
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Operation of the San Diego Job Corps Center

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CSD (OWL Companies Inc.) has been supporting this program since 2014 with the PoP ending in March 2019. Job Corps is a residential training program for economically disadvantaged youth between the ages of 16 and 24. Supporting GovCons are responsible for the management and operation of a Government-owned facility, as well as the hiring of
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Adapting USAID Democracy Rights and Governance Assistance to Better Address Global Trends

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The intent of this BAA is to seek participants to co-create, co-design, co-invest, and collaborate on research and development interventions to improve delivery of Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Programs given the growing global challenges of closing civic and political space,disillusionment with democracy, violent extremism, the digital revolution,demographic and migration trends, among others. USAID is
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Universal Enrollment Services (UES) Bridge Award

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Well this is awkward. See our full analysis on IDEMIA under the “Cancellation” part of our this report under “CHANNELING FOR NONCRIMINAL JUSTICE FINGERPRINT SUBMISSIONS III Solicitation No.:DJF18CHANNELING). In short, the NY Post reported back in December 2017 that a company named, Papillon AO, a subsidiary of Safran – renamed MorphoTrust – which was merged
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The Pulse – GovCon Industry Expose – May 17, 2018

The Pulse - GovCon - Industry Exposé - Cancelled Bids, Pre Sol Bids, Active Bids, and Awarded Bids
The only thing not drenched in rain is this Industry Expose’! Now grab something dry and get to reading.  The Pulse Industry Exposé is our bread and butter. It is this kind of knowledge sharing that inspired The Pulse in the first place. We have kept our eyes open and our ears to the ground to
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