Savvy Source August 2024: KBR's acquisition of LinQuest is big news for military space

This month, we analyze how KBR's acquisition of LinQuest significantly expands the company's military space expertise. We also explore how a major GOVCON business navigated through tight cost evaluation constraints and some creative staffing to oust an entrenched incumbent.

Competitor Highlight: KBR

Understanding the impact of KBR's LinQuest acquisition, with an overview of its portfolio and capabilities. Read more

GOVCON Topic: Creative staffing and cost realism

Analyzing a competition in which a competitor maneuvered a cost realism evaluation with clever staffing approaches. Read more

GOVCON Topic: How to make your Black Hat Reviews not suck

We discuss some common mistakes and some ways to reframe your thinking on this popular capture activity that is often misused. Read more

Product Highlight: FedSavvy Battle Cards

Battle Cards are essential tools to aid business decisions and better understand your core competitors.?

FedSavvy Battle Cards offer unique benefits by leveraging independent intelligence collection and offering a modular delivery to fit?your market?and?your needs.?With modules like Bloodhound and Vigilance, you can expose win and loss trends and monitor changes in your competitors' strategies.?

News You Can Use

• Leidos was awarded the five-year, $86 million Chinook IDIQ by the NGA's Integrated Program Office for Analysis for lifecycle management of existing and emerging analytics systems. Under Chinook, Leidos provides software development, systems engineering, integration, and operations and sustainment services.??
• Serco was awarded a four-year, $323 million contract to manage the facility repairs and upgrades of the back-up electrical plant at the Pituffik Space Base (PSB) in Greenland. After completion, the new alternate power plant will provide greater and more stable electrical capacity to DoD's northernmost installation.?
• V2X was awarded a five-year, $3.7 billion contract to provide readiness capabilities to the U.S. Army worldwide under the Warfighter-Training Readiness Solutions (W-TRS) task order. V2X will provide a flexible enterprise solution that will support hundreds of thousands of readiness devices worldwide, evolving warfighter training needs.?
• The U.S. Air Force has canceled the $12 billion Sentinel systems integration program, which would have covered sustainment services for the Minuteman III ICBM and its eventual retirement and replacement by the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, and will start fresh with a new competition.?

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