Savvy Source May 2024: Accenture + Cognosante, is the whole greater than the sum of its parts?

As we transition to summer, we provide an update on?Accenture Federal Services as they acquire Cognosante. We are also providing a sample of other interesting M&A activity to illustrate major developments in the GOVCON market.

Competitor Highlight: Accenture

Understanding what Cognosante brings to Accenture, and the company's other recent investments. Read the blog here.

GOVCON M&A?

Check out a sample of recent and interesting GOVCON M&A activity here.

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News you can use

• Deloitte was awarded a five-year, $88 million contract to modernize, sustain and improve the Navy's Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) training virtual environment.?
• SAIC was awarded a five-year, $232 million contract to develop signals intelligence and electronic warfare systems for the U.S. Army. Under the contract, SAIC is identifying gaps, vulnerabilities, threats and recommending mitigation strategies and solutions in multiple intelligence disciplines.
• IBM was awarded the $279 million Fast Agile Lifecycle for Continuous Verification, Operations and NextGen (FALCON)?contract to help USCIS develop and maintain software systems for the Verification Information System. Under the contract, IBM is performing DevSecOps activities and standardized large-scale web applications and IT systems in an AWS cloud environment.
• GDIT appointed Aaron Bedrowsky as senior vice president of its Intelligence and Homeland Security (IHS) division. Bedrowsky joins GDIT from?Leidos as senior vice president, enterprise transformation and performance excellence, where he was responsible for driving operational performance and leading business transformation across the enterprise.

In case you missed it...Major Wins &?Losses?

Summarizing some of the significant GOVCON wins and losses that have shaped the federal contracting landscape today. Check out the blog here.