THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
Eight Firms Win $1.2B in DLA Protective Gown Supply Contracts
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded eight companies one-year contracts worth potentially $1.2B combined to provide disposable gowns for the Strategic National Stockpile under the Department of Health and Human Services’ management.
Rubrik Names LTG Bruce Crawford, Former Army CIO, to Advisory Board; Bipul Sinha Quoted
Rubrik has appointed LTG Bruce Crawford to its public sector advisory board to advance the company’s product life cycle, effective in Oct. 2020. On the Rubrik advisory board, Crawford will help the company solve federal data challenges. Crawford recently retired as the chief information officer (CIO) of the U.S. Army in Aug. 2020.
Christopher Copeland, Kyle Michl Appointed to AFS Technology Innovation Leadership; John Goodman Quoted
Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has appointed Christopher Copeland as managing director and chief technology officer and Kyle Michl as managing director and chief innovation officer to strengthen the company’s technology and innovation capabilities, AFS reported on Tuesday. Copeland will be responsible for developing AFS’ future-looking technology vision and strategy and for overseeing AFS’ focus on the CIO agenda.
SAIC Seeks to Accelerate Growth Priorities Through Reorg; Nazzic Keene Quoted
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will reorganize its business structure into two segments - defense and civilian business and national security and space business – effective Oct. 31, as part of efforts to advance growth priorities in digital engineering, space and digital transformation, among other areas. Bob Genter, currently executive vice president and general manager of SAIC’s civilian business, will serve as president of the defense and civilian sector while Michael LaRouche, EVP and GM of national security group, will oversee national security and space work as sector president.
Accenture Invests $3B to Establish Cloud Division, Names Karthik Narain as Lead; Julie Sweet Quoted
Accenture has formed Accenture Cloud First under a three-year, $3 billion investment. The division will help clients accelerate digital transformation to increase speed and scale. Accenture has appointed Karthik Narain to lead Accenture Cloud First and join the Global Management Committee, effective October 1. Accenture Cloud First is a multi-service group of 70,000 cloud professionals that will leverage Accenture’s industry and technology capabilities and ecosystem partnerships.
Protest of Pentagon's JEDI Cloud Contract Award Decision Likely to Continue Into 2021
The Department of Defense reaffirmed its decision to award the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) in early September but a joint status report issued by the Court of Federal Claims Tuesday reveals several scenarios that could extend the JEDI contract protest into 2021, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.
Veritas Capital Sets Oct. 1 for $5B DXC Health Business Deal Closure; Ramzi Musallam Quoted
Veritas Capital has scheduled Oct. 1 as the date the private equity firm expects to complete its pending $5B cash acquisition of the U.S. state and local health and human services unit from DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC).
Collins Aerospace Awarded $317M to Build More Radios for US, Int'l Clients
Collins Aerospace will supply AN/ARC-210(v) radio communications systems to domestic and foreign military sales customers under a three-year, $316.7M contract modification from the U.S. Navy.
GSA Awards Deloitte, Esper Contract to Advance AI Technology; Julie Dunne, Bob De Luca Quoted
The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded its multiple year, $9.9 million contract to Deloitte Consulting and Esper through GSA's Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) authority. The Centers of Excellence (CoE), within the agency’s FAS Technology Transformation Services (TTS) office, and the Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) have collaborated to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology solutions.
Battelle Gets $140M SOCOM Contract to Build Nonstandard Commercial Vehicle
Battelle has been awarded a $140M contract modification to produce another nonstandard commercial vehicle platform for U.S. Special Operations Command to address an “emergent” requirement