We last looked at Deloitte in January 2020 to gain insight into the Government & Public Services (GPS) practice, including its major wins and customer portfolio. Deloitte’s GPS business has experienced changes in its U.S. Government customer portfolio balance over the last two years. In 2020, Deloitte’s customer portfolio was led by the IRS, U.S….
Amentum has recently made headlines for its acquisition of PAE and DynCorp in their short two year history. As we all observe the substantial investment of private equity in the U.S. Government contracting market, let’s examine who and what Amentum is today. The true core of Amentum comes from URS Corporation’s legacy Federal Services business…
Throughout the end of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022, several major government contractors have made acquisitions to expand their existing capabilities and footholds within their markets. Some select moves are highlighted below. Obviously, there is much more to cover, but this is a highlighted array of an acquisitions for some of the major…
This article is featured in Washington Technology in March 2022. It was written by Brian Lindholm, Managing Principal. Over the last 10 years in business, I’ve had the opportunity to analyze many contract pursuits before and after award decisions are made. Pursuing and winning a federal contract is by no means easy…ever. Even the best…
Oh the mistakes that are made leading to some very expensive losses are ever so avoidable. Bear these in mind so you can avoid spending bid and proposal funds on losing proposals and then more on legal fees for a losing protest. Sin #5: You don’t understand the evaluation tendencies of the agency This sin…
We continue our journey into the land of deadly sins in proposals with two sins involving the bidder’s failure to connect content and concepts in their proposal to ensure credibility of their proposal. Sin #3: You cut staffing levels without an effective rationalization Although reducing staffing levels is a short cut to significantly lower your…
Founded in 1975, Chemonics is an employee-owned international development company headquartered in Washington, D.C. The company consists of approximately 5,000 employees and has conducted work in more than 150 countries. Chemonics’ primary U.S. Government customer is the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID), having earned over $8 billion in revenue from the agency from 2017-2021….
We’ve covered traps of Black Hat reviews and capture team follies. Now it’s time to reveal some of the most common and deadliest sins in proposals. This blog leverages research and analysis we’ve done on mistakes made by some major U.S. Government contractors. In order to conduct this analysis, we used GAO protest docket data…
You may have noticed Sev1Tech’s recent M&A fueled evolution in utilizing funding from private equity owners. This blog provides a short overview into the Sev1Tech’s latest key hires, acquisitions, and new customer footprint. Founded in 2010, Sev1Tech began as a data center consolidation and relocation consulting firm. The business has greatly expanded its offering to…
