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…
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…
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…
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a technology, engineering and science solutions and services provider serving the defense, intelligence, civil and health markets. The company consists of 43,000 employees and reported revenues of approximately $12.3 billion in FY2020, an increase of $1.2 billion (11%) compared to FY2019. Originally formed in 2013 when SAIC Inc. separated…
The Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) provides assisted acquisition services for federal agencies. Housed within the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSAs) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) – Office of Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS), FEDSIM consists of nearly 300 employees, providing acquisition, financial, and project management support for the full acquisition life cycle. This blog…
Headquartered in Washington DC, GovernmentCIO (“GovCIO”) is a private IT services company, providing services in IT modernization, digital solutions, analytics, cybersecurity, and management and advisory support. GovCIO’s portfolio also includes a Media & Research business, which runs a digital publication covering federal technology topics. With its recent acquisition of Salient CRGT, the combined company consists…
Editor’s note: Per a Huntington Ingalls Industries Investor Conference Call, it appears Alion may “absorb” the Technical Services Division (TSD) going forward. Note that post M&A integration efforts are often very dynamic so this is always subject to change. We last analyzed Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in a June 2021 blog, examining their organization, M&A…
You may know the name Palantir from headlines in recent years, but what is Palantir and what do they actually do? Palantir Technologies (“Palantir”) is a software company based in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 2003, Palantir builds environment-agnostic enterprise data platforms to help customers with complex and sensitive data environments. Palantir exclusively sells its software…
Editor’s note: We have updated the organization with the major announcement from April 30, 2021 about the “new” Peraton organization. Also, as of May 6, 2021, this acquisition is now complete. Peraton has lit up the GovCon news feed with two major acquisitions in the past few months. In December 2020, the company announced the…
