Winning Vendors on Next Major IT Contract Ripe for M&A Attention

Contractors that win spots on a $50 billion governmentwide IT services contract may soon find themselves targeted by deal makers and prospective buyers looking to lock down long-term revenue streams.

The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center March 31 announced that it was “posting a ‘preliminary’ notice of apparent successful offerors until such time that we can post the actual apparent successful offeror notice” for the Chief Information Officer–Solutions and Partners 4, or CIO-SP4, contract.

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NITAAC has planned for CIO-SP4 to result in record ...