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Accenture Federal Services wins Greater Washington Government Contractor of the Year

The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and Professional Services Council named Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services (AFS) the 2021 Greater Washington Government Contractor of the Year in the over $300 million category during their award ceremony last week.

“I accept this honor on behalf of the 12,500 people who every day do extraordinary work to serve our clients and our community,” AFS CEO John Goodman said in a statement. “I am enormously proud of what we have accomplished together over this past year to help our federal government clients solve their most complex challenges and meet their missions. Thank you for making this a truly remarkable year for Accenture Federal Services.”

This year’s event was the 19th annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards ceremony. The Contractor of the Year award is “presented to a Greater Washington-area government contractor for distinguished financial and operational accomplishments and for outstanding contributions to its employees, the government contracting industry and the U.S. government in the past year.”

Fairfax-based Kreative Technologies LLC was the winner for the up to $25 million in revenue category. Reston-based Metron Inc. took home the award for the $25 million to $75 million range. Sterling-based REI Systems Inc. won Contractor of the Year, $75 million to $300 million.

AFS has 10,500 employees and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Irish Fortune Global 500 company Accenture LLP. Accenture reported $50.5 billion in 2021 revenue.

Accenture Federal Services completes Novetta acquisition

Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services, a subsidiary of Fortune Global 500 professional services company Accenture, has completed its acquisition of Novetta, a McLean-based advanced analytics company, the two companies announced Thursday.

The financial terms of the deal, first announced in June, were not disclosed.

The acquisition will add a national security portfolio to AFS’ business, according to the company, and Novetta President and CEO Tiffanny Gates will lead the division. The deal adds 1,300 Novetta workers, including software developers, data scientists and specialists in machine learning, cyber cloud and information exploitation to AFS’ 11,000-person workforce.

“Our combined company brings the scale and power of Accenture Federal Services’ digital capabilities together with Novetta’s ability to solve the government’s toughest mission challenges with precision,” Accenture Federal Services CEO John Goodman said in a statement. “We look forward to delivering the next-generation of solutions that today’s missions and times demand.”

Novetta was a subsidiary of The Carlyle Group, the Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm where Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin was co-CEO until his retirement last year. Carlyle purchased Novetta in 2015 from Arlington Capital Partners.

“I’m tremendously excited about my role as senior managing director of this new segment of Accenture Federal Services’ business,” Gates said in a statement. “Our disruptive technologies combined with Accenture Federal Services’ ability to deliver federal innovation at scale are highly complementary and will play a major role in meeting our clients’ mission needs.”

The new division will provide expertise in analytics, intelligence expertise, cloud engineering and cyber services.