Government & Public Sector Add-on Acquisitions in 2026

Woven Solutions, a Reston, Virginia-based provider of AI-enabled mission software, has acquired Valence, a strategy and capabilities firm serving the U.S. national security and intelligence communities. The deal expands Woven's mission-planning, operational technology integration, and strategic communications capabilities and provides additional sole-source prime contract access.

Schneider Geospatial, an Align Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Bruce Harris & Associates (BHA), a Batavia, Illinois–based GIS consulting firm specializing in parcel mapping, geodatabase design and land records modernization. The add-on expands Schneider Geospatial’s services and delivery capacity for complex parcel and land-records programs for state and local governments.

Libera, a Tideshift-backed GovTech software platform, has acquired the divested asset CiviCore from Neon One. The transaction brings CiviCore’s cloud-native case management, analytics and grant-tracking capabilities into Libera’s inFormed platform to expand its offerings for state and local government and nonprofit customers; financial terms were not disclosed.

Bart & Associates (B&A), a portfolio company of private equity firm DFW Capital Partners, has acquired Celestar Holdings Corporation, a Tampa-based multi-INT intelligence services and solutions provider. The add-on strengthens B&A's intelligence capabilities—adding HUMINT, SIGINT, IMINT, MASINT and OSINT—and positions the combined company to pursue larger opportunities across the defense and intelligence enterprise (NGA, DIA, Combatant Commands).