Government & Public Sector Acquisitions in 2026

  • Buyer
    CACI International Inc
    Target
    ARKA Group L.P.
    Seller
    Funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities
    Type
    Buyout

    CACI International entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ARKA Group L.P. from funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.6 billion. The acquisition adds space-based sensing and agentic AI-based software to strengthen CACI’s national security and geospatial intelligence capabilities, with the deal expected to close in CACI’s fiscal third quarter of 2026.

  • Buyer
    Nava Public Benefit Corporation
    Target
    Beam
    Type
    Buyout

    Nava Public Benefit Corporation has acquired Beam, a cloud-based SaaS platform that supports safety-net, emergency aid, and cash assistance programs, and will integrate Beam into Nava's open-source Strata suite. The acquisition broadens Nava's end-to-end benefits delivery capabilities — Beam has disbursed more than $400 million to over 300,000 recipients across 39 states — and brings Beam's team and technology into Nava to accelerate modern, open government benefits delivery.

  • Buyer
    Schneider Geospatial, LLC, Align Capital Partners
    Target
    Bruce Harris & Associates, Inc.
    Type
    Addon

    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.

  • Buyer
    Incline Equity Partners, Donny Barstow & MCCi management team
    Target
    MCCi, LLC
    Seller
    Century Park Capital Partners

    Incline Equity Partners has made a majority investment in MCCi in partnership with CEO Donny Barstow and the MCCi management team, while Century Park Capital Partners transitions its ownership position. The transaction is a recapitalization intended to support MCCi’s continued growth in GovTech and its suite of enterprise content management and workflow automation solutions for state and local governments; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Bart & Associates (B&A), DFW Capital Partners
    Target
    Celestar Holdings Corporation
    Type
    Addon

    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).

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