⚡2.4B VA SPRUCE is loose; CIO-SP4/VA IHT 2.0/114M USDA RMA/CMS Analytics/DHS AICSS Protest📰; 50M DHS and DoS Cybersec BPA/HHS ASPR OIT/IRS IPS wins

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• The SPRUCE is Loose! Out of a pool of 33 bidders, VA names 10 awardees for the $2.4B VA Secure, Performant, Reliable, and User-Centered Experiences (SPRUCE) IDIQ. See the list here.
• GSA posts Draft RFP for multiple-award, multi-agency Ascend Cloud Solutions BPA- Pool 1 (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS & Cloud IT).
• DHS OSDBU announces new virtual Vendor Outreach Matchmaking Event (VOME)

🚨Are you registered for next week’s Looking Ahead at CMS for 2025 event? Note: NIH will have a table as they discuss the $3.6B SOAR Staffing IDIQ recompete AND only a couple dozen (of 400) tickets remain. This will sell out! Details here.

The Juice🥤: Big Investments do not guarantee Big results, but they do signify intent! Here are several Federal and Industry leaders who are set to make an impact in the second half of 2024:

• DOJ Criminal Division Chief of Data Strategy takes new challenge
• DHA taps Informatics Manager, Chief Knowledge Officer
• Longtime Department of Justice Procurement Executive launches consultancy
• Aperture recruits Scott Calhoun, former Coast Guard Exec Dir of Navigation Center, as VP
• Former FEDSIM leader Michael Donaldson is on the hunt for next challenge
• BLN24 recruits AI SME and ex-ED DevSecOps lead Carollynn Hammersmith from IBM
• Evan Murphy to drive DOD/IC Business Development with GitLab
• Jenny Acot takes role as Vice President of Growth at Aetos
• Brett Pfeffer takes role of Chief Growth Officer at Oasys International
• Mike McMahan launches firm focused on delivering cutting-edge AI health solutions to DoD and VA
• Rod Fontecilla joins Harmonia Holdings Group as Chief Innovation and AI Officer
• Serena Washington recruited to drive BD & Capture Management with ARA
• Eigen X recruits Eric Vogelheim to drive Business Development
• RIVA Solutions making moves: Neelu Modali promoted to President and Jennifer Bonner promoted to COO
• EY Global Health Sector Leader Aloha McBride announces retirement, many options ahead
• Mattermost Appoints Matthew Heideman as Vice President of Public Sector
• Tara Laymon recruited by Leidos QTC as Sr VP of Occupational Health Operations Division
• Optum recruits longtime CMS Industry SME Neelima to serve as VP, HHS BD

⚖ GAO and the Courts – check out the latest Protest Action:

• A new protestor jumps into the fray on $50B CIO-SP4 IT Services GWAC. More here.
• USDA Protest Filed: $114M Crop Insurance RMA Support Services task award
• USDA Protest Dismissed: Grants Modernization Initiative Transformation Office NIFA Management Consulting contract
• DHS Protest Dismissed: $27M OCFO RM&A Assessment of Internal Control Support Services (AICSS)
• SSA Protest Dismissed: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Support Services BPA
• DOI Protest Withdrawn: $13M OCIO Customer Support Center Helpdesk Support contract
• HHS Protests Dismissed: Solicitation 75ACF124Q00099 – Unison Software & National Capitol Contracting
• CDC Protest Dismissed: Solicitation Number: 75D30124Q00018 – Deloitte
• Protests Filed: DOD WHS Solicitation HQ003424R0178 – Arlo and Premier Enterprise Solutions
• CMS: OS has learned that the lone protest of the $31M Operational Analytics contract is resolved and the contract has been given the green light to move forward.

☔ Not all EOY awards made it to yesterday’s Fresh Squeezed Daily Newsletter. To Help keep you up to speed, included below are three dozen late FY ’24 awards that were drawing interest on OS AI yesterday!

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⚡HHS Contract awards Drawing Attention:

• ASPR: WOSB The Carter Group beats out 19 to win OIT Enterprise IT Governance Services contract
• ACF: StrategyGen wins Disparity Impact Strategy Implementation Tech Support contract
• HHS: Williams Consulting wins again, adds Advancing Health Equity Support contract
• ASPR: Tripoint Solutions wins Splunk Integration contract, underpinned by Zero Trust Sec Framework
• ACF: Zolon Tech led JV wins contract to support migration of 30 legacy applications
• HHS awards contract to Precise to drive content migration from PHE.gov and ASPR.HHS.gov to ASPR.gov
• HHS: WOSB wins Postpartum Depression Campaign Pilot Implementation and Evaluation contract
• HHS: SDVOSB Syntelligent beats out 13 to win Watch Analyst Manpower support contract
• HHS: WOSB beats out 35 to win Office of Applications & Platform Services Salesforce Support contract
• HHS: SecuriGence and DIS JV wins Enterprise IT Services Interim Bridge Contract
• CDC: FHI 360 beats out 5 to win $143M HIV Communications Program support contract

⚡And DHS Contracts:

• TSA: Quasars wins again, beats out 4 for $50M OIT ISSO 2.0 BPA for Information Assurance
• CBP: Flatter beats out 4 on Enterprise Services BPA to win Change and Configuration Management task
• CBP: Chevo beats out 5 to win SAS Enterprise PMO (E-PMO) Support task on Enterprise Services BPA
• CBP: CAN Softtech beats out 4 to wins ILAB Support task on Enterprise Services BPA
• ICE Contract Award: Records & Information Management Unit Collaborative Support task
• FEMA: Wilco Group wins Recovery Cloud Environment (RCE) Technical Assistance contract
• FEMA: SDVOSB JV wins EA Technology Innovation Professional Services (EATIPS) task

⚡Here are many other Key Contract Award Actions:

• State: Gunnison Consulting Group scores $27M CA CST Cybersecurity Services task win
• Rise8 uses SBIR Phase III IDIQ to win VA Lighthouse Developer Experience Platform Enablement task
• VHA: DIS wins National Center for Healthcare Advancement & Partnerships Strategic Comms task
• VA: AMSG wins $13M Enterprise Shared Service & Administrative (VESSA) Support BPA
• Treasury OCC: Arch Systems beats out 4 to score first Prime win
• IRS OCIO: Radiant Digital beats out 4 to win Informatica Professional Services (IPS) Support contract
• US Mint: BryTech wins IBM Maximo Software Subscriptions and Support contract
• Treasury OCC: Illumen and Spatial Front JV wins MSPO Support task on 8(a) STARS III
• OPM: J29 beats out 3 to win Federal Employee Health Benefits Review Services contract
• USDA: ThinkTek to develop 5-year plan for ARS’s new scientific computing infrastructure
• DOT: TechSur scores contract to Develop, Upgrade, and Migrate legacy OH Case Tracking System
• USPTO: Halvik wins Program Management Support task on BOSS IDIQ
• HUD: PhoenixTeam beats out 2 to win HUD Field Policy and Management (FPM) Reporting contract
• Education: The Tactile Group wins 21st Century Community Learning Centers Analytic & Data Support task
• DOJ: LTMC wins OJP OA Acquisition Systems Support contract
• DOE: Nexight Group beats out 8 to win FERC GPRA Modernization Act support BPA
• NARA: YSI wins ADRReS, URTS and STAIRS Systems Discovery, Analysis, & App Modernization contract
• Army: UpSlope Advisors & C-Edge JV win Arlington National Cemetery IT Call Center Modernization Contract
• DLA: Accenture wins $51M Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) task on JETS
• DHA: Deloitte awarded $36M PEO Medical Systems/CIO bridge contract

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🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• VA Presolicitation: Health Professional Scholarship Program Application Management System Support Services
• Navy RFP: Business Management Support Services (BMSS)
• GSA Draft RFP: Ascend Cloud BPA that addresses the governmentwide need for cloud solutions – Pool 1 (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and Cloud IT Services). Details here.
• GSA begins COMET II contracting process

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