⚡33M VA DMC/DHS OC3/DHA T&A/NIH PEI wins; HUD/SBA/IRS/HHS Exec moves; SBA ODR&R/DOS ESCO/DOE NTC/USAF IR-MAC Protest📰; CMS & USCIS ODOS IV Events

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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:

• IRS names new Associate Chief Information Officer-EPMO
• IRS Contracts SME now Division Chief driving IT Strategy and Modernization Procurement
• HHS ASTP taps Technology Modernization Advisor
• DHS recruits Branch Chief to drive Usability and Information Access
• CBP adds Office of Acquisition Business Ops leader from NOAA
• Ex-HUD/SBA/Treasury CX and Innovation leader Amber Chaudhry launches Strategic Advisory firm
• Air Force Commander (Air Forces Cyber) launches consultancy
• Summit Strategy Expands Leadership Team with First-Ever COO & Business Development Lead – Kaskela, Wildermuth
• Nate Crochunis takes position as Partner at Clarity Data Systems
• Battelle promotes Aliza Ali to serve as VP of Business Development, Health

🍊Your OS October Forecast – The End of FY Contract Award Heat Wave🔥is done. Get on your galoshes as the forecast calls for a steady rain ☔ of Protest Activity in the weeks ahead as firms put forth challenges in the Courts and with GAO.

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

• SBA Protest Filed: $50M ODR&R Disaster Recovery, Mitigation, Policy Support IDIQ
• IRS Protest Dismissed: Solicitation Number 2091JB-24-Q-00010
• VA Protest Withdrawn: Solicitation Number 36C10B24R0034 – Cognitive Medical Systems
• State Dept. Protest Dismissed: $14M Bureau of Diplomatic Technology Enterprise Data Center Services ESOC support
• DOE Protest Denied: $338M National Training Center Support Contract
• Army Protest Filed: CASCOM FFID TRADOC Capability Development and Data Integration Support Services
• USAF Protest Filed: Information Analysis Center MAC (IAC MAC) On-Ramp
• USAF Protests Dismissed: Solicitation Number FA8770-24-R-B001 | Concept Plus and Obsidian Global

⚡Check out the latest Contract Awards (It is a trickle, for now)

• VA: Booz Allen Hamilton wins $33M DMC Software Engineering/Dev Support contract
• NIH: Additional awardee for multiple-award HBCU Path to Excellence and Innovation IDIQ
• FEMA: ITCON beats out 3 to win Outsourced Contact Center Contract (OC3) support task
• State Department awards $50M in tasks on new $765M GATA III Training Delivery Services IDIQ
• FBI Contract Award: Evidence Collection & Management System Support IDIQ
• NSF: SDVOSB QED beats out 6 to win GEO Program Office Expert/Advisor Support task
• DOL Contract Award: Appian Cloud Platform with Connected Claims on NASA SEWP
• Council of the Inspectors General (CIGIE): Prometheus Digital nabs ServiceNow Dev and O&M support contract
• USAF: Tecolote Research wins $148M Space Systems Command Acquisition and Financial A&A Services contract
• DHA: Ardent Technologies scores again, beats out 8 to win Technical and Administrative Support contract
• Army: Venesco beats out 7 to win $19M National Guard Readiness Center Data Analyst Support task on OASIS SB

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• The Draft FY 2025 Senate NDAA Proposes a Small Business Bill of Rights
• HHS developing new AI strategic plan
• PEO C3T officially changes name to PEO C3N
• Koprince’s Nicole Pottroff shares: Are Mentor-Protégé Joint Ventures Just Too Successful, Asks SBA
• USCIS focused Woman-Owned SBs to know – Here we spotlight the US Citizenship and Immigration Services focused firms drawing interest of late. Meet them here.
• Events to Pencil in or Reserve Now:
  • Registration Opens Monday: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Acquisition and Grants Management (OAGS) Industry Day 
  • DHS USCIS and OIT Transformation Delivery Division to host ODOS IV Industry Day

🔥 Hot Off The Presses – Announcements posted recently that are drawing interest:

• Aquia Nava II awarded Prime spot on SDA Digital Infrastructure Services Center (DISC) STRATUS Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA)
• Xage Security Awarded $1.5 Million Contract by United States Navy to Advance Zero Trust Initiatives

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• US Coast Guard Draft RFP: Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) services
• NOAA RFI: Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)
• NOAA Sources Sought: Cloud Acquisition (NCloud) IDIQ
• USAF Space Systems Command Draft RFP: 24/7 Network Operations Center Support

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