⚡DHS FY26 Opps; VA Dev/NOAA Web/NIH Grants/Navy NP2 IDIQ/DOL Cybersec wins; 24M USDA PSS/GSA PMSS BPA/2.5B SSC A&A Protest📰; CMS/CBO/OPM Exec moves

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🎯 Department of Homeland Security FY ’26 Recompetes (excl: CBP, USCG, ICE, CISA & USCIS) – The top expiring tasks expected to draw interest – Andrea shares this curated list of recompete opportunities—designed to spark teaming conversation. Check it out here.

🍊The Peel: The Future of AI and the Changing Workforce – Shelley McGuire chats with Ksenia Kapoor, Chief of Staff at Skyward IT Solutions, to explore the intersection of innovation, AI, and government contracting including how Skyward IT is pioneering a new approach to government innovation. Listen here.

The Juice🥤: These firms and agencies are gearing up to make big impact in 2025 and beyond:

• CMS recruits Social Security Administration Senior Technical Advisor to help drive Digital Modernization
• Tabitha Craig named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• OPM Lead Data Scientist and AI Incubator founder Cody Gette exits
• The rich get richer, Skylight adds US Digital Service Acquisition Strategist Jeff Auser as Head of Contracts
• Silicon Valley Defense Group (SVDG) recruits Michael Keating from DeepLabs as its new Executive Director
• Sierra7 recruits Scott Feigenbaum from EY to serve as new Vice President of Solutions
• Contracting Resources Group recruits Chris Gallagher as Chief Growth Officer
• Bilal Noor promoted to Managing Director at Arlington Capital Partners
• Brian Anderson Joins GuidePoint Security as Federal Law Enforcement – DOJ Account Executive
• Leidos promotes Gregory Pejic, former DAS of Defense for Space Policy, as VP driving Space Account
• Microsoft promotes Kevin Tupper to serve as Federal AI evangelist and Chief Architect of AI Transformation
• ASRC Federal recruits Praneet Boparai Pannu to drive Business Development
• Fiddler AI recruits Steven Hannah to drive Federal Business Development

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• EXIM Bank to host Industry Day: Professional Technical and Analytical Services
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🔍 ⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• USDA Protest Filed: $24M Procurement Systems Software Support task
• HHS CMS Protest Dismissed: RFQ-1744641 | Livanta
• GSA Protest Denied: $75M PBS-ITS Project Management Support Services (PMSS) BPA
• US Space Force Denial Decision Released: $2.5B SSC Hemisphere Advisory & Assistance Services IDIQ
• USAF Sustainment Decisions Released: Combined Air and Space Center Ops Center Comms Support

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• VA: IronArch and Ad Hoc beat out 7 to win Agile Product Design and Delivery Services task
• NIH: Open Intelligence beats out 11 to win GADS-4 Grants Application Development System IT Support BPA
• DOL: VersaTech and Impyrian JV adds Cyber Security Support Services task
• Fresh Protest forces NOAA to extend NMFS OCIO Web Modernization and Maintenance Services contract
• DOT: CSSI lands FAA Engineering Services IDIQ
• US Air Force Test Center to award Technical & Management Support Services contract to Torch Technologies
• Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) awards $25M Human & Autonomous Robotic Teaming (HART) contract
• Navy Contract Award: $100M Personnel and Pay (NP2) System Support IDIQ
• US Air Force awards Implementation of Advanced Government Simulation Capabilities Bridge pending recompete

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• IRS misspent Inflation Reduction Act modernization funds on legacy IT, watchdog says
• DoD’s Bonnie Evangelista – Don’t assume a nontraditional defense contractor (NDC) means #smallbusiness when leveraging #OTA.
• CISA works to contact probationary employees for reinstatement after court order
• Brian Hebbel shares beta launch of CPARSradar, a Contract Performance & CPARS Ratings Management Tool
• U.S. Agency for Global Media Cancels New HQ Lease On Pennsylvania Avenue
• Ed Amorosi discuss the legal battles over executive orders, personnel dismissals, and contract cancellations
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focused women-owned small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the CDC focused firms drawing interest of late. Meet them here.

⚙️ It’s all about Community – Resources Page for Affected Feds and Industry: Check it out here.

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

• Atlassian Achieves FedRAMP(R) Moderate Authorization for Atlassian Government Cloud
• Ridgeline International Acquires System High Corporation
• BigBear.ai signs agreement with ROTU, a developer of 3D environments and advanced technologies to drive innovation in AI and modeling

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• US Coast Guard Pre-Solicitation: Talent Management Transformation Program Integration Office (TMX-PIO) support
• US Secret Service Pre-Solicitation: Asset Forfeiture ceased documents processing support services
• CBP RFI: Records and Information Management Support Services
• VA RFQ: Data Visualization and Statistical Services
• IRS RFP: Electronic Research Services (ERS) Tax Research Services
• EXIM RFI and Industry Day: Professional Technical and Analytical Services
• US Air Force RFI: CDAD/EAD Information Assurance, Mission Assurance, and LCMP-IDE System Administration

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Tria Federal: Transforming How Federal Health Agencies Approach Their Critical Missions 
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