⚡IRS IOSS/DoD EADE/DHS ADaPTS/HHS IS/PACTS III Scoop; VA DCS/Treasury PE BPA/FBI CODIS/USPTO SIMS/USMC CyberSec/FAA ATEPS II IDIQ/USAF SPAaSS wins

🌟The Peel Podcast – Building Strategic Relationships with CMS – Shelley McGuire chats with Rainmakers Solutions’ Denise Rainey who shares her insights as a woman-owned business leader in healthcare and government contracting, including her long-standing relationship with CMS and the essential role of collaboration in client success. Listen here.

🐝Your Morning Buzz:

• Registration Now Open for the DHS Architecture, Development, and Platform Technical Services (ADaPTS) 2.0 Industry Event
• PACTS III – Post protest, it is a waiting game. DHS still evaluating proposals received in response to this solicitation. Award Date TBD
• Joe Salgado shared: GSA just released Amendment 6 for the Alliant 3 RFP
• Tris Carpenter shared: Senate Committee on Armed Services released final negotiated language for the 2025 NDAA
• ⏰ Tick Tock. It is tomorrow! Time is running out to register for the DHS Virtual Happy Hour and Opportunity Talk with USCIS Sr. IT Acquisition Advisor Monica Padron Harris, brought to you by OrangeSlices AI & Shelley’s Events and sponsor, ResolveSoft. Details here.

⚙️Gearing up for 2025 – Three events to kick off FY 2025🚀

• Vanguard FedCiv 250 – Kick off 2025 with this premier event which will feature dynamic panels with Acquisition Leaders, Federal CXOs, and industry disruptors, sharing insights on emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities for FY25. Details here.   
• Registration is NOW OPEN for the Inaugural HHS Industry Summit! This event connects each of the HHS Operating Divisions (OpDivs) with industry stakeholders to Empower Excellence through Innovation and Partnerships. Details Here.
• Registration is NOW OPEN with CMS Acquisition lead booked for Engage FedGov: AI, Automation, Acquisition, Data and Digital Transformation – Get geared up to meet meet the evolving and rapidly changing Federal landscape. Details Here.

The Juice🥤: Big Investments do not guarantee Big results, but they do signify intent! Some leaders set to make an impact in 2025:

• NIWC Atlantic Executive Director Peter Reddy selected as the next Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (DASN) for RDT&E
• Aretum appoints Sean DuGuay as Chief Growth Officer
• Swingtech welcomes Brett Camet as Chief Growth Officer
• Merry Korn now Chief Executive Officer at MPK Enterprise Holdings
• Joseph Lavezzo named SMX Federal Civilian VP
• Alteryx appoints Andy MacMillan as Chief Executive Officer
• Michael Preis joins APV as Vice President of Operations
• Post Acquisition, Sang Na takes Executive Vice President and Chief Solutions Officer role with CATHEXIS
• Drafting Her Next Chapter: Business Development leader Carli Evantanto takes step back to evaluate next steps

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⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• Treasury IRS Protest Withdrawn: Infrastructure Operations Support Services requirement
• US Transportation Command Protest Dismissed: $210M Enterprise Architecture, Data, and Engineering (EADE) IDIQ
• US Navy Protest Filed: Center for High Performance Computing R&D, Engineering, Technical & Transition Support IDIQ
• Decision Released: VA Development, Testing, Deployment and Security and Operations Support requirement
• Decision Released: DHS Cybersecurity Governance and Compliance protest denial

📢 ICYMI: 2025 FXPElev8 (Federal Excellence Program) award nominations extended to this Friday! This program will recognize deserving high-performing enterprise-level Federal Government Programs and Offices that are delivering on the important missions of the respective agency and doing it the right way. ⏰Deadline is this Friday, Dec 13. Nominate here.

⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• USPTO: Peraton awarded $52M Storage Infrastructure Managed Services (SIMS) contract
• Treasury OCC: Avyance scores OCFO Product Engagement and Strategic Communications Support BPA
• FBI: NTT Data wins $15M Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) Program Management IT Support task on Alliant 2
• VA: Six bidders and Six awardees for Data Cabling Services BPA
• Education: Westat wins $292M in National Assessment of Educational Progress Data Collection & Service Center contracts
• P17 Solutions wins $54M FAA Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support (ATEPS) II IDIQ
• Aurora Innovations wins $38M FAA Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support (ATEPS) II IDIQ
• US Marine Corps: 3 score $35M Forces Cyberspace Command and U.S. Fleet Cyber Command Technical Training IDIQ
• USAF: Strategic Alliance Business Group (SABG) beats out 3 to win $20M SPAaSS S1 Support task on OASIS SB
• USAF: SDVOSB Alliance Global Group, LLC scores FM Support SME Services contract
• USAF: Dawson subsidiary wins Restoration Advisory Board and Community Involvement Plan Updates task on OASIS SB
• USAF: McKinsey scores $50M Space Warfighting Architecture Navigator (SWAN) BPA
• US Navy: Leidos wins $93M TARP VII task on SeaPort NxG
• US Navy: Cherokee Nation subsidiary scores $27M MARFORRES A&AS Support task
• DoD: Seneca Nation Group subsidiary awarded $62M DSCA Professional Administrative & Technical Support contract

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📢 Most Viewed Comment:

• Re: GSA announces first phase of the OASIS+ Unrestricted (UR) contract award decisions! Congratulations to all of the awardees in this first round!! Flatter is excited about this contract vehicle, particularly as we focus on delivering solutions to the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. More here.

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

• TCG Makes Inaugural Vanguard FedCiv 250 List
• IT Concepts Wins Fourth HireVets Gold Medallion
• Trilogy Federal and partners BDO and Watkins Government Services score VA OBO Fiscal Review win

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest

• FEMA Pre-Solicitation: National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Customer Communications
• FEMA Pre-Sol: Outsourced Contact Center Contract – Program Management Oversight
• ICE Pre-Solicitation: HSI Forensic Laboratory (FL) Library Information Management System (LIMS) O&M Support
• USCIS Forecast: Microsoft Tools Optimization (MTO) 3
• HRSA RFI: Health Accreditation, Certification and Recognition Services
• GSA RFI: Digital Accessibility-Market Research
• OPM RFI: Learning and Human Capital Industry Solutions Software and Training Integration Services
• DTRA Pre-Solicitation: Strategic Integration (SI) Advisory and Assistance Services IDIQ
• Army Sources Sought: Cross-Domain Enterprise All-Source User Repository (CENTAUR III)
• Navy posts final solicitation for Platform Security Support Services requirement
• USAF RFP: Modeling and Simulation Support Services (AFMS3) 3.0 and Pre-Proposal Virtual Conference