⚡NIH PM/VA ITAM/CBP LTS/DHA DevSecOps/25M CDC SAP/60M USAF Integration wins; Army MAPS/450M LOC Agile/DIA NIFC SA/DISA & ONRR IT Modernization Scoop🍦

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🎯 NIH FY ’26 Recompetes – Part One – Expiring tasks expected to draw interest – This curated list of recompete opps is designed to spark teaming conversation. Check it out here.

🐝The Morning Buzz:

• Josh Duvall: Army to review last week’s EO to determine impacts to $50B MAPS IDIQ
• In advance of competitive RFP (and some reorg?), NIH NLM extends ClinicalTrials.gov IT Support contract
• Army wants to put $1B into Transformation in Contact 2.0
• Elena Fenton: Save the date. The 2025 AFCEA Bethesda Health IT Summit officially rescheduled 
• Federal CIO launches effort to ‘rationalize’ government’s web footprint
• Steve Mihalisko: Commercial Solutions Openings and potential impact to Software Acquisition
• Kaamil Khan posts Open letter to GSA Admin: How IT services can be effectively acquired under Procurement Consolidation Initiative.
• Robert Turner: FPDSplus 2.0 is LIVE (and free) with added procurement data search and CRM technology
• US Air Force focused women-owned small businesses to know – Meet the firms drawing interest of late.

💲#DOGE Scoop – Avert your eyes if you don’t want to watch – we get it:

• Mediators employed by the FMCS RIF’d effective immediately. Cases canceled. No transition plan.
• The Vendor Performance Division TEAM at ED FSA received RIF notices
• USAID’s information technology team is down to five members
• OFCCP has until April to verify fed contractors have “wound down their use of affirmative action plans”

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

• Former DOJ SES Lauren Reid launches The Depot – what is next after a career dedicated to public service
• Stacey Piper: Navigating Change: Resources for Gov Contractors Traversing a Shifting Roadmap

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

• ECS recruits Census Bureau CISO and former SBA/CMS Cybersecurity leader, Beau Houser
• Senate confirms Michael Kratsios to lead White House tech office
• Tara Schwetz, who oversaw creation of ARPA-H, placed on leave by NIH
• GSA Deputy Client Executive, AAS Army Jim Ghiloni announces departure
• Tony Encinias Appointed CTO for Government Services at Peraton
• Steve Zerkle now Regional Director Public Sector FSI, BD and Strategic Programs at Zscaler
• Barry DuVal joins the ITA Team as the CEO/President of ITA Growth Partners
• Leidos appoints Robert Linger as vice president for information advantage
• Dr. Martin A. Makary confirmed as 27th Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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🔍 ⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• Protests Withdrawn: $450M Library of Congress Agile System Development Support IDIQ
• Protest Filed: Defense Information Systems Agency | RFP-831269148 | AIX Tech
• Decision: $75M GSA PBS-ITS Project Management Support Services BPA protest denial
• Protest Denied: DoD Defense Intelligence Agency EUCOM NIFC Staff Admin Support
• Dismissed: Navy NAVSUP/ N0018924R3088/ AccelGov & Coastal Management Solutions

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• CDC: Sault Tribe subsidiary lands $25M SAP-based solutions O&M Support contract
• NIH: Guidehouse awarded NHLBI DBDR HIV/AIDS Research Scientific Program Management Support contract
• VA: BDR Solutions lands IT Asset Management Services task on VECTOR
• VA: Newly rebranded Kentro to receive Digital Health Office Clinical Informatics Enterprise Standardization Informatics Pipeline (ESIP) contract
• MCC: DPI awarded Acquisition Support Services Bridge Contract
• CBP: WOSB WFSS lands Logistic Technicians Services contract
• DHA awards $27M PEO DHMS DevSecOps and Medical Enterprise Test Innovation Center Support contract to AMERICAN SYSTEMS
• DISA: In advance of Fall award, J6 to extend TM3 Solutions Software Asset Management (SWAM) support services contract
• USAF: SBCC leverages SBIR program for $60M engagement/ integration support contract

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🎉 Events to get in on now:

• Spettro Consulting to support “Meet the Smalls” event – supporting the APG APBI showcasing those driving Army modernization
• Federal News Network’s CX Exchange 2025
• VA to host Microsoft Federal Civilian Sector Virtual One on One Session
• DOI Business Integration Office and Financial and Business Management System Support IDIQ Industry Day

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

• CORAS Awarded Contract with Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to Deliver an AI-Driven Enterprise Workflow and Reporting Modernization Solution
• Intecon Awarded $244 Million IDIQ Contract for Tactical Combat and Electronic Warfare Systems R&D at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
• ShorePoint Secures Prime Spot on $20B Treasury PROTECTS BPA
• CVP Appraised at CMMI Level 3 for Development and Services
• Steer Operational Solutions achieves official certification through MD Office under the MBE Program, the DBE Program, and the SBE Program

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• USCG Update: Program Management & Information Assurance Support RFP to go HUBZone set-aside
• CBP Air & Marine to Award Non-Competitive Contract for TARS PMO SUPPORT contract to Hawaiian 8(a)
• DOI RFI CANCELLED: Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) IT Modernization Integrator Support
• DOI RFI: Business Integration Office & Financial and Business Management System Support IDIQ / Industry Day
• GAO RFI: Intranet Modernization and Cloud Hosting
• DFAS RFI: Cloud Tenant Infrastructure Support
• Army PEO EIS ARDAP Army Data Platform 2.0 RFI On Indefinite Hold
• Army RFI/Draft PWS: Army Evaluation Center (AEC) Recompete 2026 IDIQ
• USAF RFI: GARDEM 2 Platform and Mission Applications Research, Development, Enhancement and Sustainment
• Army Synthetic Training Environment Software (STE-SW) Technology Adoption Market Research & Technical Exchange Forum

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