⚡VA.gov DS/CMS HIOS/327M PBGC IT/DISA JPES/182M Navy PDSS/HHS DI wins; USCIS Industry Day a GO – VA kills one; CMS HIE/DOI ECC/USDA RDA Protest News📰

🎉 Events to Get in on Now:

• Tick Tock. VETS25 in Orlando: Several New Agency Appointees now confirmed to speak. This event will fill quickly.
• Monica Padron Harris: USCIS is still planning on holding the FY 25 3rd Quarterly
• Spy Museum Chat with former CISA Director Jen Easterly
• The 2025 Federal Excellence Program: Hear from CXOs and Current/Former Fed Leaders who have a proven track record of driving high performance organizations
• 2025 Vanguard DOD 250 – If you are looking to expand or pivot to DoD in 2026, this is the event for you!

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

• Protest Denied: CMS Health Insurance Exchange and Financial Management Operational Analytics contract
• Protest Filed: DOI Business Integration Office ECC Archiving and Decommissioning support contract
• Fresh Protest Filed: US Air Force | FA800325R0006 | Logistics Systems
• Protest Update: USDA RDA Solicitation Number 12SAD225Q0001 | FI Consulting and RiverNorth

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

• DOJ names new Acting Director to lead Procurement Services Staff
• DHA Chief, Analytics Justin Sweetman departs
• Navy CISO retires from the Department of Navy Federal Service
• IRS.gov Operations Section Chief seeks new opportunities
• Former US Army Logistics Chief launches consultancy
• Growth and GWAC/IDIQ SME Jim Colucci takes new position as Director at Harmonia Holdings Group
• ValidaTek welcomes Cathy Simpson to drive DHS Accounts
• Jim Fitzmaurice joins GovDash as Head of Sales
• Keith Kruse takes role as COO at rapidly emerging SDVOSB and WOSB Snowbird Agility
• Digital Transformation and Growth Exec Eric Nixon takes new position with Iron Mountain

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• Challenge of Alliant 3 GWAC takes new turn
• GAO takes quick action as Challenge of DOJ DEA IT Support Services BPA heats up
• The Silent Shred⚡– Today’s contract terminations at USDA, DOI, HHS (ACF, CDC and CMS) and SEC. See the List here.

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• CMS awards Health Insurance Oversight System Support task on SPARC to Evolver Federal
• VA: Oddball and Wilcore JV lands $20M VA.gov Product Teams – Design Systems and Forms support task
• PBGC: SAIC beats out 2 to win $327M IT Infrastructure Support (ITIS) task on Alliant 2
• USCIS inks Teramind Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Software and Support task
• HHS: Sev1Tech awarded Data Inventory Edge Server Deployment & Hosting task
• Navy USMC awards $182M MARCORSYSCOM CAC2S PDSS Software Sustainment IDIQ
• Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) awards JAGMAN Malpractice Risk Management contract to GDIT
• DHA Contract Award: $5M Decision Lens Licenses
• Protest forces DISA Contract Award for Communications Center/Gateways & Satellite Systems Engineering & Technical Assistance (SETA)
• DISA: Trillion Technology Solutions scores Joint Planning and Execution Services Laboratory Support contract
• US Air Force: MTSI leverages SBIR Phase III to land $100M Space Command and Control Prototype contract

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📢 Most Viewed Comment:

• TISTA recruits VA Digital Transformation Center leader Cara Varricchio – Welcome to TISTA Family Cara!! More here.

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

• Recently rebranded Kentro opens new office
• MetaPhase successfully completed latest CMMI Level 3 appraisal for both Development and Services
• Daston Named Google Cloud Public Sector Partner of the Year for US Federal – Civilian
• Obsidian Global awarded $43M USAF Material Management Expertise contract

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS Forecast: UCSIS renames Enterprise Infrastructure Operations and Support Services (EIOSS)-2 as Enterprise Automation and Unified Task Orchestration (eAUTO)
• US Geological Survey Pre-Solicitation: S&P Oil and Gas Database
• NGA invites responses to Boosting Innovative GEOINT – Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)
• USAF issues BAA Guide for Industry and Proposal Preparation Instructions for the Information Directorate
• Navy issues Termination for IT Research and Advisory Services requirement
• VA cancels OASIS+ Vendors & Potential Subcontractors Transition Assistance Program Industry Day

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• New SB Alliances formed for 40 leading IT & Consulting firms positioning to win across FedCiv and DOD
• 🍊OS AI Premium: Silent Shred – The New Administration’s Federal Contract Cancellations
• Gov sides with protestor challenging $69M DHS USCIS Data Strategy Support Services (DSSS) 3 task award
• VA pulls plug🔌on Enterprise Business & Technical IT Strategic Support Services task
• Guidehouse wins $250M US Army Financial Support Services contract
• Lack of IT acquisition SME Resources force $100+M IRS Infrastructure Shared Services (ISS) recompete delay
• Trilogy Innovations beats out 11 to win $93M DOJ FBI CJIS FAST-NCIC support contract
• GSA announces awardees for OASIS+ 8(a) Small Business Set Aside contract
• DMI beats out 2 to score $240M CDC IT Support Services task win on Alliant 2
• 🍊OS AI Premium: New award decision coming on $3.5B DOE CIO Business Operations Support Services (CBOSS) 2.0 BPA
• GovCIO scores $199M VA Technical Application Platform Services task win on Alliant 2
• Veterans Affairs inks 5-year $4.7B Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
• VA Sources Sought: Human Centered Design Professional Support Services
• 11 ITES-3S Expiring Tasks Expected to Draw Interest in FY 2026
• 🍊OS AI Premium: Not so fast on $50+M DHS OCIO Cybersecurity Governance & Compliance Services contract award decision
• 🍊OS AI Premium: GAO takes quick action as Challenge of DOJ DEA IT Support Services BPA heats up
• DHS names CX leader as Acting Executive Director
• Sky Solutions lands CMS Section 508 Compliance and Remediation Support contract
• MindPetal led JV beats out 3 to win DOL OCFO IT Support Services task on CIO-SP3 SB
• 🍊OS AI Premium: GAO takes quick action as Challenge of Alliant 3 GWAC takes turn
• Newly acquired Agile Defense subsidiary nabs $57M State Department Open Source Intelligence Services contract
• National Institutes of Health Focused HUBZone Small Businesses to Know
• Internal Revenue Service Focused HUBZone Small Businesses to Know
• US Navy Focused HUBZone Small Businesses to Know

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