🔥132M NIH NBS/CMS CCSQ/DHS PMSS/DHA SA IT/DOE G&M/ICE CSEA/DoD JSSO/Navy CPN/ED CSC HD wins; USAF/CISA/VA Exec moves; DOJ & DoD Digital Svcs/AI RFIs

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🍦Former Fed Friday Podcast: Life, Business & Giving Back After Government – Shelley McGuire sits down with vTech Solution’s Mike McGuire – From his 30-year career in federal service to embracing the transition into retirement, Mike shares insights on planning ahead and navigating post-retirement finances. Listen here.

🐝The Morning Buzz:

• Trump executive order consolidates federal IT contracting under GSA
• New DOJ OJP CTO Ryan Korn: OJP has launched an RFI covering a range of Digital Service needs
• DOD issues RFI for IT AI & Machine Learning Programmatic Support Services
• VA OSDBU cancels plans for 2025 National Veterans Small Business Engagement (NVSBE) conference
• GSA launches internal AI tool to enhance employee productivity & innovation
• Jeffrey Davis:🍳 Regs & Eggs – Sound of Silence? What the CMS Innovation Center’s news about ending 8 models Does and Doesn’t Say
• FedRAMP to announce major overhaul next week

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

• Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions
• DoD’s Hegseth cuts $580 million in contracts, grants with DOGE’s help
• Governmentwide hiring freeze to extend ‘at least’ through 2025, GSA head tells employees

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

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

• Air Force CIO Venice Goodwine shares plans to retire from federal service
• CISA’s chief AI officer resigned last month
• VA taps BAM leader as new Acting Executive Director, Corporate Services
• NOAA has new acting leader for NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)
• NSI names Balwindar VanDeVoort as new Growth Chief
• Joanna Tepper promoted to role of Chief Growth Officer (CGO) at Tsymmetry
• Patrick Ruhe Named GDIT Cloud Solutions VP
• Salesforce/ Mulesoft Account Exec Trey Rowan moves to Tines to grow Federal presence

🔍   This is a dynamic marketplace with a lot of comings and goings. To help you keep up with all of the action, check out this report highlighting top Senior Industry and Federal Leaders on the move from this week.

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• NARA pulls funding on ISSO Support Services contract
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🌟Elev8 GovCon Spotlight: ITC Federal: Growth with a Purpose for Mission Critical Success – To explore ITC’s journey of success, we sat down with Greg Fitzgerald, CEO of ITC Federal (ITC), who shared insights into ITC’s evolution and culture, bold approaches to stepping out of sameness, and what lies ahead for this growing mid-tier Elev8 company. More here.

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• NIH: WOSB scores $132M NBS Operations & Maintenance support contract win
• NIH: T&T awarded Clinical Studies Oversight Support task on BPSS III IDIQ
• CMS details award/planned recompete of CCSQ Information Systems Foundational Components Support (ISFCS) task
• CBP: Troubled RFP forces award of Program and Mission Support Services (PMSS) contract in advance of new competition
• CBP: Chartis Federal wins $26M Engineering Services task on TACCOMII IDIQ
• ICE: Deloitte beats out 13 to win $18M Cyber Crimes Center (C3) CSEA Know2Protect Outreach contract
• DOE: In advance of TEPS III RFQ, Governance & Management/Enterprise-Wide Strategic Planning task awarded
• DOE OCFO signs 5-year contract to acquire Workiva in support of Financial Reporting Automation & Support Project
• ED: Prometheus Digital lands Customer Service Center Help Desk Support task
• USDA Contract Award: Kinetic Data Professional Engagement for Service Delivery Modernization on SEWP
• DHA: BBNC subsidiary lands $22M Joint Base San Antonio IT Support Services task
• DOD: Akima subsidiary beats out 3 to win $14M JSSO Security Support Services task
• Army: Halvik wins HQDA G-1 Strength Forecaster Support Services task on 8(a) STARS III
• Navy: MAG lands $80M Regional Multi-Domain Awareness Capability Program Office Support IDIQ
• USAF: GMRE beats out 2 to win $52M ANG AATC Test & Evaluation Support task
• Navy: ITC Defense beats out 6 to win $42M CPN/CENTRIXS Technical Support task
• DOD: Constellation West wins USSTRATCOM/NAOC J3T SAP Security and Support task

🔍Looking for a specific award or other news? Check out OS’s Advanced Search Function here Did we miss highlighting your key win? Message us at support@orangeslices.ai.

🎉 Events and Galas:

• DoD CIO to host the Inaugural Cyber Workforce Summit with support from AFCEA International 
• Next Week: 2025 Childhelp Shining Stars Gala Details here.
• Sponsorships and auction items being sought for The Children’s Inn at NIH – An Evening For Hope Gala – Details here.

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🌟ICYMI: Recent M&A/Partnership News:

• SPA Acquires Intrepid, Furthering Support for US Army Mission Priorities
• Pronetx to Acquire VT Team
• Booz Allen & Shield AI Partner to Bring Autonomy to DOD

🚀 Have you checked out OS AI’s newly launched GovCon M&A Page? Track all of the latest M&A activity here

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

• J29 Named on “Woman-Owned Small Business to Watch” and “8(a) Small Business to Watch″ Lists
• Rapidly emerging Federal Health WOSB RHO adds Prime GSA MAS IT contract
• SBA Approves InterFuze’s SDVOSB Status — now certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
• Persistent Systems supports CJADC2 operations at Project Convergence-Capstone 5 experiment

📢 Most Viewed Comment:

• Re: 🍊OS AI Premium: Silent Shred – The New Administration’s Federal Contract Cancellations – Using AI, did a crude key word trend analysis on the list that showed “support” having highest (44) hits followed by health (13), communication (12), Management (11) and so on. More here.

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS CBP to Award Non-Competitive Contract for Records and Information Management (RIM) Support Services
• IRS RFI: Counsel Automated Legal System Support
• GSA RFI: Charge Card Pilot Project
• PBGC RFI: Legacy Pension Insurance Modeling System (PIMS)
• Smithsonian Institution RFP: National Museum of African American History and Culture Digital Experience Initiative
• DOD WHS RFI: IT AI & Machine Learning Programmatic Support Services
• USAF RFI: Medical Information Technology Network & Desktop Support Services

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Tria Federal: Transforming How Federal Health Agencies Approach Their Critical Missions 
Leveraging 25 years of industry experience, Tria Federal CEO Tim Borchert shares his perspective on what he calls “the healthcare trilemma” – the constant struggle balancing the trade-offs between cost, quality, and access – and the unprecedented challenges and opportunities in federal modernization, particularly as agencies face growing pressure to transform their digital operations. Read on here.

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