🔥25M CMS PM/IRS OSS/DHS AgileDev/VA DigiHealth/DHA IT/NSF ITRO/USDA SaaS Cloud/DOJ WebDev wins; VA/NASA/USDA/FDA/State IT Execs on the move

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🍦M&A to Retirement: Merry Korn’s Successful Journey – Sharon Heaton interviews Merry Korn, a GovCon owner who started her Ohio company after she was fired from a job. After years of growth it was time to hand off the baton. Merry shares the ups and downs of her recent sale process and the secrets to a successful GovCon M&A transaction. Listen here.

🐝The Morning Buzz:

• Blank Rome shares What Contractors facing Terminations & Stop-Work Orders by new Administration Need to Know
• Jason Miller shares: Acquisitions paused at GSA; Maybe the Army?
• Want to know what is being targeted? See OMB’s list of 2,600 Federal Programs Under Review
• OMB rescinds Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs memo
• State Dept. focused small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the DOS focused firms drawing interest of late. Meet them here.

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

• USDA’s Sergio McKenzie rejoins NASA as Goddard Space Flight Center CIO
• Ipsos recruits longtime VA VHA Healthcare innovation leader as new VP of Public Health
• GDIT recruits longtime FDA Software Deployment leader
• State Dept. names new Financial, Audit, and Technology Management leader
• Recent DHS TSA Innovation and Operations leader Austin Gould launches consultancy
• Carol Cribbs named acting CFO at DHS USCIS
• James “Jim” Eselgroth is now Chief Technology & AI Officer (CTAO) at Fedsight Consulting
• Radiant Digital recruits Sandeep Sawhney as Chief Growth Officer
• D&G Solutions appoints Cami Mercado as New Vice President of Defense
• J29 Welcomes Kathy Dass as Vice President of Programs & Delivery

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⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• DoD DCSA Protest Dismissed: Solicitation Number HS002124R0049 | Dynanet Corporation
• DoD Decision Released: HQ Services Acquisition Directorate Services protest dismissal

🔍 Been heads down working on a proposal? Search and track all the latest protest activity here

🌟Elev8 GovCon Spotlight: REI Systems – Empowering Employees to Drive Positive Outcomes that Make a Difference – What does it take to make the cut? Elev8 GovCon awardee REI Systems shares their success, driven in part by committing to core values, mission and people focus, and how partners with shared vision is the way forward. More here.

⚙️ICYMI: Recent M&A News:

• Harmonia Holdings Group Adds Maveris to Portfolio Strengthening Cybersecurity Capabilities
• Hypori Secures Strategic $12 Million Series B Extension to Drive Zero Trust BYOD Adoption

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:
Note: We expect to see agencies slow award activity a bit until new leadership is installed.

• CMS: GDIT scores $25M Program Management and Data Analysis support contract
• IRS: DecisionPoint wins again, beats out 3 to win OSS Recompete task on VETS 2
• DHS TSA: Guidehouse scores Air Cargo Platforms Agile Software Development task
• USDA: Another Cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) Task Order win for SDVOSB Inonde
• NIST: Starry Associates scores $9M Legacy Systems Support Services contract
• NSF: SSI awarded CISE IT Research Office Support Services IDIQ
• DOJ: STS awarded DOJ FPI/UNICOR eCommerce Senior Web Development support task
• VA: Ongoing $14B IHT 2.0 protest forces award of Digital Health Office Health Informatics bridge contract
• DHA: Diné Development Corporation subsidiary wins Beaumont Army Medical Center IT Support contract
• USAF: L3Harris Technology awarded $90M Space Systems Command ATLAS Software Support contract
• USAF: DNI subsidiary scores $40M Research Laboratory IT Services contract
• Army Contract Award: Cadet Command (USACC) C4IM Information Technology Support Bridge

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🎯GovCon events to target today:

• Today – Hot Contracts: Preparing for the Army Modern Software Development (MSD) IDIQ
• US Air Force Boulder Ground Innovation Facility (BGIF) Operations Support Services (BOSS) Industry Day
• GSA Virtual Meet & Match: Achieving Success with Subcontracting – Registration ends February 19
• HIMSS NCA Annual Charity Golf Scramble – Sponsorships Open

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

• Metronome awarded Iron Bank Sustainment Prime task on Air Force’s Platform One BOA
• DecisionPoint wins $50.9M Department of the Air Force Contract
• iTech AG awarded Automated Training Support contract with U.S. Census Bureau
• MetroStar Awarded Position on GSA’s OASIS+ IDIQ Contract

📢 Most Viewed Comment:

• 🍊OS AI Premium: GAO forced to holding pattern on $95M ISTS IT Support contract – Isn’t there a conflict of interest when GAO gets to rule on a protest for a GAO procurement? More here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS S&T WOSB set-aside alert Pre-Solicitation: Ops and Requirements Analysis Division SETA Support
• DHS Pre-Solicitation: CBP Translate Application support
• VA Pre-Solicitation: Inventory Management System for the All-Hazards Emergency Cache Program
• HHS Indian Health Service RFI: Environmental Health & Engineering Program Office GIS Support IDIQ
• IRS RFI: Financial Operations (FinOps)
• DARPA BAA: Reclaiming Bus-based Systems During Compromise (Red-C)
• DARPA Future Program Notice: Securing Artificial Intelligence for Battlefield Effective Robustness (SABER)
• US Air Force Acquisition Strategy Update: Mission Partner Command and Control (C2) and Intelligence Information Sharing Capabilities
• DoD OSD RFI: Multi-Entity Management Software Solution