🔥43M CMS NSA/39M VA MCPS/DHS DSSS/FBI TEMS/40+M NIH & Navy Ops BPA wins; NASA SEWP VI/DLA ServiceNow EPSS/200M USAF CSS/MDA TEAMS-Next Protest News📰

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⚙️ We shared in early March that Arctas had acquired OS AI’s Listings Platform as part of our partnership to build a more robust Federal Services Partner Network. Listings will be locked this weekend as we begin the transition. Watch for next steps soon. Questions? Message us at support@orangeslices.ai.

🚀Former Fed Friday: Darryl Peek’s Passion for Public Sector Progress – Hunter Gros chats with Darryl Peek, US Public Sector Partnerships leader at Elastic, to uncover the lessons, challenges, and strategies behind his journey from engineering at Lockheed Martin to pivotal leadership roles at DHS, Salesforce, Google, and more. Listen here.

🐝The Morning Buzz:

• Remaining Protests withdrawn on $60B NASA SEWP VI GWAC
• CMS CMMI cancels 4 payment models early, saving nearly $750M
• Federal judge orders reinstatement of probationary employees targeted by mass firings at most agencies
• White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says
• Dr. Paula Harkins: Takeaways from NVSBC Dinner for #SD/VOSBs navigating GovCon landscape
• DoD CDAO’s Bonnie Evangelista: What is a #prototype under #OTA?
• GAO: Small Business Contracting Snafu: DOE NNSA Needs Increased Oversight to Reduce Reporting Errors

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

🎉 It’s Friday and it is 5 o’clock somewhere – Three Happy Hours to put on your calendar now

• PingWind is excited to sponsor the next Austin LINKS VA Networking Happy Hour April 2 
• San Antonio IT Networking HH sponsored by Compendious IT Solutions: April 3rd
• In-Person HHS/CMS Happy Hour Sponsored by Next Phase Solutions and Services May 8th

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

• DOE appoints Twitter, Google and DOGE alum as new CIO
• DHS taps Antoine McCord for top tech post
• Ethan Klein Nominated as US Chief Technology Officer, Set to Shape National Tech Policy
• Interior Taps Lou Eichenbaum as New Acting Deputy CIO
• ICYMI: TISTA recruits VA IT PM Garth Glenn and adds Vanessa Brown to drive Federal Health growth
• VAST Data Federal welcomes Justin Collins to lead DHS team
• Mannix Litonjua step into new role as Partner & Chief Growth Officer at Acarin
• ICYMI: Cohere recruits David Ferris from Blackbird AI to serve as Head of Global Public Sector
• Peraton Chief Growth Officer Michael King announces departure

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

• DLA Protest Filed: J6 Enterprise Platform (ServiceNow) Support Services BPA
• USAF Protest Dismissed: $200M Advanced Systems & Dev Directorate Command Staff Support (CSS)

Been heads down working on a proposal? Track all the latest protest activity here or see this report with all protest actions over the past week.

🌟Elev8 GovCon Spotlight: National Consulting Partners: Driving Success Through Culture and Collaboration – On the heels of a strong 2024, NCP’s Harry Stewart; Brian Biggs; Geoffrey Ames; and Matthew Robinson, share how NCP has maintained its identity through rapid growth and what lies ahead for this thriving SDVOSB. Read on here.

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• CMS: Index Analytics beats out 3 to win $43M No Surprises Act Provider Enforcement & Transparency contract
• VA: PGT Solutions beats out 3 to win $39M Modern Claims Processing Services contract
• VA: Oddball and Wilcore JV lands $40M Innovation Unit Technical Team Support task
• NIH awards $49M Clinical Operations Professional, Scientific, Administrative Support BPA
• FBI: i3 beats out 8 for Mobility Program Office Telecom Expense Management Support task
• DHS Contract Award: $12M Stronger Border, Stronger America Outreach support task
• USCIS: Protest forces award of Data Strategy Support Services 2 contract extension
• DOE: Leidos awarded NNSA NEPA Technical Support Services task
• NASA: Deloitte beats out 2 to win SLS Systems Engineering and Integration Office SME support task
• CDC awards DVD NGS Core Laboratory Bioinformatics and Programmatic support contract
• Army Contract Award: National Training Center Training Services Contract (TSC) Bridge II
• DoD: Seneca Nation Group subsidiary nabs $24M DSCA PMO, Data Management & COR/CO support contract
• DFAS to award EC Global Exchange (GX) Support task to Peraton and Rainbow Data Systems CTA
• Navy: Contract Award: $40M NAVAIR Admin and Ops Support IDIQ

🔍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.

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

• Yakshna and ECS JV 1CyberForce land Treasury PROTECTS (PROviding Treasury Enterprise Cybersecurity Technology & Services) contract
• ICF joins Salesforce Agentforce Partner Network
• Imagine Believe Realize (IBR) Achieves Ridge Salesforce Partner Status
• Sky Solutions Earns Pega Partner Government Elite Distinction
• Aquia Nava II LLC Announces Support of $21 Million VA “Digital Experience – Identity Services” Contract
• Zaden Technologies nabs $46B USAF Enterprise-Wide Agile Acquisition Contract win

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• VHA Digital Health Office RFQ: Data Quality Technical Analysis & Functional Support
• Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) RFI: Warehouse Management System
• US Air Force BAA: Targeting Operations and Analytics Development

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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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