🔥USDA PRISM/DHS ISSO/FBI LIT/DOE EM IT/CISA Gateway/DOS ITSS/USAF Cyber wins; CMS IT/DOE CBOSS/VA EHRM/FDIC ITAS Troubles; FBI/DoD/EPA IT Exec Moves

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🌟Former Fed Friday: Succeeding in IT and Business Development – Shelley McGuire chats with Shannon Dillon, Sr Business Development Manager at Leidos and a former fed at HHS and FDA, to discuss her 25+ years of experience in IT project management, federal procurement, the unique challenges women face in the GovCon IT space and Shannon shares advice on overcoming them. Listen here.

🚀 New SB Alliances formed for 30 leading IT & Consulting firms positioning to win across FedCiv and DOD – Here we detail several key mentor protege agreements that were formalized and approved by SBA of late. More here.

🐝The Morning Buzz: 

• #CMS says they canceled two “Modern Provider Enrollment Systems” contracts, hired multiple software engineers and are working with #DOGE to accelerate the fix. 
• Mitchell Winans shares FDIC has made the determination not to proceed with the ITAS IV acquisition
• Veteran entrepreneurs say VA cuts have gutted their businesses
• Oracle’s Federal EHR with VA suffered nation-wide outage but VA to complete Federal EHR deployment at nine additional sites in 2026
• Red Team Consulting shares 4 Actions to Secure Your Future (in the face of a changing landscape

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

• GSA preps code for shutdown of text service for government benefits
• GSA to reduce tech services arm by 50%, eliminate non-statutory work
• Labor Dept seeks 90% staffing cut for OFCCP

⚙️ 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: 

• United States Senate adds FBI IT Innovation SME as Deputy CIO
• EPA Information Security Officer Marshall Mansfield takes COO role with M&J
• Recent Army IT lead Deshawn Bell Joins Tyto Athene CTO Team as Strategist
• Clinton Schasteen recruited as Head of Federal Health Accelerators at rockITdata
• Ro Dhanda takes role as Vice President – Public Sector and Healthcare at SolarWinds
• Former Accenture Exec Molly Beggy named VP of Proposal Ops at Clarity Innovations
• B3 Group Founder Brad Palmer joins Sequence Equity as a Managing Partner

🔍   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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• New challenges to $3.5B DOE CIO Business Operations Support Services 2.0 BPA award
• In spite of #DOGE actions, new challenger protests USAID IT Infrastructure and Systems Support contract
• The Silent Shred⚡– Today’s contract terminations at CDC, USDA, FCC, OPM, DOD, and VA. See the List here.

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

• Protest Filed: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | RFQ-1744641 | Livanta
• Navy Protest Dismissed: Naval Supply Systems Command | N0018924R3088 | AccelGov
• VA Protest Decision Details Posted: Modern Claims Processing Support Services

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.

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards: 

• USDA: MetaPhase Consulting beats out 3 to win $24M Procurement Systems Support task
• Treasury: vTech Solution lands OCIO Microsoft Unified Support Services task
• CISA: Capgemini awarded Gateway O&M support task on Alliant 2
• FEMA: With protest decision on horizon, ISSO Resources Bridge contract awarded
• US Coast Guard: WOSB and SDVO consultancy lands Nationwide Housing Survey task
• DOE: ASRC Federal subsidiary scores $44M EM IT and Cybersecurity Solutions contract
• DOS: Chenega subsidiary lands $40M INL/A Information Technology Services IDIQ
• FBI: ECS beats out 2 to win $38M Laboratory IT (LIT) Support task on ITSSS-2
• NIH: Palladian Partners beats out 5 to win $11M Internal Communication Services contract 
• USAF awards Cyber Support Services Sole Source Bridge while eval of CSS3 is completed
• Marine Corps Award: $175M CSP Storage Command CLASS II Solutions Support task
• DHA awards Staff Education and Training (SEAT) Support Services 8(a) Sole Source
• Navy: EY beats 3 to win $39M Chief of Naval Operations Performance Improvement IDIQ
• DLA: Connected Logistics beats out 5 to win Enterprise Network Micro-Segmentation Software Application Solution Support on JETS

🔍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.

🎯Upcoming Events to Lock in on now: 

• Procurement Sciences joins: Navigating the DOGE Initiative: What It Means for Government Contractors
• McDonald Hopkins event: Decoding the DOGE Agenda: New rules and how to succeed
• DHS Online Happy Hour with Monica Padron Harris
• HHS & CMS Industry Happy Hour sponsored by Red Hat

Track More Federal GovCon Events Here.

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

• M&A: Armis Acquires OTORIO to Expand Its Leadership in Operational Technology and Cyber-Physical Security
• BDR Solutions and Cliexa Join Forces to Revolutionize Virtual Care
• Total Systems Technologies Corporation celebrates 23 years
• GovEagle Secures $2.5M in Funding from Strategic Cyber Ventures, Y Combinator to Enhance AI-Powered Proposal Platform 
• Cambio Digital Transformations launches company presence on LinkedIn

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest: 

• ICE Pre-Solicitation: OPLA Case Management System (OCMS)
• USCIS to push Verification Modernization Operational T&E Cybersec Adversarial Assessment task on SEWP
• FDIC will not proceed with the IT Application Services IV (ITAS IV) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA)
• DOJ RFQ: OJP Office of JJDP Act Core Requirements Audit Support
• DHA RFI: Systems, Engineering, and Integration Support
• Army RFP: AI-Driven Penetration Testing Assessment Event
• Army Draft RFP: Cost Analysis Services (CAS) IDIQ
• Navy RFI: ONR Electronic Support Measures Digital Signal Processing and Software Development Services
• Marine Corps RFI: Pacific Posture Enterprise Technical, Analytical, and Financial Program Analysis services
• Air Force RFI: A3OB Mission Assurance Assessment Team (MAAT) support services
• One Nation Innovation, on behalf of USD R&E seeking partners to drive defense innovation, technology assessment, and interoperability

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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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