🚀339M HHS UFMS/USCIS CX/VA QA & HCD/CMS RDA/USDA ZEEK/IRS, SEC & DHS Analytics/NOAA CM/DOT Low-Code IT/DOJ PM IDIQ/USPTO cATO wins; CIO-SP4 Protest📰

The Juice🥤: Big Investments do not guarantee Big results, but they do signify intent! Here are several Federal and Industry leaders who are set to make an impact in the second half of 2024:

• Treasury Office of Intelligence and Analysis adds Chief Data and AI Officer
• Dignari welcomes Timothy Brown as Vice President of Innovation
• cBEYONData welcomes Krista McKendree as VP of BD, Navy & USMC markets
• Roya Mohadjer promoted by Battelle to lead Government Business Development
• Alex Leggieri now driving BD – Professional Services at Flatwater Group
• Mark Fedeli to drive Business Development for Seekr Technologies
• Mark Sheppard takes role driving Federal Sales at Duality Technologies

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• Challenger pulls plug on CMS Enterprise Salesforce Services contract complaint
• One step forward and another back on $50B CIO-SP4 IT Services GWAC
• More challengers join the mix on $10B US Army IT Enterprise Solutions-4 Hardware

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⚖ GAO and the Courts – check out the latest Protest Action:

• NOAA Protest Filed: $33M Atmospheric Science and Technology Applications 2.0 Award
• EPA Protest Filed: $18M OCFO Budget Formulation System IT Support contract
• Army NGB Protest: Connectedness and Relationship Education System contract award
• US Coast Guard Protest Filed: Solicitation Number 70Z02324QCG8FMOBPA | Guidehouse
• GAO releases decision document as Gov sides with protestor Maximus on CMS Contact Center Operations requirement

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• RE: Sciome beats out 4 to win $26M NIH NIEHS DTT & DIR Bioinformatics Support contract – Took over two years to award this….More here.

☔ Awards, awards, and more awards

🔥 VA COs have been busy making awards …

• Hidden River Group scores VA Mission Daybreak HCD Support contract
• RP Professional Services beats out 5 to win VA BVA Quality Assurance Support Services contract
• 9th Way Insignia scores $13M VA Heuristic Behavior Analytics task win on T4NG
• Joint Strategic Technologies and ProSphere JV beats out 23 to win VA VACO IT Tier II Desktop Support contract
• VA VHA HTM Support Services contract goes to Sigma Health Consulting
• CFT wins VA Strategic Acquisition Management Initiatives AMP Modernization task
• Contract Award: $35M VA Enterprise File Services and Management Portal on NASA SEWP

🔥 And so have HHS COs…

• ASFR: Deloitte wins $339M UFMS Systems Integration and Hosting Administration task
• AHRQ: SDVOSB VTC beats 9 to win $18M Cybersecurity/Infrastructure Support contract
• HHS selects Coforma to lead ACF UC Technology Platform and core case management-related modernization efforts
• IHS: Cherokee Nation subsidiary wins Four Directions Warehouse (4DW) Health IT Modernization & Dev contract
• HHS: Koniag subsidiary wins OCIO-OPS Program Management Support contract
• ACF Award: $11M HMRF/TTCW Grantees Targeted Support contract awarded to MSG
• NIH: WOSB mPower scores another win – to provide Scientific Support to NIBIB
• CDC: Booz Allen joins list of awardees for $30M Program Support Services BPA
• CDC Award: Global Health Center DGHT Management Consulting Services to BAH
• CDC: Deloitte beats out 28 to win DSLR Mission Support Services contract
• CDC: VMG wins Quality Improvement Health System Initiative contract
• CMS Contract Award: $47M OMH Reducing Disparities Through Action Program Support

🔥 And DHS COs …

• ICE: AVER wins $20M SEVP Adjudication and Compliance Support Services task
• USCIS Contract Award: $24M OIT Customer Service, Accounts, and Integration Services
• USCIS: ResolveSoft nabs Customer Experience (CX) Modernization contract
• ICE: CommIT beats out 5 to win $12M IHSC Data Analytics Support Services task
• ICE: Guidehouse beats 6 for SPARq unit Planning, Evaluation, Analytics Support Services contract
• USCG: Chenega subsidiary beats out 4 to win $35M CG-68 and CSISC Support task
• DHS: SDVOSB beats out 3 for $13M Office of the Citizenship & Immigration Services Ombudsman (CISOMB) task
• FLETC: Axum and Panum JV beats out 4 to win Business Analytics Office Support task

🔥 And DOD COs …

• DHA: Chenega subsidiary wins $25M USAARL RDT&E Support Services IDIQ
• DHA: IDS wins SocioTech Pilot Management and Support Services contract
• USAF: MTSI wins Sentinel Prime Digital Transformation task on ROAASTD BAA
• USAF Contract Award: $243M Capabilities Management Office CDM-Wide Mission Support
• Navy Contract Award: $80M DOD VTT Integrated Product Team (IPT) Support
• Army: WOSB wins Systems Human Systems Integration (HSI) Services contract
• Army: Clarivate and Wellspring win $64M IP and Technology Transfer Data-Management System IDIQ

⚡Here are many other Key Contract Award Actions across FedCiv: 

• USPTO: Aquia scores $15M Continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) Implementation Services contract win
• DOI: MakNuAx JV scores again, beats out 4 to win OCIO Customer Support Center (CSC) Helpdesk Support contract
• DOI: Accenture beats out 4 to win NPS Volunteer.Gov Support task on Foundation Cloud Hosting Services IDIQ
• USDA: Blake Willson Group beats out 3 to win OCFO Working Capital Fund Services Support contract
• USDA: ITCON wins FNS SharePoint Support Services task
• USDA: Essnova wins USDA ZEEK Modernization contract
• SBA: Kreative wins OCIO Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Platform support task
• SBA: Koniag subsidiary scores $17M Cloud Modernization Team 2024 – IT WCF contract
• FBI awards bridge Criminal Investigative Division (CID) Administrative and Professional Support contract to IntelliBridge
• DOJ DEA awards $14M HR Professional Program Management/Support IDIQ to Acuity
• USAID: FedWriters beats out 4 to win $47M Bureau for Resilience, Environment, & Food Security Tech Centers Support task
• USAID Contract Award: $65M M/OAA FEWS NET 8 Knowledge Base Engineering Services
• USAID: Bixal wins Laos Program Cycle Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (PCMEL) task
• DOS: Symposit nabs Consular Appointment Scheduling Tool contract
• DOS: Nash Harbor Solutions (NHS) and Inalab JV wins $24M Bureau of Public Affairs Staffing and Solutions IDIQ
• DOT: Strongbridge scores FMCSA Low-Code IT SWAT Team task win, beats out 6
• DOL: SDVOSB awarded Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Mission Support Services BPA
• NOAA: Mind Computing beats out 5 to win Case Management Software support contract
• SEC: Peregrine awarded $8M Data Visualization task on Data Services BPA
• IRS awards pair of ACA Data Management, Change Management, & Project Support contracts to Analytica
• IRS: EIDOS Technologies wins CI Client Management and Cybersecurity Support task

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• DOD Commits $500M for Women’s Health Research, Supports Better Care for All Women
• GAO: Education: Preliminary Results Show Strong Leadership Needed to Address Serious Student Aid System Weaknesses
• ICYMI: Red Team’s Tris Carpenter and Deltek’s Deniece Peterson dive in at this event focused on Navigating Strategic Growth Through an Unsettled Political Landscape Details here.

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

• Sentar Awarded Contract by DLA to Enhance Cybersecurity for Digital Twins
• Oddball awarded $14.1M Contract to Enhance Flagship VA Mobile App Features for Veterans
• Bixal and Contrast & Co. Announce the Launch of CRUX JV

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• CISA to award non-competitive OCIO Mission Support – Requirements Analysis & Business Support contract
• CBP to award non-competitive Lifecycle Maintenance and Sustainment Working Group contract
• USCIS to award non-competitive OCDO Advanced Analytics Data Science Support task
• VA RFI: Quality Assurance (QA) Web Application Sustainment Support New Task Order
• DHA RFP: Women’s Health Quality Improvement
• USCG Consolidation Notice: Low Code Application Platform (LCAP) BPA
• IRS Pre-Solicitation: Financial Management and Audit Support Services RFQ
• State Department RFI: DT Low-Code Application Cloud Platform Tool PaaS/SaaS
• Army RFI: PEO C3T Mission Command: CDS Hardware and Software Architecture Recommendations

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