🚀DLA JETS/T4NG/FDA, CDC PS & HHS Ops BPA Protest📰; SEC/DHS/SSA/CISA IT & Cyber exec moves; DHA CRM PM/USCYBERCOM UPDM/HRSA PRF/3B SOCPAC C6ISR wins

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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:

• Securities and Exchange Commission names an acting CISO as James Scobey steps down
• DHS names new Cyber Policy Leader
• Longtime SSA IT leader takes a CTO role with industry
• CISA Cyber Threat Chief now with Google Cyber subsidiary
• Tria Federal taps Sean Vineyard as VP of BD, Military and Veteran Health
• Alexander Ludwig takes role as Partner Engagement Manager at GDIT
• Stacy Hunter now Chief Growth Officer at SPAARK 2.0
• Chris Owen takes role as VP, Defense App Development & Networking at Peraton

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• Loser on $22.3B T4NG IT Procurement set to negotiate settlement with VA
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🍊Your OS October Forecast – The End of FY Contract Award Heat Wave🔥is done. Get on your galoshes as the forecast calls for a steady rain ☔ of Protest Activity in the weeks ahead as firms put forth challenges in the Courts and with GAO.

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

• CDC Protest Filed: $30M multiple-award Program Support Services BPA
• FDA Protest Filed: Solicitation Number 75F40124Q00069 | HumanTouch
• HHS Protest Withdrawn: $57M FOIA and Public Affairs Operations Support BPA

⚡Check out the latest Contract Awards (It is a trickle, for now)

• HRSA Award: $66M COVID-19 Uninsured and Provider Relief Fund Close-Out Services
• DHA: WITS wins CRM e-commerce Program Management Support task on GSA OASIS SB
• USCYBERCOM: BridgePhase wins again, beats out 11 for $20M Unified Platform Data Management support contract
• USSOCOM: Smartronix beats out 2 to win $3.3B Pacific C6ISR Support task
• US Air Force: CDO Technologies and SierTeK JV wins $81M NCR Infrastructure Communications Services IDIQ
• US Army: Chickasaw Nation Industries subsidiary wins Audit Agency IT Support contract

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Monica PADRON Harris shared: Who’s thinking USCIS 2025/2026? ODOS IV, NEON, PLANX, DIDIT (rename to come soon) contact center (Tier 1), and many more new requirements (AI and more)
• Event: PEO Enterprise Forecast to Industry
• Newly named VA SPRUCE IDIQ holder MO seeks to add Business Development Support
• VA focused Woman Owned small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Veterans Affairs focused firms drawing interest of late.  Meet them here.
• Building the Next-Generation Federal Workforce at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Talent Scaling Solutions – Smoothstack shares insight on the Federal branding challenge; skills based hiring; and scaling the federal workforce. Read on here.

📢 Most Viewed Comments

• Re: Meet the 2025 Engage Homeland and National Security 100: Driving Innovation Forward! – This recognition reflects the collective efforts of our incredible team at Amivero and our partners across the federal sector… to all Amiverians and our partners who make our work possible – Let’s Go! Let’s continue to drive positive change together. More here.
• Re: Adtech – I have worked with Adtech since 2017 on the same contract. That speaks volumes, they work to keep happy employees, which in turn, makes for totally satisfied customers. More here.

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

• Tribility JV awarded OASIS + in SDVOSB and WOSB tracks
• eTRANSERVICES Wins Key Contract with Veterans Affairs to Deliver Section 508-Compliant Documentation

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• HHS ACF RFQ: Insurance Match
• GSA RFI: Budget and Planning Application (BAPA)
• Army Draft RFP: New Modern Software for Defense Multiple Award IDIQ Update
• DARPA Pre-Solicitation: Human-AI Communication for Deontic Reasoning DevOps
• DTRA RFI: Advanced Cyber Security Threat Detection and Analysis Platform
• USAF RFI: A1 VDC Cloud Managed Services Support
• USAF RFI: Distributed Common Ground System Software Development Support Services