🚀Win Weekend – 192M NIH NEAT/DHS OCISO/665M VA ESOMS/IRS CX/FBI CRM/CMS PSO/HUD CyberSec/SBA Analytics/DOS GATA III/CBP LLM; FDA/USCG/NOAA 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:

• IRS taps Strategy Advisor, Office of the IRS Deputy CIO
• Randi Bulla tapped for role driving IRS Enterprise Field Operations
• DHA Tech leader returns to HHS for HRSA Branch Chief, IT Compliance Branch role
• Kevin Klose takes Senior Technical Advisor role with Veterans Affairs
• FBI taps Executive Assistant Director of Science and Technology Branch
• ICYMI: Ryan Baker takes role driving Business Development, Civilian/Health at Palantir
• 22nd Century Technologies recruits Ravi Mudumby to serve as Chief Strategy Officer

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

• FDA Protests Dismissed: $500M Modernizing Data and Analytics BPA
• USCG Protest Filed: $102M FORCECOM Training, Analysis, and Support Services IDIQ
• NOAA Protest Denied: $48M NWS Systems RMF Assessments BPA
• DOI Protest Filed: $13M OCIO Customer Support Center (CSC) Helpdesk Support contract
• USDA Protest Dismissed: APHIS -Strategic Solutions International
• US Digital Service Protest Dismissed: Digital IT Acquisition Professional curriculum support
• VA Protest Dismissed: Solicitation 36C10B24R0020 – PenBay Technology Group
• HHS Protest Dismissed: RFQ-1697884 by NTouch-BCT Strategies
• CMS Protest Filed: Sol#: RFQ-241560 – Bashen Corporation

☔ Awards, awards, and more awards – This was the last weekend of FY ’24 and it was packed with action!

🔥 VA COs have been busy making awards …

• IT Concepts wins $665M VA Endpoint Support & Ops Monitoring IT Support contract
• Coforma wins VA AI Pilot Program task on CEDAR IDIQ
• PFS beats out 8 to win VA IDEA Program Support contract
• PFS led JV wins VA VHA Project Management Services task on IHT IDIQ
• GovCIO wins $12M VA Kiosk Gravesite Locator support contract
• VA awards $46M PR Support contract to Strategic Resolution Experts (SRE)
• Client First Technologies (CFT) beats out 6 to win VA Professional Services task

🔥 And so have HHS COs…

• NIH Awardee named to $192M NIAID Enabling and Advancing Technology (NEAT) IDIQ
• NIH: 8(a) WOSB led by former NIH IT leader secures $12M IDIQ
• NIH: ICF wins $22M OCCS IT Technical Support task on CIO-SP3
• NIH: AAC wins $29M OCCS IT Technical Support task on CIO-SP3
• NIH: GDIT wins $14M OCCS IT Technical Support task on CIO-SP3
• NIH: BLH beats out 4 to win NLM User Engagement Program Support Task Order
• HHS: Truss wins Zero Trust Arch & Injury Compensation System 2.0 AI/Intelligent Document Processing Pilot
• HHS Contract Award: $20M+ ONC Health IT Expertise Services multiple-award BPA
• ACF: Guidehouse wins $30M Data Capacity Staffing contract
• ACF: TriMetrix subsidiary wins $21M OCC Monitoring/Oversight System support contract
• ACF: Cherokee Nation subsidiary wins $15M Cloud Migration contract
• ASPR: T. White Parker scores Zero Trust Architecture Planning (ZTP) support contract win
• HRSA: Veritas Management Group (VMG) wins again, adds PEPFAR Assistance contract
• HRSA: TechnoGen wins Apps (w-Okta) & ServiceNow Cloud Platform Support contracts
• CDC: DecisionPoint beats 5 for Public Health Response Training/Exercise Program contract
• CDC: MicroHealth beats out 6 to win NCIPC Partners Portal support task on CIO-SP3 SB
• CDC: Gunnison Consulting Group wins $14M Cybersecurity Services task on CIO-SP3
• CDC Contract Award: $15M DBD MVPDB Staffing Support for BML, QMS
• CDC: Cherokee Nation subsidiary wins IIS Technical, Operational, Analytical Sppt contract
• FDA: Four win $75M CBER BEST Initiative: Data Sources for Surveillance of Biologics IDIQ
• FDA: S-3 Research nabs OCI – Internet Monitoring Services contract
• CMS: McKinsey wins $17M Procurement Spend Optimization support contract

🔥 And DHS COs …

• DHS: JPI beats 3 to win $25M IT and Data Management Program Support Services BPA
• DHS: Leidos beats out 18 to win $51M OCISO Cybersecurity Assessments support contract
• DHS: ECS Federal wins Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) Support task
• DHS: WOSB Quasars adds OCRSO Integration and Program Management Support task
• ICE: Dev Technology Group wins $82M HR Suite of Micro Applications support task
• CBP: Deloitte wins $40M HRM Program Management and Data Analytics Support BPA
• CBP: D&G Support Services wins OFO Strategic Program Management Support task
• CBP: CACI wins $175M Enforcement Applications for Government Leading-Edge IT task
• CBP: Amivero and Steampunk JV wins Litigation Large Language Model Support contract
• CBP: Constellation wins OPR Program Management and Data Analysis Support task
• CISA: Partner Forces & Padrón JV wins Operational Model Transformation & CI Resilience Planning contracts
• CISA: Accenture wins $13M Operational Technology Support task on CIO-SP3
• CISA: Booz Allen Hamilton wins $17M Cyber Storm Exercise Support Services task
• CISA: Deloitte awarded $29M Program Support Services Interim Task Order
• CISA: Infopact wins Executive and Strategic Data Visualization Services task
• CISA awards Real Property Asset Management System support task to S2Alliance
• FEMA: Niyam IT scores $20M Lifecycle Process Management System support contract
• FEMA: Fors Marsh Group/CMR JV beats 4 to win $20M ICPD HQ Programmatic Sppt task
• TSA: Partner Forces wins Pipeline Corporate Security Reviews and Analysis contract
• TSA: SharpEDG wins 508 and SDDS Support Services contract
• USCIS: SDVOSB JV beats out 5 to win RAIO Administrative Support Services task

🔥 And Treasury COs …

• IRS awards Individual Taxpayer ID Number Workflow Digitalization support contract to Coforma
• IRS: Epsilon wins Technical Support Services task for New Hires Due to IRA Initiative
• Peraton awarded $21M IRS OCIO Enterprise Systems Testing (EST) Bridge contract
• MetaPhase wins IRS OCIO Technology Reference Model (TRM) support task win
• 22nd Century led JV beats out 5 to win IRS Technical Integrations Support contract
• Akima subsidiary wins $25M IRS CI Division Investigative Case Support and Data Exploitation task
• Cherokee Nation subsidiary wins $25M IRS OCIO Scanning Assessment Support contract
• PCG wins $23M in IRS CX Analytics & Workload Identification Methodologies support contracts
• SDVOSB wins IRS OCIO Transforming Ops to Meet Delivery Demands Support contract
• Basecamp wins IRS OCIO Security Risk Management and Process Improvement contract
• Nava and Focus JV wins IRS OCIO Mgt IT Support Consulting contract
• Easy Dynamics wins Treasury TTB ICAM and Cloud Transition Support Services contract
• TWW wins IRS Cybersecurity Inflation Reduction Act & Zero Trust PMO Support contract

🔥 And DOJ COs …

• OJP: Manhattan Strategy Group beats out 10 to win $83M Comms Support Services BPA
• OJP: FedWriters beats out 8 to win $14M Multimedia Services Support BPA
• FBI: i3 scores first blood on new ITSSS-2 BPA – beats out 8 to win CRM support task
• FBI: Stratagen wins $5M User Fee Support Services contract
• FBI: Yakshna Solutions and ECS Federal JV wins SCOR 3 CAMEO O&M task on ITSSS-2
• DOJ: MorphWorks wins Data Center Transformation Initiative Support Services contract
• DOJ: Inonde beats out 4 to win OPR Legal Case & Document Management System support contract
• FBI: Dorrean wins CyWatch – Cyber Ops, Advanced Threat Analytics & Quality Control task
• FBI: Guidehouse wins $53M eDiscovery Services contract
• FBI: Booz Allen Hamilton beats out 7 to win $40M EDAS Services contract

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

• HUD: GovCIO beats out 3 to win $229M Infrastructure Operations Office O&M contract
• HUD Contract Award: $23M CISO Cybersecurity Transformation
• HUD: Antean Technology scores OCIO ODBLS Power Apps support contract win
• HUD: Audient Group wins OCFO OCRO Fraud Risk Management support contract
• HUD: iCUBE wins OCIO Geocoding Service Center Modernization contract
• DOE Contract Award: $250M Loan Program Office (LPO) Support IDIQ
• DOT: United Solutions wins FRA IT Governance Support task on CIO-SP3 SB
• DOT: Synergy wins FHWA Fiscal Management Information System O&M Support task
• DOL: IGI wins $19M OWCP Data and Shared Capabilities Modernization task
• DOL: Insignia Federal Group beats 10 to win $26M Web Content and Solutions contract
• DOL: JBS wins $38M ETA National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) support contract
• SBA: UpSlope beats out 9 to win $41M ODR&R Data Analytics Product & Support contract
• USAID: Cadmus wins $150M Asia Futures Activity task on GSA OASIS
• ED Contract Award: $18M Implementation and O&M of the Deployed Capabilities of G6
• FMCSA: Platinum Business Services wins IT Portfolio/Funds Management Services contract
• DOE: Acato scores Quality Assurance Services contract
• DOI: Navancio beats out 2 to win $13M Procurement to Modernize NPS Acquisitions
• DOS: TJFACT beats out 2 to win $55M Diplomatic Technology IT Services task
• DOS: MetaPhase wins IPMS, TalentMap platform, & GTMNext ServiceNow portal O&M support BPA
• DOS Contract Award: Global Antiterrorism Training Assistance Training Delivery IDIQ
• DOS: Koniag subsidiary wins $13M FOIA and eRecords Modernization IT Support Services contract
• DOS: The Prospective Group (TPG) wins $62M INL IT Services and Support contract
• DOS Contract Award: $18M HR Bureau Systems Operation and Security Support IDIQ
• DOS: Improvix beats out 10 to win Cloud Program Management Services task
• USDA Contract Award: ARS Risk Framework Management (RFM) Support
• USDA: Weber Solutions wins APHIS PPMD Program Management Office Support task
• USDA: AGovX wins ARS ARIS Modernization Support task on 8(a) STARS III

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• CIO-SP4 – Jim Dougherty shares new complaints that raise disturbing allegations of rampant misrepresentations by offerors in self-scores. More here.
• Some refreshing honesty from NAVSEA CIO Michael Sydla:  “… We (the government) ARE NOT GOOD (like Washington Generals bad) in writing what we need in a clear and consistent manner in contracts. We need to stop sending the private sector crap and get pissed when they reply with bad responses…” More here.
• ICYMI: GSA launches new resource for the Acquisition Community
• RELI Group’s Sam Elias shares how he leveraged 8(a) and HUBZone programs to drive multimillion-dollar growth in this Govcon Giants podcast Listen here.
• Navy Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Quarterly Industry Day

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

• 9th Way scores $13M VA win to continue support of Heuristic Behavior Analytics (HBA) initiative
• BTS Proud to Support CACI’s $273 Million Task Order for USCENTCOM Intelligence Expertise
• Allant Federal has achieved official certification by the SBA as an SDVOSB.
• PCI & Guidehouse JV (Summome Native Ventures) wins DHS HSI INTEL Enterprise Services Division (ESD) contract
• Casepoint wins 5-year contract with SEC to provide AI-powered DataDiscovery platform

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• IRS RFI: Inflation Reduction Act 3rd Party Data Access Support
• DOT RFI: ServiceNow Managed Service Support
• GSA RFI: FAS Telecommunication Price Expert Support (TPES/ETSA)
• USDA RFI: Drupal Web Development and O&M Services
• DOD RFP: ESI Microsoft Enterprise Services II
• Army RFI: Joint Enterprise Omnibus Program, Engineering and Technical Support
• USTRANSCOM Pre-Solicitation and Update: Enterprise Architecture, Data, & Engineering
• DARPA Solicitation: Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-wide BAA
• DOD MDA RFI: Data Governance and Analytics Resourcing and AI

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