10B Polaris SB/CIO-SP4/SEWP Scoop; NOAA Web/CMS Ops/HHS ISS/VA/DHS Protest 📰; 43M DHA DML-ES/DLA RPA/WHS PRISM FR wins; VA AI and EPA Grants IT RFIs

🐝The Friday Buzz – Keeping you in the know before the weekend

• GSA names 100 apparently successful offerors for $10B Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool.🚀 See the full list here.
• CIO-SP4 and a fresh set of challenges:⚡Leading Government Contract and Technology Attorney Jim Dougherty joins OS to discuss the impact new allegations may have on this important GWAC. Listen here.
• Three Industry Days to Note:
  • 🚀 NASA will host an official SEWP VI Industry Day in College Park, Maryland on November 6th. Details here.
  • DTRA CTR A&AS Recompete Industry Day
  • Save the Date: 2024 FDA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Day
• Take Two: The CMS October Opp Forecast is out – CloudOps; Payment System Modernization; Fraud Prevention Opps added. Oops. Sorry. We initially had an older version uploaded (without color coding). See the updated version here.

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• Not so fast on Health and Human Services (HHS) IT Infrastructure Support contract
• New Challenges lie ahead for CMS Health Insurance Exchange and Operational Analytics contract

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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.

• DHA recruits emerging industry leader to serve as Deputy Division Chief
• Senior IRS contracting leader now User and Network Services Branch Chief
• FCC’s Enforcement Bureau recruits a Chief Technology Officer
• VA Industry SME and Growth leader Mike Vogel joins Credence Management Solutions
• Peniel Solutions welcomes Metise Moore as Chief Development Officer
• Unissant Bolsters Leadership for Strategic Growth, Welcomes Hitesh Vashistha
• Avint Leadership Moves: Brian Edwards is now Chief Growth Officer; Kevin Thomas joins as Chief Solutions Officer
• Fernando Pereira takes new challenge driving BD and Capture at OBXTek

🔍 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.

⚖ GAO and the Courts. Some of the latest Protest Action:

• NOAA Protest Filed: NMFS OCIO Web Modernization and Maintenance Services contract
• Census Fresh Protest Filed: $275M Strategic Communications and Digital Services BPA
• VA Protest Filed: Solicitation Number 36C10B24R0034 – Cognitive Medical Systems
• DHS Protest Filed: Solicitation Number 70RSAT24R00000021 – Strategic Operational Solutions (STOPSO)
• DOJ AOUSC Protest Filed: | USCA24Q0019 | 22nd Century Technologies

We know it can be hard to stay on top of all of the latest news and activity. To help keep you abreast, here are some of the recent protest actions the OS AI team noted over the past week.

⏰ The Clock is ticking on these two events:

• Are you registered for TiE-DC’s “FedGov Symposium” October 15th. With speakers from CBP, USPS, NASA, SBA and the Army, this will be a jam-packed event. Use code FedGov10 when checking out to get a discount. More here.
• Are you registered for next week’s Looking Ahead at CMS for 2025 event? Note: NIH will have a table as they discuss the $3.6B SOAR Staffing IDIQ recompete. A couple dozen (of 400) tickets remain. This will sell out! Details here.

⚡The end of Fiscal Year Madness is done and we don’t peddle old news. Here are the top fresh Contract Award Actions:

• DHA: IT Concepts wins $43M Defense Medical Logistics–Enterprise Solution support contract
• WHS: Deloitte beats out 8 to win $25M PRISM FR Force Readiness support task
• DLA: Coggins International wins $14M Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and Dashboard Support contract
• DLA: edo consulting wins $18M Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and Dashboard Support Services
• DLA: Accenture wins Robotic Process Automation Development Support task on JETS
• DLA: IT Partners wins Robotic Process Automation Development Support task on JETS
• DoD: Koniag subsidiary wins $99M CDAO SETA BOA
• USAF: RAFT beats out 5 to win $17M AFLCMC/HNCP Unified Platform Infrastructure UPI-PS/UPITI task
• USDA: DTC Global Services wins APHIS IAS Onsite Tier 0 Support contract
• USDA: ICMS beats out one for FNS Admin Support task

📢 Most Viewed Comments:

• RE: How many bidders made the Phase II cut on IHT 2.0 and just how close was the scoring? I had been hearing 8 awardees, but does this mean that if WP prevails, we will have 10 or even 11? See the comment here.
• RE: Get Ahead: 14 NIH Opportunities and RFPs expected to draw interest in 2025 – WOW – this is a great list of NIH opportunities to explore into FY25! More here.

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

• REI/ADG Team celebrate $22M HHS ACF Child Care Automated Reporting System (CARS) contract win
• MetaPhase Consulting Awarded Contract to Support USDA’s Web Modernization Initiatives
• PCI-GS/Guidehouse JV (Summone Native Ventures) wins DOT Resource Management Office (RMO) Support task

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• VA RFI: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Program and Governance Support
• EPA RFI: Grants Management Systems IT Modernization/Enhancement and O&M Support
• US Coast Guard Pre-Solicitation: Business and Logistics Support Services BPA
• NIH NIAID Pre-Solicitation: Professional, Scientific and Technical Support Services (PSTSS)
• AHRQ RFI: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Medical Provider Component
• PBGC RFP: Premium Operations Support Services
• Army Presolicitation: Test Engineering and Analysis Services (TEAS)
• Navy Pre-Solicitation: Corporate Operations Support Services and Industry Conference
• IRS posted justification detailing short term Enterprise Systems Testing contract award

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