14B VA IHT/T4NG2/CMS RMADA3 IDIQ Scoop; 28M CMS Cyber/DHS CBP IT/IRS CRM/DOS GSS wins; 90M CISA VM/VA AcSS Protest📰; 100M USCG DAS/HHS Analytics Opps

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Early Bird ends Feb 7 for CyberScape Summit – This event brings together the federal IT cyber community to tackle evolving priorities impacting strategies to modernize IT and implement future solutions including zero trust, edge computing, identity management. Details and registration here. OS AI Members use code ORANGESLICES. 

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 new year.

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.

🍨So much VA scoop, we are having a hard time keeping up

  • Seeking Partners: This newly awarded Prime contract holder on the $23B VA ICSP IDIQ is on the hunt for partners who can help them succeed on ICSP AND help respond to and win a Prime spot on the upcoming $14B VA IHT 2.0 IDIQ.  Details here.
  • Speaking of the VA IHT 2.0 IDIQ – The latest word – “My team at VA is working hard to get this RFP to SAM (expect a draft posted soon). This will be a great competition and opportunity not only for highly capable SDVOSBs but also all the value add partners that contribute to Veteran Integrated Teams. More here.
  • Is 30 Primes enough for the $60.7B VA T4NG2 IDIQ? Not everyone thinks so. Congress just sent a letter to VA expressing concerns. More here.
  • VA and Microsoft Public Sector to host a One-on-One Meetings event for Small Business. Registration is open. First Come First Served. Details here.

☑ Who’s Hiring: Savvier firms will be working to influence who applies for this role: Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration Chief Information Security Officer. Details here.

🔎Four Opportunities Drawing Interest Yesterday:

🌟 ICYMI: The White House just announced actions to increase the share of federal contracting dollars going to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (SDBs) to 15% by Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. More here.


Fresh off a year that included key wins at DOJ, DOL, DOD, and a $36M HHS ACF win, we caught up with Zolon Tech Inc. Dan Abernathy to hear about this rapidly expanding Federal IT and managed services firm, and what 2024 has in store. Read on here.

Comment of the Day:
Re: DHS Presolicitation: CWMD Operations Support Directorate (OSD) ChemPREP Program Support – Any idea who is doing this work now or is this new? See the post here. 

The OS AI Fresh Squeezed Daily News partner for January:

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New $23B VA ICSP Prime seeks Partners to support $14B VA IHT IDIQ bid
This newly awarded Prime contract holder on the VA Integrated Critical Staffing Program is seeking partners who can help them succeed on ICSP and help them respond to and win a Prime spot on the upcoming $14B VHA IHT 2.0 IDIQ RFP.

Contract Award: $28M CMS Cyber Risk Management (CRM) support
This consultancy, that strives to excel at simplifying IT and business processes, beat out 7 other bidders to be awarded a new 3-year Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirement.

Protest Dismissed: $31M VA Acquisition Support Services IDIQ
The lone known active protest, and the latest in a string of actions filed in relation to this heavily contested Department of Veterans Affairs requirement, has now been dismissed.

March release date set for $100M+ US Coast Guard Direct Access System support RFP
After it migrated to the Coast Guard Enterprise Cloud, C5ISC has a continued need for a SB to provide sustainment and maintenance support for this system which serves as a full-lifecycle HR and payroll solution for the USCG.

JV scores DHS CBP OCIO IT Services win
This newly formed multifaceted technology firm and JV dedicated to helping government and the public sector through Security, IT and Program Management solutions, was awarded an 18-month contract to provide IT services to CBP.

Protest Denied: $90M DHS CISA Vulnerability Management (VM) Cybersecurity Division Insights Program Support
The lone known active GAO protest filed in relation to this heavily competed Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency requirement has been denied.

Contract Award: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Counsel CRM Modernization
This Woman-Owned HUBZone certified small business specializing in Information Technology solutions for the Federal Government was awarded a new contract in support of the Department of Treasury’s IRS.

Court Protest Dismissal details provided: $31M ED National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) Training and Technical Assistance contract
The protest denial decision has been released related to this request to amend the protective order to allow the protestor to use the information protected by the order in any other bid protest later filed.

Contract Award: $27M State Department CA Global Support Strategy (GSS 2.0)
This large consultancy beat out 2 other bidders to win a 10-year DOS Bureau of Consular Affairs GSS 2.0 requirement to support the Overseas Consular Support Services Mission for Central Asia (CENTASIA).

Contract Award: $62M Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Cost Estimating and Analysis Support Services
This consultancy, who strives to be a trusted independent advisor supporting the National Security mission, beat out two other bidders to secure a 5 1/2-year task order on the SeaPort-NxG IDIQ.

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Department of Defense

Contract Award: $62M Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Cost Estimating and Analysis Support Services

Senior Industry and Federal Leaders on the move – Week ending Jan 26, 2024

Contract Award: $56M Department of the Air Force Science and Technology Fellowship Program support

Contract Award: $34M Air Force Requirements Support Readiness Analysis Data Services (RSRADS)

DHA RFI: Technical and Administrative Support Services for the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (DCSOPS)

US Space Force (USSF) RFQ: Delta 7 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) system support

Protest of $12B DLA JETS 2.0 IT Support IDIQ moves to the courts

Contract Award: $36M US Army Research Laboratory Technical and Administrative support

Contract Award: DOD DISA Joint Service Provider CSD-B/DA support

Leidos Federal Health Growth leader Patrick Walsh exits, hangs out a shingle

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