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Powerful Women Igniting Digital Transformation – This dynamic series invites women and gender-diverse professionals to delve into cutting-edge solutions, learn from visionary leaders, and embrace the innovations shaping digital transformation. Meet the IGNITE 2024 Honorees here and Register to take part. OS AI Members used code OrangeSlicesAI-IGNITE24 

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 FY 2024.

🌟Announcing the 2024 Engage Federal Citizen Services Honorees – Continuing our commitment to shine a light on the good stuff, to spotlight those that are #doingitright, meet the 2024 Engage Federal Citizen Services Honorees. 

🐝The Buzz – Keep up with what’s happening:

🍊 The Peel Podcast with Amida CEO and former VA CTO Peter Levin – Why did a software services company, and major partner to VA, known for living at the intersection of data infrastructure and healthcare, launch a new Microelectronic Cybersecurity division? And why does this experience position them to create better training data for AI systems at VA and elsewhere? Hear more here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

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Re: Index Analytics scores again, wins $48M CMS One PI task – Congratulations  to Raghu, Gina, Karlton and the whole Index team on this great win! More here.

Continuing to dive into this team’s winning ways, Zolon Tech shares more about one unit’s lemons to lemonade story, how a culture of letting go empowers leaders, and why you must avoid distraction and focus on intimacy. More here.

Featured Posts

Contract Award: $308M GSA Assisted Service Shared Information System (ASSIST) Modernization and Maintenance
This large IT services company, with over 20,000 cleared employees and 90+ alliance partners, beat three to win a 7-year task order on the Alliant 2 vehicle to modernize and maintain the ASSIST system for the Office of GSA IT.

IT Concepts wins $16M VA Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE) Engagement Support contract
This very fast growing 8(a) SDVOSB IT engineering and business consulting services company, and 2024 Elev8 GovCon honoree, beat out one other bidder to win a 5-year engagement support services contract.

Protest of $60.7B VA T4NG2 IDIQ moves to the courts, GAO challenges continue to pile up
One protest has now been withdrawn and one more GAO protest has been filed in response to this heavily competed and highly sought-after Department of Veterans Affairs IDIQ contract.

Steampunk wins again, adds DHS CBP OCIO International Personnel Accountability Service Solution Implementation contract
Another day, another win, as this fast growing 2024 Elev8 GovCon honoree and leading consultancy, anchored by a startup culture and human-centered delivery approach, wins a contract in support of the CBP enterprise.

JV wins $24M DHS Customs and Border Protection OFAM Support Services
This joint venture, working across IT, Program Management, Financial Consulting, Engineering, and Training services, was awarded a 5-year OASIS SB task order in support of the Office of Facilities and Asset Management.

Contract Award: $45M HHS CMS Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model Evaluation
This expert research and analysis firm beat out 7 other bidders to win a 10-year RMADA 2.0 task order to design and conduct an evaluation of this CMS model focused on people living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers.

Protest Dismissed: $48M Treasury OCC IT Enterprise Infrastructure Management (ITEIM) contract award
The lone known GAO protest filed in relation to this recently awarded 5-year Office of the Comptroller of the Currency contract to drive the operation, maintenance, and enhancement of information technology infrastructure, was recently dismissed.

WOSB led JV wins Education Department OCIO Cybersecurity Policy Services contract
This WOSB JV focused on IT, systems integration, defense electronics, and intelligence analysis, beat out 18 other bidders to win a 5-year Department of Education Office of the CIO support contract.

Contract Award: DOT FMCSA National Consumer Complaint Database (NCCDB) IT Support Services
This 8(a) EDWOSB, specializing in providing smart, technology-enabled solutions, beat out 5 other bidders to win a two-year task order to provide support to the FMCSA Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Contract Award: FAA Capital Budget Systems Independent Verification and Validation Support
This small business agile solution-oriented company, and major partner to the Federal Aviation Administration, beat out 3 other bidders to win a competitive 8(a) call order on eFAST to provide IV&V services for the FAA’s capital budget systems. Awardee Name: ICATALYST, INC Unique Entity ID: LZP7BJ41G7L5 Total Contract Value: $4,051,396.80 Action Obligation: $300,000.00 Department Name:…

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Department of Defense

Dave Dantus promoted to Vice President Sales of Appian US Public Sector

DISA JWCC Executive Program Manager exits, takes role as Public Sector CTO with Zscaler

Sedgwick Government Solutions recruits recent Optum COO and longtime US Army R&D Portfolio lead to serve as COO

Contract Award: Navy VTC and IT support

Contract Award: US Navy Integrated Business Systems (IBS) support

Contract Award: $24M US Navy Flat Application License – ePS Program task

Contract Award: $25M USAF Distributed Common Ground Systems (DCGS) Process Improvement and Solutions Architecture

Zolon – A Lemons to Lemonade Story

Ericsson Swears in as First-Ever Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology

Pivot Path Solutions wins DHA MTF Medical IM/IT Technicians Support contract

To see all of the latest news and insights for the DOD focused Federal agencies, click here.

 

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Federal Health

IT Concepts wins $16M VA Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE) Engagement Support contract

Protest of $60.7B VA T4NG2 IDIQ moves to the courts, GAO challenges continue to pile up

Contract Award: $45M HHS CMS Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model Evaluation

Cognitive Medical Systems recruits Scott Link to drive HHS Business Development

Amida CEO and former VA CTO Peter Levin details new Microelectronics Cybersecurity offering and what’s next – AI Training Data

CMS April Opp Forecast is out – 17 Opps added from Systems Testing, Artificial Intelligence, and MESH to Help Desk and Data Validity

Leidos recruits veteran Fed Health growth leader Christopher Wood

Index Analytics scores again, wins $48M CMS One Program Integrity (One PI) task

To see all the latest news and insights for the Fed Health focused Federal agencies, click here.

 

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