240M EPA MRITTS/IRS GMF/VA PSS/DOS DigiOps/76M DISA HC2 wins; 141M VA BAM PMO/HHS IT IS/DHS OCPO Protest📰; FDA/CMS Exec moves/410M USCIS ODOS IV SB

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 2025:

• Fresh off a series of big wins, Next Phase Appoints FDA CDRH Director of the Digital Transformation Elizabeth Cruz McNamara as Health IT Innovation Officer
• Optum recruits CMS Division of Payment Models leader as VP of Business Development
• Tanium recruits Michael Wynn from Red Hat to serve as VA Director of Strategic Accounts
• Enlighten recruits US Marine Corps IT leader Joseph Place to serve as a Product Owner
• ServBeyond recruits Scott Brzezinski from ServiceNow to drive Business Development
• Industry veteran Laura Smith takes on CEO role at Cambio Digital Transformations
• Astrion taps Meg McConky to be Vice President of Marketing and Communications

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• VA revisits award decision on $141M BAM PMO Technical Management Services task
• Quick actions taken on HHS IT Infrastructure Support contract protest
• DHS Update: Taking 2nd look at $25M IT and Data Management Program Support BPA

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• M&A: Security powerhouse Dignari joins EY to accelerate mission enablement across the public sector
• CDC focused Woman Owned small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focused WOSBs firms drawing interest of late. Meet them here.
• HighPoint Digital shares their perspective on the Importance of Agile Methodology in Government Digital Transformation
• If you don’t follow the leaders at Red Team you are missing out:
  • Tris Carpenter shared: DHS USCIS released a draft PWS for the anticipated 5-year $410M multiple award Outcome-Based Delivery and DevOps Services (ODOS IV) SmallBiz set-aside opportunity – Industry Day upcoming
  • Joe Salgado shared: The next set of 1,201 answers have been released by NASA on the SEWP VI website
  • Joe also shared: Army updates Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) Industry Day details
  • And FAA SAVES, a $4B Strategic Sourcing Vehicle for CCOTS IT Hardware and Software. was just released

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

• EPA: 10 named to $240M Multi-Regional ITS Support Services (MRITSS) BPA
• EPA: Protest forces EPA to award short-term Budget Formulation System (BFS) support Sole Source contract
• State Dept: WOSB CRG wins $33M in DRL GP – Professional Services tasks
• State Dept: Digital Masons wins OCIO Ops Digital Support contract
• IRS: Makpar wins OCIO Generalized Mainline Framework support task on 8(a) STARS III
• FBI: Echelon Services wins SharePoint Support Services contract
• VA: VMSI awarded a Veterans Affairs Program Support Services contract
• US Air Force Contract Award: $13M Air Combat Command Knowledge-Based Services
• DoD: LMI scores $44M Chief Digital and AI Office Supply Chain Risk Evaluation Environment (SCREEn) Platform Development Support task on OASIS
• DoD: ANSER wins $23M OUSD Infrastructure Modernization and Resilience Program Support task
• DISA: Hunter Strategy beats out 7 to win $76M HC2 PMO Support Services contract

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📆Events to Get in on Now:

• AFCEA Belvoir Emerging Leaders Networking Event
• Who’s coming? FDA, NIH, HHS and CMS will be there. 2025 Engage winners – government officials and industry executive leaders will be there. Will you? Register now for the November Elev8 GovCon and Engage FedGov event and kick off the holiday season. Details here.

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

• Nava wins OPM Customer Experience Modernization support contract
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🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS USCIS Draft PWS and Industry Day: $410M multiple award Outcome-Based Delivery and DevOps Services (ODOS IV)
• DOJ DEA Sources Sought: Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Operations & Programming Services
• DOJ JMD Sources Sought: Human Resources Support Services
• USAF Sources Sought: Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) IT Support Services