320M VA TIS 2.0/IRS CloudSec/CMS eCQM/43M SSA IT BPA/3.7B Army W-TRS/USDA LLRS/EPA OW IT/NIH FinM/USAF CAPES wins; JV trys to upend DoD OIG IT awards

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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.

• VA Legacy Health Syst and EHRM Transition Lead takes Cognosante VP role
• FDIC recruits Mitchell Winans from IRS to be Head of Industry Partnerships
• CMS taps Division of Marketplace Eligibility Policy & Ops, Eligibility & Enrollment Group leader
• White House cyber czar office adds Harry Wingo as new deputy
• Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command names new Deputy CIO
• DoD Flag Officer Announcements, new Admiral and Vice Admiral nominations
• Digital Transformation lead Cybermedia Technologies Appoints Joel Willett CEO
• Steven Oh joins IBM as Assoc Partner, Cloud Technology Transformation Exec
• Fed Growth leader Wole Moses promoted to Chief AI Officer for Microsoft Federal Civilian
• NVIDIA’s Thomas Spann now Head of Fed Government Sales at KX Systems
• iLink recruits Patricia Gietl to drive Strategic Growth
• Krista McKendree now VP of Business Development cBEYONData

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

• Protest: Veterans Affairs Solicitation Number 36C10B24R0024 | innoVet Health
• Protest Withdrawn: NASA ARC Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services 2 (FILMSS 2)
• Protest Filed: US Navy Solicitation Number N6426722R30140003 | CACI
• Decision Released: USAF Space Force IT Support Services PSFB Protest Denial
• Decision released in MDA Agency Information Management and Software Services (AIMSS) protest denial

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• JV working to thwart directed 8(a) DoD OIG IT Support and IT Management Services awards

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⚡Contract Award actions 

• GovCIO scores $320M VA Technology Incubation Services 2.0 task win
• Contract Award: $30M CMS EC Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Development
• Award: FDA Office of Computational Science Regulatory Review Support
• Contract Award: NIH Office of Research Services Financial Management Sppt
• 8(a) STARS III Prime wins IRS OCIO Cloud Security Assessments Support task
• IRS OCIO awards Data Support task to 8(a) STARS III Prime Analytica
• FinCEN awards sole source follow-on for BSA/BOI data collection tool development
• Contract Award: $43M SSA Strategic IT Advisory (SITA) Support BPA
• IT Concepts wins again, secures USDA NRCS Lease Landscape Readiness Support contract
• IntePros Federal wins $23M EPA Office of Water IT Support Services contract
• Contract Award: DOT FHWA Human Factors On-Site Support IDIQ
• Awardees being named for 10-year Smithsonian Institution Consulting IDIQ
• State Dept to sole-source Integrated Logistics Management System (ILMS) PM & IV&V task to LMI
• Contract Award: $3.7B US Army PEO STRI Warfighter Training Readiness Solutions W-TRS
• SDVOSB wins $31M US Air Force Capability, Acquisition, Plans, Enterprise and Strategy (CAPES) Support contract
• WOSB beats out 9 to win $33M DoD DCMA Integrated Workload Management System (IWMS) Modernization and Analytics Initiative (MAI)

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• MHS/VA Lovell ‘success story’ can’t process 60% of pharmacy prescriptions: House Committee
• VA chief says increased outreach, utilization drove massive budget shortfall
• M&S Consulting and Carahsoft Forge Dynamic Partnership to Transform Public Sector Initiatives
• VA focused businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Department of Veterans Affairs focused firms which are drawing interest of late.  Meet them here.

🌟 CivicActions – Driving the Way Forward for Open Source in the Federal Sector – When a new title stands out as unique, it catches our attention. Recently, Digital Services Coalition (DSC) Board President Mike Gifford was appointed Open Standards & Practices Lead at CivicActions. What does it mean? Read on here.

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

• BridgePhase announces $17M Prime contract to support U.S. Air Force Unified Platform (UP) Software Factory
• FEMA Awards ICF New $17 Million Cloud and Analytics Delivery Contract
• Simple Technology Solutions part of winning team on $17M FEMA Cloud and Analytics contract
• Electrosoft Earns NIST Follow-On Contract for Profile Analysis and Comparison Tool

📢 Most Viewed Comments on OS AI

• Re: Flatter announces Speakers Bureau – We conduct over 100 events per year, and are excited to support National Security missions in any capacity! More here.
• Re: MBL Technologies – MBL Technologies’ performance on the CMS EPRO contract exemplifies their commitment to delivering top-tier solutions… Critical Path Solutions is proud to be a subcontractor to MBL Technologies… More here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS to compete Consolidated Cybersecurity Program Support RFP in new fiscal year
• Treasury Pre-Solicitation Notice: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Appian Platform Development and Product Support IDIQ
• DHS ICE HSI to award Visa Security Program & International Ops Support Bridge contract
• NIH Sources Sought: OER SEED Office ICorps and Entrepreneurship Boot Camp Program Support
• HUD RFI: CyberArk Privilege Access Management (PAM) Application Professional Consulting Services to support PAM deployment and System O&M
• State to award Cloud Program Management Office Staffing Extension pending new award
• Southwest Border Regional Commission (SBRC) RFQ: Website Development and Hosting Services
• USAF Draft RFQ: Unified Platform Compute and Store IT Support Services