34M FDA JAADE/DHS & DoD Analytics/DHA J6 Dev/USDA PI/IRS LSS/GSA Cloud.gov wins; 257M VA OCC/NOAA Web/HUD Analytics Protest📰; IRS/GAO/HUD Exec moves

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⏰Events to book now:

• Reminder: Registration is Open for the annual CMS Office of Acquisition and Grants Management (OAGS) hosted Industry Day. In-person Registration Fills Fast.
• Nava Open Source Summit: Advancing IT Solutions in Federal Health & Beyond with HHS, CMS, DHS, IRS and more
• Save the Date: USTRANSCOM Joint Transportation Management System (JTMS) Program Support One-on-One Sessions
• Serious #FOMO🍊FDA, NIH, HHS and CMS (more to come) have locked in booths! It will be social, but a heavy presence of Federal leaders from our 2025 Engage winners will also make this a worthwhile event for those wishing to rub elbows with hundreds of top government officials and industry executive leaders. Register now for the November Elev8 GovCon and Engage FedGov event and kick off the holiday season. Details here.

🍊The Peel Podcast: Shelley McGuire Dives into Overcoming the challenges of AI adoption in the Federal Government with Dmitry Yun of Skyward IT Solutions Listen here.

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:

• IT Transformation leader Darnita Trower named Acting Deputy CIO, Operations at the IRS
• IRS taps IT Branch Chief as Assistant Director – Corporate Data
• HUD taps Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer for Human Capital
• ICYMI: (We Did) – Former Army CIO and longtime Federal Health leader Raj Iyer takes CEO role at Digital Excellence
• Retired GAO Executive Berri Davis Joins Sikich Federal Team
• Carla Chapa takes role as a Principal Engagement Manager at Skylight
• Industry veteran Milver Valenzuela now Chief Operating Officer at Solid Logix
• Samuel Baker takes position as Senior Growth Specialist – Federal Health at ICF

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• Fight heats up on $257M VA Office of Connected Care (OCC) Program Support Integration (PSI) IDIQ

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🍊Your OS October Forecast – The End of FY Contract Award Heat Wave🔥is done. Get on your galoshes as the forecast calls for a steady rain ☔ of Protest Activity in the weeks ahead as firms put forth challenges in the Courts and with GAO.

⚖ GAO and the Courts – check out the latest Protest Action:

• NOAA Protest Dismissed: NMFS OCIO Web Modernization/Maintenance Services contract
• HUD Protest Dismissed: $14M FHA CCAP Analytical Support and Services
• VA Protest Dismissed: TTP Knowledge Management System support
• DHS Protest Pile-On: More post-award challenges filed on $10B FirstSource III ITVAR contract
• NARA Protest Filed: Solicitation Number 88310324Q00097 | Emagine IT
• USAF Decision Released: Court of Federal Claims Protest of IT Services requirement

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

• FDA: Precise wins again, beats out 3 to win $34M Joint Administration Application Development Environment (JAADE 2) BPA
• HHS: Abt beats out 6 to win Quality Improvement Fund-Transitions in Care for Justice-Involved Populations support contract
• USCG awards $27M in Software Development and IT Services contracts to Synergy
• DHS ICE Contract Award: Adjudication and Compliance Support and Data Analytic Support
• USDA: MineLight scores a pair of Process Improvement and Scientific Computing Infrastructure (SCINet) support awards
• IRS: Purisolve beats out 3 to win OCIO Linux/zLinux Servers Support contract
• State Dept: OCT Consulting wins BOA Reorganization Implementation Support task 
• GSA TTS Contract Award: Cloud.gov Third Party Assessment Organization support task
• Peace Corps: DIGITALiBiz wins Enterprise Business Application Support Bridge contract
• DHA: PSI awarded $13M J6 Code Maintenance Support contract
• DoD DMA: PTFS wins Digitization support contract
• DoD NGIA: Blackspoke awarded $29M CIO-T Corporate Analytic and Visualization Environment (CAVE) support contract

🔍Looking for a specific award or other news? The awards are in for FY ’24 and we don’t peddle old news. Check out OS’s Advanced Search Function here. Did we miss highlighting your key win? Message us at support@orangeslices.ai.

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Red Team’s Joe Salgado shares SEWP VI’s first release of Questions (1,399 Questions) dropped on Friday evening and the team shares a First Take on SEWP VI Q&A, Part 1
• Former Army CIO Raj Iyer: Setting the Record Straight on the Army’s New Software Development Policy
• M&A: NewSpring PE acquires Xpect Solutions (Xpect), a leading provider of IT and security solutions to FBI, DOJ and NIH
• M&A: Core4ce Acquires Azimuth Corporation to Strengthen Defense and Intelligence Community Operations
• CBP focused Woman Owned small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Customs and Border Protection focused firms drawing interest of late. Meet them here.

📢 Most Viewed Comments

• Re: DOJ focused WOSB small businesses to know – BreakForth Solutions is thankful to OrangeSlices for the recognition and grateful to continue to serve the DOJ and its mission! See the post here.
• Monica PADRON Harris – Thanks for the shout-out OrangeSlices! Don’t forget USCIS has already scheduled our fiscal year 25 quarterly industry calls. More here.
• RE: VA focused WOSB small businesses to know – Others with past performance with VA – Initiate Government Solutions; Geeksi; A Squared Group See the post here.

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

• Centuria Awarded Seat on GSA OASIS+ Best-in-Class Multi-Agency IDIQ
• Accenture Federal Launches ‘Federal AI Solution Factory’ with Google Public Sector
• TISTA/Macannie JV Pulsebyte wins USDA Digital Infrastructure Services Center (DISC) Security Governance Division Support BOA

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• USCG Pre-Solicitation: C5I ESD Planned Maintenance Support Services (PMSS)
• USCIS Pre-Solicitation: $20M+ Strategic Enterprise Portfolio Management and Organizational Maturity Support (SEPMOMS)
• USCG Pre-Solicitation: Mariner Credentialing Program (MCP) IT Modernization BPA RFP pushed to November
• CMS RFP: National Education Campaign & Outreach Contract (NEC) IDIQ
• VA RFQ: FY25 Graphic Design Services
• DHA RFI: eIT PMO Validation Lifecycle Management System Services and Support
• Treasury Sources Sought: OCC Climate Credit Analytical Tool
• NOAA RFP: ProTech 2.0 – Weather Domain IDIQ
• DOE RFQ: Los Alamos National Laboratory Program Analyst Support
• Army RFI: Multimodal Human-Machine Interface for Mixed Reality and Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) Control
• Army RFI: Acquisition Data Management Tool Support Services
• Navy Sources Sought: Infrastructure Support Services
• USAF RFP: Space Force Rapid Capabilities Office Advisory and Assistance Services
• USTRANSCOM RFI: Joint Transportation Management System (JTMS) Program Support