450M DHS ESB/200M DOS ILMS awards; New VA FMBT/DHA FEHRM/CMS HITECH leads; SBA OCIO IT/130M DOJ CD/CBP SASS Protest Updates; SDVOSB nabs 50M NASA IDIQ

Protest: Veterans Affairs Solicitation Number: 36C10B23Q0267
A protest has been filed in relation to this Department of Veterans Affairs requirement.

6 awarded $1.25B DARPA Technical and Analytical Support Services IDIQ
Out of a pool of 12 bidders, 6 companies were named as Prime on this 5-year multiple-award IDIQ to provide a range of high-level advisory and assistance services to all Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency technical and support offices.

Emerging SDVOSB IT firm leverages SBIR Phase III program to score $50M IDIQ with NASA
Adding to a growing list of wins across HHS/CMS and DOD, this very fast growing service-disabled veteran-owned small business technology company, focused on providing services and consulting support across the IT spectrum, just added a new Prime IDIQ with NASA.

Protest: DHS CBP Software Applications Support Services (SASS) BPA
A protest has been filed in relation to this Department of Homeland Security BPA to procure services for architecture, governance, implementation, and maintenance of solutions built on the cloud SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS platforms.

OPM seeking Chief Technology Officer
The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is responsible for researching and determining the long-range technology direction of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Department of State awards sole source ILMS Systems Integration Services BPA, $200M+ in tasks
This leading consultancy, that has served every cabinet-level department and some of the largest federal organizations for more than 30 years, was just awarded a new single-award BPA as a sole source action. This was promptly followed by the award of more than a dozen task orders, valued at more than $200M in TCV.

Protest: $15M SBA OCIO Enterprise IT Investment Service (CPIC, PM, IT Portfolio Mgmt, TBM & IT Governance) contract
A protest has been filed in relation to this recently awarded Small Business Administration contract.

Contract Award: National Endowment for the Arts IT Services IDIQ
This leading IT services organization, providing innovative solutions spanning the breadth of the information technology spectrum including Data Management, Software Development, Cloud Engineering, Identity &Access Management, and IT Management Services, was recently awarded a new single-award IDIQ to support this independent federal agency.

OPM seeking input from Private sector on Agency forecasts of procurement opportunities
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Management & Budget, Executive Office of the President, is hosting a three-week crowdsourcing campaign to seek feedback and preview changes under consideration for agency forecasts of procurement opportunities.

Contract Awards: $450M DHS CBP Enterprise Small Business BPA
Awardees were notified in late August and a formal protest challenge is still very much underway, but DHS’ CBP has now officially started posting the Prime awardees for this multiple-award two part BPA covering various areas of IT Professional Services and Enterprise Application Development (Emerging Technology Data Transformation Development & Maintenance). DHS has noted that there were 117 bidders vying for a seat a table.