4B DAFSTS II/CMS PERM/NOAA Cyber/JETS 2.0 Protest📰; VA IAW/DHA EHR SI/EPA IT/DoD JPO IT Cyber wins; NIH/DOL/USAF/DHA Exec moves; 50B Army MAPS Day

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⏰Monday Morning list of Events to book:

• US Army hosts first in-person industry day for $50B Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) IDIQ
• Still space to get in on USSOCOM’s November’s Acquisition Executive SB Forum
• GOVTECH CONNECTS: VA’s Digital Transformation FY25: Mission Success, Challenges, Opportunities
• 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 to connect 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 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:

• DOL Deputy Chief Information Security Officer exits
• DHA SDD taps Program Manager, Health Services Support
• DoD CyberSec SME takes new role as Advisor to NIH OCIO/OCISO
• CDC taps Acting Chief, Budget Formulation Branch, Office of Budget Services, OFR
• IRS Statistics Income Division adds USDA lead as Deputy Chief Data and Analytics Officer
• Former CTO to US Air Force, Jason Bonci, Joins Clarity Innovations as Senior VP
• AWS recruits a US Air Force Chief of Contracting
• #onetowatch: Recent RELI Group CEO and proven industry leader Swami Swaminathan now CEO at Verve
• Paul Wilkinson takes role as SVP Digital Modernization Practice Area Leader at Leidos
• John Boyle now Chief Executive Officer at Lawelawe Defense
• John Trojanowski takes new position driving Defense Accounts growth at Hypori
• QualX Corporation recruits Fed Health Joan Bishop to serve as Chief Growth Officer
• SOSi recruits Stephen Iwicki as Senior VP, Intelligence Solutions Business Unit

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• DLA seeks quick resolution on $12B JETS 2.0 IT Support IDIQ protest, details limited early task flow
• Dark Clouds Forming as NOAA’s $48M Systems RMF Award Decision Challenged – Schedule and Grounds Updates

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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:

• USAF Protest Filed: $3.75B Defense Air Force Strategic Transformation Support IDIQ
• NOAA: Government sides with protestor of $55M OSPO Cybersecurity Services (OCS) contract award
• CMS Protest Dismissed: $109M Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Payment Review Contractor (PRC)
• U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Protests Dismissed: ServiceNow Services award
• FTC: Protest Denied: Federal Trade Commission Budget and Financial Management Services BPA
• Navy: Protest Denied: Solicitation Number N6426722R30140003 | CACI, Inc- Federal

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

• VA: SDVOSB Innovation At Work (IAW) beats out 4 to win Release of Information Services contract
• NIH: Arch Systems joins list of Prime awardees added to HBCU Path to Excellence and Innovation (HBCU PEI) IDIQ
• Treasury Contract Award: mLINQS Software BPA
• EPA Contract Award: OFCO OB ITCCPS support contract
• DHA Contract Award: $28M HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Support Services
• DHA: In advance of competition, Health Care Delivery Solutions (MHS GENESIS) SI contract awarded sole source
• DoD: Epsilon wins $185M F-35 Joint Program Office IT and Cybersecurity support IDIQ
• USAF: BTAS wins $19M Space Systems Command Contracting Directorate Acquisition & Finance support contract
• Navy: Falconwood beats out 5 to win $27M Fleet Enterprise Support Team Services task
• DoD DLA Contract Award: $17M Warehouse Management System Execution Deployment task
• DLA Contract Award: $4.5M Warehouse Management System Execution Deployment task

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know:

• 🚀Don’t Look now, but this report shows one GovCon IT focused media company skyrocketing up the charts in FY 2024
• Army Acquisition Officer Michael Gerbasi shares: Misconception #10: Agency personnel are generally prohibited from engaging directly with associations and other government-focused industry groups because of ethics considerations
• Army launches pilot to explore generative AI for acquisition activities
• Treasury Announces Enhanced Fraud Detection Processes – AI/ML Prevented and Recovered Over $4 Billion in FY24

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

• Modern Government Solutions and F3EA form new JV
• SkillStorm and Tenova Forge Strategic Partnership to Bridge Tech Skills Gaps in Federal Sector
• ThinkTek awarded DISA Joint Service Provider Wireless Network (JSPWIN) system win
• Dobbs Defense Solutions Awarded DLA JETS 2.0 IDIQ Contract, Expanding IT Support Across Defense Agencies

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• FHWA RFI: Next Generation of Traffic Management Systems and Traffic Management Center PFS Technical Support
  NASA RFI: Marshall Space Flight Center Scalable Science Data Exploration Dashboard
• USAF RFI: NIMBUS Requirements Development, IA and Support Services
• USAF RFI: Data Capture Imaging Services for Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC)
• Navy RFI: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Technical Support Services 2 (NETSS 2)
• USSOCOM RFI: Web Application/ Database Developer for NPASS