57M DOE & DLA Cyber/Treasury ITSS/VA NBEP/DHA NSS/DOL Analytics/HUDCAPS wins; HHS/DOE/USAID IT Exec moves; CBOSS 2.0/GSA Polaris/FBI CJIS Protest 📰

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🔥⚡Former Fed Friday: Modernizing government: AI, data, and leadership in 2025 with former HHS CIO – Shelley McGuire sits down with Jose Arrieta, founder of newly minted 8(a) Imagineeer, to discuss the intersection of technology, data, and the future of government operations. Topics: AI’s transformative potential in procurement, new administration priorities, and what the future holds for public service and tech modernization. Listen here.

🎯Many events have ben postponed, but here are two GovCon events to lock in on today:

• Austin, TX Roadshow Featuring the VA TAC, OI&T, FSC and FMBT – Connect with Senior IT Execs as they discuss Digital Transformation and strategic direction. More here. OS AI Sponsors use check out code VARS_OS
• AI, Automation, Acquisition, Data and Digital Transformation with DHS, VA, SEC, State, HUD, Commerce, DHA, NASA SEWP and more – This event will focus on ways different Federal organizations can work to meet emerging needs. Details here. 

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The Juice🥤: These leaders are set to make an impact in 2025:

• USAID IT Ops Division Chief takes new challenge at HHS
• Longtime DOE and IRS IT Chief takes new challenge driving DOI Interior Business Center
• Akima Names Jonathan Peppard to drive Strategic Capture
• Elevance Health names Lisa Watkins as Executive Director
• Chris Faraji named as President at WellHive
• Sean Curran appointed as next U.S. Secret Service Director

AND Catching up with J29’s new Vice President – OS AI connected with Kathy Dass to get her take on some key Federal trends, and what relationships J29 is looking to make, and further evolve in 2025. More here.
🔍    This weekly report highlights top Senior Industry and Federal Leaders on the move of late

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• Not so fast on $3.5B DOE CIO Business Operations Support Services (CBOSS) 2.0 BPA
• The Battle for the $10B Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool is just heating up
• 🔍Updated: The Silent Shred – The New Administration’s Federal Contract Cancellations – The new administration has been quietly—but notably—canceling and targeting certain federal contracts, including at DHS, NIH, USDA, and CMS. The latest updates here.

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⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• New Protest Filed (again) on FBI CJIS Digital and Information Technology Services requirement
• Protest Dismissed: Defense Health Agency Solicitation Number HT0011-23-R-0056 | SOFITC3, LLC

🔍 Been heads down working on a proposal? Search and track all the latest protest activity here
or see this report with all protest actions over the past week.

🍊The Peel Podcast – Shaping Tomorrow’s Strategies: Measurement and Opportunity in Government Communications – Denise Kennedy, Founder and President of Anthology Communications, a major communications partner to VA, HHS and numerous other agencies, shares insights on breaking through the noise, navigating challenges in government messaging, and the evolving role of measurement in public sector outreach. Listen here.

⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• US Mint: GovCIO beats out 5 to win $42M IT Support Services (ITSS) contract
• NNSA: Cherokee Fed subsidiary scores $57M IT Systems/Cybersecurity Support contract
• Treasury BEP: Anika Systems scores Legacy Systems Modernization task on 8(a) STARS III
• HUD: CACI wins $15M Central Accounting and Program System support contract
• US Coast Guard: Akima subsidiary wins $14M RFCB Engineering Support task on CEDISS
• DOL: Summit Consulting beats 3 for EBSA Statistical and Data Analytics support contract
• State Dept: WOSB Kymber awarded L & H Office Professional Support Services contract
• Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council: SDVOSB wins Grants Mgmt Support contract
• EPA: Insum awarded OLEM TrUSTD system development support contract
• DOJ inks $60M Enterprise BPA with Cloud-Native Ediscovery Software provider Everlaw
• VA: AgileRank awarded National Biomedical Engineering and Professional Services task
• DHA: IntelliDyne awarded $14M J6/ISRMB Network Support Services contract
• Navy: Manada Technology AI platform provider scores SBIR Phase III Professional Services contract
• Army: Pivotal Point beats 8 bidders to win Recruiting Command SSTSS Management task
• DLA: Connected Logistics beats out 7 to win $10M Cybersecurity Operational Support task
• Army: CMS beats out 3 to win San Diego MEPS Applicant Management Services (AMS) task
• DOD DeCA: MirLogic wins Websites Sustainment Solution development task

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• Stephen Bacon shares: SBA: The Rule of Two is mandatory for orders! FAR Council doesn’t see it that way …
• Wayan Vota shared: Contracts at risk? Here is every organization USAID funded in FY 2023-2024
• ICYMI M&A: Serco to Acquire Northrop Grumman’s Mission Training and Satellite Ground Network Communications Software Business

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

• Introducing SGL360 – a joint venture between Sentinel Group, DocMe360, and Digilent Consulting
• Rapidly emerging WOSB strategic consulting technology provider Avyanna Technologies adds GSA Schedule
• Gunnison Awarded Digital Services Contract at House of Representatives

📢 Most Viewed Comment:

• 🍊OS AI Premium: Silent Shred – The New Administration’s Federal Contract Cancellations – Most of these were expected, but what is up with all of the NIH terminations? Who is driving this? More here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• US Coast Guard Forecast: Artificial Intelligence Platform for Integrated Data Environment on 8(a) STARS III
• DHS OCIO to award non-competitive Architecture, Development, Engineering, and Management Services (ADEMS) contract
• DHS Pre-Solicitation: Traveler Communications Center Support Services on OASIS+
• DHS to award non-competitive TSA Enrollment Service and Vetting Programs and VAD/STAD Program Management contract
• NASA posts Solicitation, announces industry day for Mission Technical Integration Contract
• FAA postpones Industry Feedback and Procurement Forecast Overview event
• VA Sources Sought: Community Care Provider Directory
• CBP RFI: Mission Information Technology and Analytics Support
• IRS Sources Sought: Financial Operations (FinOps)
• DISA Commercial Solution Opening: Area of Interest (AOI) for Next Gen Special Access Programs
• DIA RFI: Machine-Assisted Analytic Rapid-Repository System Capabilities
• DOD WHS Sources Sought: Technical, Analytical, and Legal Support Services
• Army RFI: Total Enterprise Asset Management System (TEAMS)
• Army RFI: PEO STRI Test Enterprise Network Modernization (TENM) Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) support
• USAF RFI: 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing support services
• NASA Small Business Programs hosts Industry Day: KSC Space Exploration Technologies