95M CMS AHEAD/VA WCM/50M DoEd Web/550M ARPA-E/HHS Portal/NASA CM BPA wins; Gov sides with LOC Agile BPA protest/SBA kills EITS; DHA HIT SME joins 8(a)

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Defense IT Summit – Next week’s event brings together speakers from DOD, Marine Corps, DHS, Air Force, and Navy to discuss shifting needs around AI, CJADC2, data innovation and workforce development. 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 the new year.

🐝 The Buzz

  • The high-flying FDA Office of Digital Transformation just shared its Annual Progress Report. More here.
  • A hot topic continues to be the new guidance aimed at increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple-Award Contracts. ICYMI – This Josh Duvall post is a great resource as you evaluate the impact. More here.
  • Defense-Grade Cybersecurity leader Forcepoint Federal rebrands as Everfox, details several new hires and its new partnership to integrate with Microsoft Azure Cloud for government. More here.
  • Is CX Thriving in Federal IT? If the list of recent Contract Awards, Accolades and Initiatives that went to NuAxis Innovations is any indication, the answer is a resounding Yes. More here.
  • AND, this recent piece by Moe Jafari suggesting it is time to rethink GovCon pricing to align with post-pandemic reality is creating a lot of BUZZ, and is the impetus behind this online poll. Weigh in here.

⏰ Tick Tock: Early Bird Ending for Engage FedGov event with DHS, CMS, FDA, VA, State Department – Hosted at the University of Maryland, this AI, Automation, Acquisition, Data and Digital Transformation event promises an opportunity to hear how engaged Federal leaders identify, acquire, and use new tools/tech to make a measurable impact. Your chance to save ends this Friday! Details here.

🔍 DOT focused Businesses to know as you plan for 2024 – Here we spotlight the Department of Transportation focused large and small businesses which are drawing interest of late and that you should be getting to know. Meet them here.


Fresh off a year that included key wins at DOJ, DOL, DOD, and a $36M HHS ACF win, we caught up with Zolon Tech Inc. Dan Abernathy to hear about this rapidly expanding Federal IT and managed services firm, and what 2024 has in store. Read on here.

Comment of the Day:
Re: Noblis – Noblis goes above and beyond for our employees. Not only do we enjoy significant financial benefits…but we emphasize ethics and responsibility at every level… we hire folks for a career and treat employees like our most valuable asset. More here.

The OS AI Fresh Squeezed Daily News partner for January:

Featured Posts

Contract Award: $550M DOE ARPA-E Technical, Professional, and Administrative Support Services IDIQ
This leading consulting firm with experts in analytics, digital, engineering, and cyber, beat out 4 other bidders to win a single-award IDIQ in support of the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

JV EDWOSB wins $50M Education Department OCIO Web Support Services BPA
This JV. led by an 8(a) EDWOSB business that bring 15 years of technical excellence to solve complex federal and commercial IT challenges, was awarded a single-award BPA in support of the Department of Education Office of the CIO.

Contract Award: NASA Change Management Support Services multiple-award BPA
Awardees are starting to be named to this 5-year unrestricted, multiple award BPA to provide a range of Change Management Support Services for the NASA Administrator’s Suite, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and Mission Support Directorate.

Gov sides with protestors of $450M Library of Congress Agile System Development Support IDIQ award
Details have not been released as to the grounds for the protests filed concerning this recently awarded multiple-award IDIQ contract with the LOC, but it clearly resonated as the government has sided with the challengers.

Contract Award: $95M CMS States Advancing AHEAD Model Implementation
This leading provider of health care and human services policy analytics and consulting to institutions, communities and governments, beat out 1 other bidder to be awarded a 10-year RMADA 2 task order in support of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

SDVOSB beats out 16 to win VA NCA Website Content Management/Digital Services support contract
This professional service provider focused on providing best-value program/project management and services solutions beat out 16 bidders to win a 5-year task to support the VA National Cemetery Administration Digital Services.

🍊OS AI Premium: SBA to rethink $15M OCIO Enterprise IT Investment Service contract award decision
Three weeks removed from seeing a pair of protests dismissed by GAO, presumably to take corrective action, SBA is taking the next steps as they revisit the award made on this heavily competed SBA Office of the CIO contract.

Contract Award: VA VHA ILEAD Supervisor Ready Program support
This fast growing SDVOSB, that fuses traditional marketing techniques with technology and data science to motivate and influence target audiences, was awarded a new 5-year contract in support of the VHA.

Contract Award: $12M HHS ACF Unaccompanied Children (UC) Portal Application Management and Support
This leading 8(a) woman-owned provider of technology and management consulting beat out 3 other bidders to be awarded a three-year contract in support of HHS ACF.

Contract Award: $25M GSA PBS OIT Occupancy and Revenue Management Applications Support Services
This newly rebranded 8(a) EDWOSB digital solutions, infrastructure services and cybersecurity provider for federal government agencies, beat out 4 other bidders to win a 5-year contract in support of the GSA Public Buildings Service OIT.

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Department of Defense

eSimplicity taps Kevin Augustine to be Vice President of Defense and National Security

Contract Award: $32M US Navy Command Financial Management System support

Protest Dismissed: Military OneSource Program

Contract Award: US Navy Combat Convoy Simulator (CCS) Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS)

Contract Award: $62M Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) PM TRASYS Ground Training Systems Support

Contract Award: $23M US Navy NAVSEA HQ Electronic Data Configuration Management Services

Former DHA Chief of Health IT Contracts Jackie Pinkston takes COO role with GoldenTech

Navy to make Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) programming award

Contract Award: $16M Air Force Personnel Recovery Mission Software (PRMS) Sustainment Support

DOD RFI: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Support Services

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