15 Top IRS Opps; DHS Salesforce/NIH Analytics/VA VECTOR/CDC BAMT/FDA PM/USAF Data IT/USDA GovTA/DCSA Case/GSA CMAS Pilot wins; New DHA/CBP FBD leads

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 second half of 2024:

• MEDCoE (US Army Medical Center of Excellence) names new Deputy CIO  
• DHS CBP taps Office of Finance Budget Directorate Executive Director 
• Erica Lewis takes role at ICF driving Health Modernization Services Line of Business 
• SAIC adds several members to Civilian Growth team – Henry, Board, Gavrili and Gaynor 
• Industry Veteran John Sharp starts Management and Technology Consulting company  
• Nick Murray takes on new challenge leading the Civilian Sales team at Cribl 
• Inserso Corporation recruits Richard Tallman to serve as SVP, BD and Capture
• CeCe DeCamp now Sr VP, Strategy & Operations Leader, Civilian Business Group at SAIC 
• IntelliDyne gearing up for 2025, adds Rishi Kumar to drive Capture Management efforts
• The Concourse Group recruits Christopher Powell to drive Business Development
• Kevin Miner joins ATA as Vice President of Capture and Business Development
• Richard Sullivan joins TTC as VP driving Business Development
• New Leadership, Fresh Perspectives – Digital Services Coalition shares Board Member changes/additions- Von Rueden, Knight, Sydnor and Gifford

⚖ GAO and the Courts. Some of the latest Protest Action:

• Protest Filed: VA Solicitation Number 36C10D24Q0195 – SteerBridge Strategies

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• USPTO: Holding pattern for USPTO End User Support Operations Support (EUSOS) competition may extend to Halloween
• IRS: Protests piling up on $1.9B IRS Enterprise Program Project Integration Services (EPPIS) BPA

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🐝 The Buzz: OS AI Bringing the Good Stuff:

• Get Ahead: 15 IRS Opportunities and RFPs expected to draw interest in 2025 
• 22nd Century Technologies Announces Acquisition of TreasurySoft to Strengthen ERP Solutions 
• Proposed CMMC contracting rules released as the Pentagon continues to move forward with the massive cyber certification scheme. More here.
• HUD focused 8(a) small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Housing and Urban Development focused firms drawing interest of late. Meet them here. 
• Two DOD Industry Events to get in on now:
  • USSOCOM SOFWERX Office of Small Business Program (OSBP) Networking Event registration is open Details here.  
  • US Army says join us in an industry day and help ensure new $50B Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) IDIQ is a success More here.

Data Forum – Speakers from OPM, HHS, and FERC are among those listed for this event focused on governing, exploring, and utilizing data to make future business decisions and the impact of ML, AI, and other tools on data and data decisions. Details here.  

⚡Contract Award Actions: 

• DHS: Steampunk beats out 4 to win CBP Salesforce Support Services task on CIO-SP3 SB 
• GSA: BluePath Labs wins Content Management Analysis System (CMAS) Pilot task 
• VA: DuraBante beats out 4 to win $18M VECTOR task order 
• VA: Agile Six awarded Health Enrollment Follow-On contract 
• VA: Cameo beats out 7 to win VHA Contracting Support for VISN 6 BPA 
• CDC to award Business Automation Management Tool Support contract to Nuvitek
• CDC Contract Award: ICATT Professional Staffing Support Services 
• NIH NIAID Contract Award: Business and Science Data Analytics task on CIO-SP3  
• NIH Contract Award: ORS Consultation, Facilitation & Training Support IDIQ 
• FDA: Cognizance JV wins Scientific, Technical & Program Management Support contract 
• USDA Contract Award: GovTA Support 
• NSF: ICF wins Federal Facilities R&D Survey support contract 
• DOI Contract Award: Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information System Support 
• USAF: SDVOSB wins CES CEOC Enterprise Data Management IT Support contract 
• DCSA: GovCIO subsidiary wins $46M Case Processing Support contract

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

• Greg Gershman and Ad Hoc Introduce US Mobile Design System (USMDS), a version of the US Web Design System tailored for native mobile app development 
• Snowbird Agility gains HUBZone status – achieves Unicorn Status by gaining every single SBA certification! 
• Strativia wins AFRCA3R DMO simulation program, technology, and acquisition support contract  
• ICYMI: SpatialGIS awarded Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Contract 
• Gary Stegman joins TurningPoint as Senior VP for Business Development – Healthcare 
• Leidos secures $191 million Army mission software modernization contract 

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS USCIS to awards 8(a) sole source Budgetary Support Services (BSS) contract
• DHS CBP to award SB Sole Source of Digital Forensic (DF) Enterprise Collection and Analysis Tool and Support contract
• VA RFQ: Modernizing DotNetNuke (DNN) Web Environment 
• VBA RFI: Retirement Administration Software as a Service Support, Subscription Services 
• Treasury RFP: IRS Operations Service Support (OSS) 10K New Hire

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