OASIS+ SB/USDA & NOAA CyberSec Protest📰; CMS AIRR/IRS ERCS/VA PBX/USCG CCS/USPTO BOSS/CBP OFO/95M HHS NCWIA/FDA OWH/DOI Drupal wins; PACTS III delay

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:

• IRS taps Director Shared Services, Online Services
• CDC USDS lead to drive Public Health Data, Surveillance, Tech Office Portfolio Strategy
• US Air Force Health IT SME and CIO takes CMIO role with Koniag
• Elizabeth Harrington is new OSDBU Director at Transportation Security Administration
• HHS HRSA names Division of Procurement Management leader
• Natalie Nethken promoted to Vice President of Operations at Trilogy Innovations
• Arctic IT recruits Alex Kakar to drive Federal Business Development
• Samantha Cervantes now Vice President, Sales Enterprise Strategic at Delinea
• Bixal Welcomes Malcolm Harden as Senior VP of Consulting Services

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• Protests Piling up on new USDA RD Salesforce Cybersecurity Support IDIQ – One JV joins the fight

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

• One Protest Withdrawn, One remains open – NOAA OSPO Cybersecurity Services (OCS)
• Several Protests Dismissed on GSA OASIS+ Total SB Set-Aside – many remain open
• Protest Withdrawn: $1B DOD Global Enterprise Management Services IT support contract
• Protest Filed: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service – Strategic Solutions International

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⚡Contract Award Actions: 

• VA: Trilogy Federal beats 2 for VHA Neurology Clinical Administrative Support task on IHT
• VA: MO Studio wins login.gov Scrum Teams support contract
• VA: Three awarded $30M+ MLRM External Clinical Peer Review Services BPA
• VA Contract Award: $48M Avaya National Consolidated PBX Maintenance task on T4NG
• CMS Contract Award: $14M BFCC Audit and Interrater Reliability Review (AIRR)
• HHS ACF Contract Award: $95M NCWIA technical assistance support
• CDC Contract Award: Office of Readiness and Response IRO IT Services
• FDA Contract Award: Office of Women’s Health Science Professional Services
• CBP Contract Award: Office of Field Operations Management Support Services -OASIS SB
• DHS USCG: SDVOSB beats out 5 to win Common Core Support Services task on OASIS SB
• Treasury: Bridgecross wins CUI Program Management Support contract
• IRS Contract Award: OCIO ERCS and CTRS PM and Technical Development Support
• DOI: Promet Source beats out 16 to win FWS Drupal Modernization Development contract
• DOC: Axiom Consultants wins EDA Grants Management System Support contract
• USPTO: Steampunk beats out 4 to win SRE Assistance task on BOSS IDIQ
• Census: Attadale adds WOSB Sole Source IDIQ contract win for Digital Incentive Services
• HUD Contract Award: $100M OCFO Financial, Program and Training Support BPA
• DOT: SDVOSB adds another FAA win – to provide Program Management Support
• Army Contract Award: $21M SC HHD AUG (STRAT) IT Services
• US Army: SDVOSB scores Futures and Concepts Center (FCC) MCBL Support task

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• #DHS anticipates awarding PACTS III this month, but it will not happen. A new date of award has not yet been determined. Read here.
• JD SUPRA: SBA’s Proposed Rule: Impact on HUBZone and 8(a) Programs
• IRS focused 8(a) small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) focused firms drawing interest of late.  Meet them here.
• ICYMI: DoD Chief Digital & Artificial Intelligence Office to host Advana Industry Day Details here.
• DoD CDAO exec appoints investigators to review alleged unethical conduct within maturing AI hub
• Laura Bennett launches GovCon networking group for women owned businesses (Fun – Bridgerton will be the first topic!)
• VA posts an opening seeking a new Deputy Chief Digital Health Officer

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• Five awardees named to $500M FDA Modernizing Data and Analytics BPA – Thanks for the shout-out, now let’s get those call orders flowing! Read here.
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🔥 Hot Off The Presses – Announcements posted recently that are drawing interest:

• Another Win! Next Phase to support FDA Chief Data Office’s Modernization Efforts
• TISTA welcomes Luke Thomas as VP of Business Development
• ECS Wins IT Support Services BPA with NIH, Expected Spend of $1.1B
• Entegrity accepted into 8(a) Business Development Program
• AdaptiveVets Solutions awarded VA General Counsel Agile Modernization contract
• NTT DATA Awarded Position on NIAID NEAT BPA
• 22nd Century Technologies and AttainX JV awarded new CISA task
• Maximus awarded OPM contract for new Postal Service Health Benefits Program

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS USCIS to make 8(a) direct award for Personal Based Navigation (PBN) Support
• CBP Pre-Solicitation: DHS CBP OIT Data and meta data Services
• FEMA Grants Technology Division to award non-competitive Agile Development contract
• DHS Pre-Solicitation: DHS HQ Chief Data Officer Directorate Data Operations Support
• FEMA Pre-Solicitation OCIO Standard IT Investments support services
• US Coast Guard to award non-competitive Iceberg Analysis & Prediction System (BAPS) Modernization Phase II contract
• DHS HQ to award non-competitive PARM IT modernization and Technical Support contract
• NIH Sources Sought: Operations, Maintenance, and Modernization Support for ClinicalTrials.gov
• NOAA RFI: NESDIS Community Day Overview and Commercial Data Program Update
• NRC RFI: Emergency Response Data System (ERDS) Support
• DOD Sources Sought: National Guard Youth Challenge and DOD STARBASE Program support
• Army RFQ: Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) Information Technology
  USAF Pre-Solicitation Notice: DevSecOps Support
• USAF RFQ: Planning, Programming Budgeting and Evaluation (PPBE) Training Support BPA

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