50B MAPS & NIH BPSS IDIQ📰; VA CDS Apps/DHS CaseMgmt/CMS ASIC/HHS Grants.gov/90M State ITSS/Treasury Salesforce/USSOCOM Dev IDIQ wins; New CISA Chief

🔥The Peel Podcast: Tris Carpenter and Red Team have you covered on the current state of the $50B MAPS IDIQ – This multiple-award enterprise IDIQ, which will serve as the Army’s primary contract for both IT and professional services, will be one of the most pursued of 2025. Listen here.

📰Two Big Updates: FDA’s Acquisition & Grants Contacts Director now confirmed to join leaders from CMS, GSA, FDIC, NOAA, Coast Guard, State, HUD, DHS for this AI, Automation, Acquisition, Data & Digital Transformation event.
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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:

• CISA recruits Cybersecurity Division (CSD) Section Chief from Google
• Former White House COVID Tech Chief joins HHS ARPA-H to drive scalable solutions
• DOE-funded lab recruits NIH Office of Data Science Strategy Leader to serve as Data Chief
• Ex-ODNI Tech Chief and DHS USSS IT lead launches consultancy
• ASRC Federal recruits Daniel Cuviello from CACI to serve as Chief Growth Officer
• Bull Bear Defense Solutions President Jessica McKinley adds role of VP of Business Operations for Ketchikan Tribal Business Corporation
• AMSG Names Julie Alvarez as Veterans Affairs Account Manager
• ECS adds Tom Kaess to drive Capture for National Security and Intelligence Division
• Fred Jorgensen rejoins BAH to support Fed Health IT and Life Sciences growth
• Seasoned Industry leader Dave Dougherty takes VP, Technology Services role at Optum
• Kwaan Technology recruits Aaron Tilock to serve as Chief Growth Officer
• Experienced DHS Business Development leader Azam Mirza joins Astrion
• Guidehouse recruits Amy Howland to serve as CISO and Partner

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• U.S. Agency for Global Media OCIO goes back to drawing board on Zero Trust Architecture services contract
• More protestors jump into the fray on $10B US Army IT Enterprise Solutions-4 Hardware (ITES-4H) IDIQ

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🌟vTech Solution – A Winning Federal Prime Contractor Positions for Full and Open Market – CSO Michael Pereira shares more about this team’s success as a small business, and its growth into the federal space. More here.

⚖ GAO and the Courts – check out the latest Protest Action:

• Protest Dismissed: DOJ Administrative Office of the United States Courts Solicitation Number USCA24Q0007
• Protest forces CMS to extend Web Experience and Content Management Services (WECMS) contract

Data Forum – Speakers from VA, FERC, DHS, OPM, NIH, and HHS ACF are among those confirmed for this event focused on how best to ensure that data functions as a center of gravity to meet and exceed mission objectives. Details here. 

⚡Key Contract Award Actions: 

• VA: Coforma wins $38M Clinical Decision Support Applications (CDS Apps) contract
• VA: VetsEZ beats out 3 to win VistA Application Analytics task on T4NG
• CMS awards $59M Medicare Secondary Payer Systems task to support VHA & CMS needs
• CMS Contract Award: $74M Innovation in Behavioral Health Model Implementation on RMADA 2
• CMS: ePATHUSA and RELI Group JV adds Audit Support Integration Contractor contract
• HHS: Nava PBC scores $39M SWIFT BPA Call #2 for Simpler Grants.gov Scaled Platform
• NIH: Acumen wins NIDDK Urological Diseases in America Compendium support contract
• NIH: Small business awardees being named for Professional and Scientific Support Services IDIQ
• DOS Contract Award: $90M Information Technology Support Services
• DHS: JV beats out 18 to win OIG Case Management Solution contract
• DHS Contract Award: Compliance Investigative and Case Management Pilot Program
• DHS: MetaPhase wins OCIO IT Governance Services task on 8(a) STARS III
• FEMA: SDVOSB beats 4 for National Dam Safety Program Integration task on OASIS SB
• GSA: REI Systems & ADG Tech Consulting JV beats 12 to win Data.gov support contract
• Treasury Contract Award: $14M OCIO Salesforce Services Support
• USDA Contract Award: FNS Child Nutrition Analysis Modeling (CNAM) Support BPA
• USDA Contract Award: APHIS Incident Management Training BPA
• DOI: Montech beats out 5 to win BIA OTS RE Review & Processing Support task
• DOI: Bighorse and Tyrula JV wins Financial Management Budget Office Support task
• DoD Contract Award: $28M DHRA Military Civilian Transition Office IT Services
• USSOCOM Contract Award: $33M Software Support Services IDIQ

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Shauna Weatherly shares: SBA is hosting a webinar every Tuesday and Thursday through September 2024 to help WOSBs respond to Requests for Information (RFIs)
• Deana DePaz says Save the Date: AFCEA TAC Industry Engagement Strategy and IT Acquisition Forecasting event
• Brian Lindholm invites you to: GOVCON Trivia Night

📢 Most Viewed Comment:

• Shelley McGuire has joined the executive team for🍊OrangeSlices – Here we go! Thank you. I am super pumped about this relationship and taking on this role with OS. More here.

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

• Astrion Completes Acquisition of Axient

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• NIH shares update on Business And Professional Support Services IDIQ (NIH BPSS IV)
• CBP to use OTA to acquire Data Governance, Data Inventory, Acquisition Lifecycle contract
• DHS Presolicitation: $500M+ Desktop Support Services 3.0
• FEMA Pre-Solicitation: Individual and Community Preparedness – Digital Support Services
• FEMA to award non-competitive Counterintel and IT Vulnerability Assessment using 8(a) STARS III
• CBP Chief Data Office to add AI Large Language Model as non-competitive 8(a) action
• CISA Stakeholder Relationship Management & KM Support Services Req No Longer Needed
• IRS RFQ for Compliance Data Warehouse Data and Analytics to be released on GSA eBuy
• State Department Sources Sought: Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solution
• State Department RFQ: Online IT Training Lab Hosting Services
• DOD Sources Sought: Parking Management Software Integration and Enterprise Support Services
• DOD Draft RFP: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) Advana Program Enterprise Data Engineering
• Navy Solicitation: Cyber Security Engineering services for Risk Management Framework, Assessment and authorization, and Information System Security Engineer

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