SEWP’s on; CMS CITSS/VA PCS/DHS EPMO/500M USDA SMART/HHS ZeroTrust/CISA AMS/DLA,CDC & CBP Analytics wins; DHS FirstSource III/IRS IRWorks Protest 📰

ICYMI: Several Big Updates to kick start your week!⏰ SEWP is Back on! 🚀 Late Friday NASA took the SEWP VI GWAC off pause with a new Due Date and Industry Day planned. Details here.

🔥AND, if you don’t follow Red Team’s Tris Carpenter you are missing out. Recent shares:

• U.S. Army Contracting Command released the first Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) RFI
• GSA FAS confirmed that a follow-on acquisition for its 5-year $5.5B Second Generation IT (2GIT) BPA is under consideration
• Missile Defense Agency has posted multiple RFIs to identify SB availability for a $5B+ MDA Agile Professional Services Solution (MAPSS) program, anticipated to be competed under the GSA OASIS+ vehicle

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:

• CMS Marketplace IT leader Marc Richardson joins USA InfoTech – an emerging 8(a) WOSB (and Sparksoft protege)
• State Dept Human Centered Design (HCD) Innovation Lab adds advisor
• OpenAI recruits recent DOC CHIPS Program Office Chief Strategy Officer for Policy Ops
• Jody Ganzermiller to drive Business Development with Tyto Athene
• David Anderson Joins Frontier Technology as VP of Product and Program Execution

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• New Court protest challenges award decision on $1.9B IRS Enterprise Program Project Integration Services (EPPIS) BPA
• USAF given greenlight on $55M SAF FM Financial Management Systems Services contract

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

• DHS Post-Award Protests Filed: $10B FirstSource III IT Value Added Reseller contract
• IRS Protest Filed: Internal Revenue Workflow Optimization, Request, & Knowledge System (IRWorks) ServiceNow ESM
• DFC Protests Filed: U.S. International Development Finance Corporation ServiceNow Professional Services award
• HHS Protest Filed: $57M FOIA and Public Affairs Operations Support BPA
• US Air Force: Two Protests Filed: Solicitation Number FA8770-24-R-B001
• GSA: Progress continues as another OASIS+ Total SB Set-Aside protest is dismissed

☔ Awards, awards, and more awards
🔥 HHS COs were busy late last week making contract awards

• CMS Contract Award: $87M CCIIO Independent Testing Support Services on CMS SPARC
• CMS: VITG led JV wins Salesforce Enterprise Integration (SEI) Platform Support IDIQ
• CMS awards short-term Fee for Service Data Collection System support task on SPARC
• HHS ACF: Snowbird Agility scores Tech Zero Trust Architecture PMO support contract
• HHS: Palantir wins $12M CARES – ACF UCBC Expansion and Support task on SHARE BPA
• CDC: Code360 wins Division of Health Care Statistics Support contract
• CDC Contract Award: $25M NCEZID/DIDRI Technical Assistance Program 3.0 IDIQ
• CDC awards Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System contract to BNL
• CDC awards National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System support contract to Guidehouse
• CDC: VIM Associates wins National ALS Registry Web Portal Support contract
• NIH: SGC and C2 JV wins Financial Management Support for Cloud Computing task on 8(a) STARS III

🔥 And so were DHS COs …

• CISA: Graham Technologies beats 9 to win Asset Management Support task on OASIS SB
• ICE: GovCIO beats out 4 to win $97M ERO Analytic and Program Management Services task on GSA OASIS
• CBP: Savvee Consulting beats out 5 bidders to win EPMO Office Support task
• USCIS: Amivero awarded HCD, Data Quality Assurance and End-User Services contract
• USSS awards Counterfeit Processing Facility OASIS SB support task to WITS
• FEMA: Appddiction Studio awarded Discovery Modernization Strategy (CMS/Web EOC) task on 8(a) STARS III

🔥 And DOD COs …

• DHRA Contract Award: $74M Office of People Analytics Survey Operational Support IDIQ
• DLA: edo consulting wins J34 Strategic Support and Complex Analytics support task
• Army NGB awards Connectedness/Relationship Education System support contract to IGH
• US Army: NextStep Technology wins NGB Comptroller Directorate Support task
• DARPA: Strategic Analysis wins $77M Defense Sciences Office Operations Support task

⚡Here are many other Key Contract Award Actions across FedCiv: 

• VA: BDR Solutions beats out 7 to win $20M Privacy Compliance Services contract
• VA: SDVOSB CW-SS beats out 3 to win $50M OHIL Program and Project Management BPA
• VA: Agile Six awarded VFMP & CHAMPVA Forms Follow-on contract
• VA: Decisive Point Consulting Group beats out 9 to win $41M Section 508 Audit, Testing and Training contract
• VA: DecisionPoint wins $80M contract to provide Organizational Decision Support Software
• USDA Contract Award: $500M Strategic Management, Architecture Resourcing and Technical (SMART) Support BPA
• USDA: Conviso/Deloitte JV win OCIO ServiceNow Platform Support task on STRATUS BOA
• USDA: Nexight Group beats out 4 to win GIPSA PSD Administrative Regulatory Record Review BPA
• GSA: Analyticx beats out 4 to win TTS Public Experience Bilingual Web Support task on 8(a) STARS III
• GSA: Bixal wins Login.gov Software Development Services task
• GSA Technology Transformation Services (TTS) awards Partnerships Program Analysis task to Amivero
• Treasury: TechPride wins CDFI EPM Integrated Consulting Services BPA
• DOC ITA: Tenacious Solutions wins Customer Experience (CX) and KM support contract
• DOC NTIA: Akytech and OST JV beats out 4 to win Redbook Modernization task
• DOC: RCG wins Security Assessment and Authorization Support task on CATTS IDIQ
• Census awards Process Re-engineering, Analysis, Data Sciences, & MOJO Support contract
• DOL re-awards $193M VETS Transition Assistance Program Support award
• NARA awards Security and Infrastructure Protection Systems Services BPA to CRI
• NIST: FedWriters beats out 4 to win $55M Scientific, Technical, Engineering Support Services IDIQ
• DOE: Wyant Data System awarded $11M LANMAS 4.0 Program Technical Support contract
• DOS Bureau of Diplomatic Security awards DS/OSAC IT Support task on 8(a) STARS III to Xfinion
• DOI Contract Award: $19M Fish and Wildlife Service JAO mySupport Services
• DOI: Heartland Consulting wins Indian Affairs Office of Trust Services PM Support contract
• ED Contract Award: $31M Charter Schools Technical Assistance Center support
• DOJ Contract Award: Federal Prison System Program Management Office (PMO) Support

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• SBA Proposed Changes to 8(a) Program Impacts Applicants and Participants
• Big changes proposed for the old HUBZone small business contracting program
• Two Industry Days and a Networking Event to get in on now:
  • Navy announces Industry Day for RFI Enterprise Resource Planning Plus (ERP+)
  • DOI USGS Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC) IDIQ Industry Day
  • Early Bird Deadline approaches for GOVTECH CONNECTS: Digital Health Summit ’24

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

• Aretum Team wins $24M CBP IT, Program Management and Engineering contract
• cBEYONData Awarded a $97M BPA by the Army to support the Business Systems Modernization Program
• ValidaTek Awarded $73M State Department Consular Affairs Queue Management Modernization Contract

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• VA RFI: Digital Health Office (DHO) Interoperability Pledge Program Support
• DOI USGS Pre-Solicitation: Technical Support Services Contract IDIQ and Industry Day
• State Dept RFI: Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) platform
• USSOCOM RFI: SOCCENT Intelligence Services Support Contract
• Army RFI: Communication Planning and Support Services
• US Navy RFI: Analytic Studies Program Support OPNAV N80/PPBE

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