CMS QData/DHS PARM IT/VA FinApp/USDA DAITO/NIH ESCoE/DOL CX/CDC PM BPA/SBA.gov/Treasury & USAID ServiceNow/NSF Analytics/224M Census Digital Svcs wins

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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:

• Thomas Flagg Appointed Education Department’s Chief Information Officer
• Tria Federal announces Gina Gallagher as Senior Vice President for Business Development
• Industry leader Krista Yager takes on role of Staff VP, Digital Health and Chief Digital Officer with Wellpoint Federal
• Leadership Transition at RELI Group: Founder Mohammad Elias to Resume CEO Role
• CMS recruits a Lead Software Architect
• RBCI adds Melissa Temkin as VP for Fed Health IT/Digital Transformation
• Electrosoft adds Eric White to drive Business Development and Capture
• Thomas DuBois now Senior Director, Capture, Federal Defense Market at Maximus Federal
• Federal Business Development leader Anthony McDuffie takes CEO role with ZayTech
• Bradley Saull joins staff of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
• Hassan Zahwa joins Huron as a Managing Director

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• Another challenger joins the mix – $10B US Army IT Enterprise Solutions-4 Hardware
• USDA in holding pattern on WIC Food Delivery Portal support task

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

• Protest Filed: $109M CMS Payment Error Rate Measurement Payment Review Contractor
• DOD NGA Protest Filed: NGA VERTEX IT Services (formerly MOJAVE FA3 Follow-On)
• USAID Fresh Protest Filed: GH-SURGE
• FBI Protest Dismissed: TOPR-0021-2024 – Nightwing Intelligence Solutions
• USAF Protests Dismissed: Sol FA877123R0043 – LifeCycle Solutions JV and Inserso

☔ Awards, awards, and more awards:

🔥 HHS COs were busy late last week making contract awards:

• CMS Contract Award: $31M CMMI Quality Data Development on MIDS IDIQ
• CDC awards $30M multiple-award Program Support Services BPA to ICF and Guidehouse
• CDC: Nüvitek scores Business Automation Management Tool (BAMT) Support contract
• NIH: Sciome beats out 4 to win $26M NIEHS DTT & DIR Bioinformatics Support contract
• NIH: FedTec/22nd Century JV wins EndPoint Security Community of Excellence task
• ASPR: Peraton awarded IMATS Software support task on CIO-SP3
• HRSA to award Zero Trust IT Services follow-on contract to Deloitte
• HRSA: VMG wins Improving Health Equity in Cancer Screening contract
• ASPR: BryceTech wins $17M Market and Economic Analysis (MEA) Services contract

🔥 And DOD COs …

• DISA awards Enterprise Automation & Process Integration Support task to A Square Group
• USAF Contract Award: $34M ANGRC IT Help Desk Support Services on 8(a) STARS III
• USAF awards $46M MIC2 software system support IDIQ to Securboration
• Air Force: SDVOSB beats out 19 to win AIS ISSO Support contract
• AFRL: Skylight wins Service Design Accelerator STRATFI, Sequential SBIR contract
• Army: SDVOSB STOPSO beats out 9 to win $20M TSC Support task on ITES-3S
• Navy: SDVOSB wins $22M PdM NMESIS Program Management, Sustainment, & Operational SME Support task
• Marine Corps: Clear Ridge Defense beats out 4 to win $114M Cyberspace Command Support task on SeaPort NxG
• NAVFAC CIO to award 8-month Enterprise Digital Transformation and Analysis Services task extension
• SPAWAR: G2 Software Systems beats 3 to win $246M MIDS Program Office Support task
• Navy: SSI wins $21M Commander, Navy Region Southeast (CNRSE) IT support contract

🔥 And so were VA COs …

• Oddball wins $14M VA Mobile Platform Support contract
• $15M VA Financial Management Application Support contract awarded to Trilogy Federal
• Mind Computing wins $15M VA Corporate Intake and Solutioning Support contract
• Sierra7 awarded VA Veteran Data Purchase contract
• Sprezzatura and GovCIO JV beats out 3 to win VA Enterprise Business & Technical IT Strategic Support Services contract

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

• DOL looks to Technical Assent to lead Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program CX and HCD support contract
• DOL: Radiant Infotech nabs Compliance Management System (CMS) support contract win
• DOL awards Docket and Administrative Support Services contract to Aria Solutions
• USSS: Intellect Solutions beats out 9 to win Network Services & Tech Support task
• DHS: Proveo nabs PARM IT Modernization and Technical Support Services contract win
• DHS awards Enterprise Architecture Support Services (EASS) contract to Strategic Innovation Group (SIG)
• CBP awards ESO Data Inventory and Catalog Support Services contract to Impyrian
• Export-Import Bank awards 5-year multiple-award BAS BPA
• Treasury: LEIDIT wins TTB Implementation of ServiceNow Software Asset Management and ITOM Visibility contract
• USAID: LEIDIT scores a pair of M/CIO ServiceNow Support Services contract wins
• USDA: Razmia wins DAITO Forms Digitization & Systems Modernization contract
• USDA: Savan Group wins Bio-Preferred Program Technical and Program Support contract
• NSF: Blake Willson Group beats out 4 to win Financial Management Division Data Analytics Program support contract
• DOT Office of Freight Management and Ops awards Technical Research & Program Management Support BPA
• Census: Reingold wins $224M Strategic Communications and Digital Services BPA
• Census: Illumen/Spatial Front JV win $9M in Economic ITCI and Data Support contracts
• Census: Inceptionedge/Brite Group JV wins Strategic Data Improvement Support contract
• SBA: Vaultes and Bixal Solutions JV scores SBA.gov Development support contract
• SBA Contract Award: OCIO SME support
• NSF: RTI wins Targeted Evidence Management/Program Operations Support Services task
• FBI awards bridge Office of Private Sector (OPS) Professional Management Support contract to IntelliBridge

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• ⏱️Take Action on OASIS+: GSA is notifying offerors of a request for offer extension through April 20, 2025 … Offerors that do not respond and extend their proposal validity period will not be eligible for award. More here.
• Former VA CIO Bill James pens article – VA’s FITARA 18.0 Score – GAO Missed the Mark
• Josh Duvall shares: 7 (Other) Reasons to Intervene in Bid Protests: What Awardees Need to Know
• NASA SEWP: Steve Delahunty shares his thoughts on WHERE INDUSTRY MAY STRUGGLE More here.
• GAO and OIG Reports:
  • VA’s New EHR: Leaders and Staff Sound the Alarm on Major Concerns
  • Cyber Resiliency: CrowdStrike Outage Highlights Challenges
  • Air Traffic Control: FAA Actions Are Urgently Needed to Modernize Aging Systems

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

• Alpha Omega awarded contract to support USDA’s Crop Insurance Program, Enhancing Climate Resilience for U.S. Agriculture
• PCI-GS/Guidehouse JV awarded NSF Data and Evidence Maturity and Capacity contract
• Lion Tide Solutions achieves Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Certification from the Small Business Administration (SBA)

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS ICE preps to recompete Palantir’s $100M+ HSI Investigative Case Management System in Spring of 2025
• VA RFI: Industry Partnership with Million Veteran Program (MVP)
• VA RFI: Appraisal Management Services (AMS)
• NGA RFP: SEQUOIA (Formerly known as AI/ML Data Labeling) Classified
• NIH ARPA-H hosts Performance & Reliability Evaluation for Continuous Modifications and uSEability of AI (PRECISE-AI) Proposers’ days

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