Fresh CMS Opps; Ex-DHS IT Exec goes solo; VA MCP and PCAC/DHA/DHS Protest🍦; 226M USSOUTHCOM SCOPES & IRS Rational wins; DoD OIG revisits IT awards

🍊The CMS October Opp Forecast is out – CloudOps; Payment System Modernization; Fraud Prevention Opps added. See the updates here.

⏰ The Clock is ticking on these two events:

• Are you registered for TiE-DC’s “FedGov Symposium” October 15th. With speakers from CBP, USPS, NASA, SBA and the Army, this will be a jam-packed event. More here.
• Are you registered for next week’s Looking Ahead at CMS for 2025 event? Note: NIH will have a table as they discuss the $3.6B SOAR Staffing IDIQ recompete. A couple dozen (of 400) tickets remain. This will sell out! Details here.

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:

• Former top DHS IT Exec launches Advisory Practice
• Saliense Consulting announces Shakir Contractor as VP of Growth and Capture
• Mike O’Brien takes role of Public Sector Growth and Consulting Leader with Thoughtworks
• eSimplicity recruits Chris Horn to serve as Chief Growth Officer
• Angela Kowalewski named Chief Growth Officer with Aretec
• Rita Isaacson recruited to serve as Director of Alliances for Public Sector for FCN
• Nightwing recruits Tricia Fitzmaurice to be Chief Growth Officer
• JBS International promotes Todd Blond to Senior Director, BD and Strategic Growth
• M&S Consulting adds Dylan Ramey to drive Business Development

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• DoD OIG forced to revisit IT Support Services and IT Management Services awards

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

• VA: Fresh Protest Filed: Modern Claims Processing Support Services
• VA Protest Filed: PCAC Acquisition and Program Analyst Support Services contract
• DHS Protest Filed: Solicitation Number 70RDAD124Q00000009 – Delmock Technologies
• DHA Protest Filed: Solicitation Number 16697 – Global Consulting International

🌟MB&A – Empowering Federal Employees for the Good of US Citizens – Noting a growing portfolio that cuts across VA, USDA, HUD and USAF, OS AI sat down with Joshua Millsapps, and Alex Morrison, to better understand how this SaaS development and consulting firm is making good on its commitment to bring better solutions to bear for federal clients and why empowering federal employees is better for government. Read on here.

⚡The end of Fiscal Year Madness is done and we don’t peddle old news. Here are the top fresh Contract Award Actions:

• DoD: CACI beats out 3 to win $226M USSOUTHCOM SCOPES task on GSA OASIS
• IRS: Cherokee Nation subsidiary wins OCIO Rational Support Services contract
• VA inks $276M deal for Cisco Enterprise Infrastructure & Advanced Engineering Support
• DHS CBP signs 5-year contract for a Cloud Based Electronic Medical Record
• DCSA: N2IA Technologies adds National Background Investigation Systems contract
• DSCA Contract Award: $62M ISG Professional Administrative & Technical Support Services
• DoD Contract: $11M Ministry of Defense Advisors Program Management Support Services
• DSCA Contract Award: $35M NESA Center for Defense Studies Regional Service Support
• DSCA Contract Award: Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Support Services
• Army Contract Award: Technology Forecasting Office (TFO) open-source analytics and R&D support IDIQ

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Former CMS CISO Robert Wood talks shop with current CDC CISO Dr. Joe Lewis.🔥Check out the fireworks here.
• Dave Zvenyach shares: The limits of the incumbency advantage
• VA announces Small Business Event | 22nd Century Technologies Virtual 1 on 1
• CMS focused Woman Owned small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services focused Woman-owned small businesses which are drawing interest of late. Meet them here.

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

• Symposit wins State Dept. Bureau of Consular Affairs Online Scheduling System Software Development contract
• (IBR) Announces Prototype Initiative in Support of DON PEO MLB and the United States Marine Corps Manpower IT System Modernization Team
• Aquia-Nava joint venture wins prime position on VA’s SPRUCE IDIQ
• Peregrine Digital Services wins prime spot on $2.4B SPRUCE vehicle at VA
• Ad Hoc wins prime spot on VA SPRUCE vehicle as part of Peregrine Digital Services JV
• Cadmus Acquires Award-Winning Digital Transformation Leader Ventera
• CACI Acquires Applied Insight
• 🚀Industry leader Courtney Modecki revealed that 3C Digital Solutions has launched a  new Migration as a Service Offering

📢 Most Viewed Comments on OS AI

• RE: $2.4B VA Secure, Performant, Reliable, and User-Centered Experiences (SPRUCE) IDIQ – I am proud to have been a part of setting up this IDIQ Contract Vehicle in support of our nation’s Veterans and VA’s digital modernization initiatives. Looking forward to the competitive Task Order awards over the next five-year ordering period! See the post here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• VA RFI: Information Technology Modernization Tools Suite (MTS)
• DHS Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) IV IDIQ RFP pushed to January 2025
• DHS RFI: SETA Support to the Operations and Requirements Analysis Division
• DHS TSA RFI: Universal Enrollment Services
• PBGC RFI: Risk Management Early Warning (RMEW) Support Services
• DOD RFI: Disability Programs Operations and the Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
• Army RFP: Process Safety Management (PSM) Support
• USAF RFP: Strategic Transformation Support (DAFSTS II) IDIQ
• USAF RFI: Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) Cyber Training Academy (CTA)
• USAF RFI: Big Data Platform (BDP) Orchestration Capabilities
• USAF RFI: Mission Partner Command and Control (C2) and Intelligence Information Sharing Capabilities Update
• USAF RFI: Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Mission Systems IT Services
• USAF RFI: Judge Advocate General Corps (AF/JA) Cloud-Based eDiscovery SaaS

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