OASIS+ 8(a) wins; CIO-SP4 Troubles; DHS First Source III/VA, NGIA and Army Protest Scoop🍦; VA/MHS/State Dept. Digital Innovation execs on the move

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• Further delay on $50B CIO-SP4 GWAC as NITAAC required to address glaring deficiencies

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📢 OASIS+ 8(a) awardee notifications released – A new cohort of 182 qualifying 8(a) small businesses has been named apparent winners on this multiple award IDIQ, offering flexible and innovative solutions for complex professional services. See the list here.

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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 2025:

• Recent State Department Deputy CIO and Digital Strategy Leader launches consultancy
• U.S. Army MEDCOM names new Data Management Division Chief
• RELI Group welcomes Vishal Tulsian as President and COO
• PBG Consulting Appoints Ashequl Hoque as President to Drive Strategic Growth 
• VA Digital Transformation SME Paul Brubaker takes role with rapidly emerging Health Technology Innovation leader DOMA Technologies
• Rick Garceau Appointed Changeis Vice President
• Nathan Jones Joins Sonar as VP of Federal Government
• Concept Plus recruits Stacey Hagens to drive Capture Management
• Aretec recruits Curt Hall to serve as Federal Executive VP & Data Imagineer

And, check out A Quick Check-in with REI Systems new COO Gregg Garrett

🔍 This is a dynamic marketplace with a lot of comings and goings. To help you keep up with all of the action, check out this report highlighting top Senior Industry and Federal Leaders on the move from this week.

Your OS October Forecast – The End of FY Contract Award Heat Wave🔥is done. Get on your galoshes as the forecast calls for a steady rain ☔ of Protest Activity in the weeks ahead as firms put forth challenges in the Courts and with GAO.

⚖ GAO and the Courts – GAO’s website update feature is back up and you have some catching up to do:

• DHS: GAO dismisses all $10B FirstSource III Protests, but list of court challenges grows
• VA Protest Withdrawn: Solicitation Number: 36C10B24Q0399 | Missing Link Security and Optum JV
• DHS Protest Dismissed: Solicitation Number 70RDAD124Q00000009 – Delmock Technologies
• DOL Protest Dismissed: Solicitation Number 1605C1-24-Q-00070 | Summit Consulting
• NGIA Protest Dismissed: VERTEX IT Services (formerly MOJAVE FA3 Follow-On)
• Army Protest Dismissed: National Guard Bureau Connectedness and Relationship Education System (CARES) award

We know it can be hard to stay on top of all of the latest news and activity. To help keep you abreast, here are some of the recent protest actions the OS AI team noted over the past week.

⚡Check out the latest Contract Awards (It is a trickle, for now):

• CFPB: A1FED and NetImpact JV wins ServiceNow Support Services task on 8(a) STARS III
• FAA: Chickasaw Nation subsidiary beats out 7 to win $30M Aerospace Medical Certification Division Support APT Services task
• FAA: i360technologies wins Castle Modernization Project support task
• DOJ: WOSB Analytic Acquisitions adds US Attorneys Office Support Services contract 
• DISA: FedTec and 22nd Century JV beat out 4 to win $40M Enterprise Management Print Services task on 8(a) STARS III
• US Navy: SDVOSB Current Technology Group awarded ITIMP Support contract
• US Navy Contract Award: $24M Public Affairs Division Business Support Services task
• MDA: WOSB beats out two to win $20M Organization and Management Support task

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

• IntelliDyne JV awarded Justice Consolidated Office Network (JCON) contract
• Nava awarded prime contract on Maryland FAMLI
• Mobomo Wins First Place in NIOSH Respirator Fit Evaluation Challenge
• Partner Forces is a prime awardee under the GSA OASIS+ WOSB contract
• Censys Achieves 254% Growth in Federal Business, Supporting Agencies to Protect National Security

🐝The Friday Buzz – Keeping you in the know before the weekend

• VA acquisitions asks vendors to show their work
• 🍊FDA, NIH, HHS and CMS have locked in booths! It will be social, but a heavy presence of Federal leaders from our 2025 Engage winners will also make this a worthwhile event to connect with hundreds of top government officials and industry executive leaders. Register now for the November Elev8 GovCon and Engage FedGov event and kick off the holiday season. Details here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• FEMA Solicitation Notice: $100+M Operations Portfolio Operations Sustainment and Enhancement (OS&E)
• US Coast Guard RFI: C5ISC Product Support Service Desk (PSSD) RFQ1730964
• FDA RFI: Business Data Enrichment Services IDIQ
• State Dept. RFI: Bureau of the Global Talent Management Executive Office (GTM/EX) HR IT Helpdesk Services
• DOT Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) RFI: Enterprise Data Integration and Management Support (EDIMS) 
• Army RFP: Test Engineering and Analysis Services (TEAS)