557M Census Cloud/CISA ICS/DHA NexGen PI/90M Navy DSS wins; 114M USDA RMA/CDC PSS/NASA CATTS Protest 📰; FMA kills PALS BPAs; ARPA-H PRECISE-AI need

🔥Get ’em while they are HOT – CMS & NIH Opp Updates: $5B RMADA RFP soon?; SMAQ pushed back; ACME Opps; and *NEW* Dev Modernization Opp. Details 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:

• DCAA IT Chief returns to take role as CIO with Marine Corps Systems Command
• DOL names new Enterprise SAAS Solution Management Division Chief
• NIH taps Branch Chief, eRA Technical Documentation & Communications Branch
• VA names Ted Radway Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection
• CMS Contracts Lead rejoins US Air Force as Supervisor Acquisition Program Manager
• Leidos recruits former FAA Ops leader to serve as Senior Business Development Lead
• Proven industry leader Kevin Esposito launches business and management consulting firm NextWave Integrated Solutions

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• Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) kills PALS BPA Prime awards
• Challenge to $26M NASA Consolidated Agency Technology Transfer Services (CATTS) contract falls short

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🍊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:

• USDA Protest Dismissed: $114M Crop Insurance RMA Support Services task award
• CDC Protest Dismissed: $30M multiple-award Program Support Services BPA
• US Army Protest Dismissed: CASCOM FFID TRADOC Capability Development and Data Integration Support
• DOJ Protest Dismissed: Administrative Office of the United States Courts | USCA24Q0019 | 22nd Century Technologies

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

• Census Bureau: Ignite IT and ActioNet JV beats out 6 to win $557M On-Prem and Cloud Infrastructure Support BPA
• CISA: BDO beats out 5 to win $10M Internal Controls Support task on GSA OASIS
• OPM: FMP wins $19M Human Resources Line of Business Support task on OASIS SB
• PBGC: Reed Integration beats out 5 to win QMD Training BPA
• State Department Bureau of Administration awards contract to data intelligence provider Strider Technologies
• DHA: Award details posted for $35M EIDS PMO support contract to Diné Development Corporation subsidiary
• Navy: VSolvit wins $90M NSWC Decision Support System STTR Phase III support contract
• US Navy: SAIC wins $85M NWDC MOC training continuum support task on SeaPort NxG
• US Army: Leidos wins $173M CECOM SEC Post Deployment and Post Production Software Support (PPSS) IDIQ
• US Army: Alaka`ina Foundation subsidiary wins $31M Command and Control Support Agency IT support contract
• DCSO: D&G beats out two to win Joint Lesson Learned Knowledge Management Program (JLLKMP) Support contract

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Josh Duvall shares his quick take on SBA’s proposed rule that would apply the “rule of two” to multiple award contract task and delivery orders. Check it out here.
• The rest of the calendar year is going to fly by. Pencil in these CMS and NIH focused events now:
  • HHS & CMS Online Happy Hour sponsored by J29 Details here.
  • HHS & CMS In-person Happy Hour at Black Flag Social House ahead of the OAGM Industry Day, sponsored by SolidLogix Details here.
  • Save the Date – December HHS & CMS Online Happy Hour sponsored by AGT Track this event and others here.

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

• 3 Reasons Consulting secure R&D IT Services contract with Naval Health Research Center
• IntelliDyne / Hygeia Solutions Partners JV announced DOJ Justice Consolidated Office Network (JCON) award
• Ibility team wins again – to support DHA NexGen Program Integrity Solution with partners at IBM and Ceenic Solution

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• ARPA-H Special Notice: Performance and Reliability Evaluation for Continuous modifications and uSEability of AI (PRECISE-AI)
• TSA Pre-Solicitation: Human Capital PFP PMO Support Services
• NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) RFP: Contract for Organizing Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems (COSMOS) IDIQ and Pre-Proposal Conference
• SSA RFI: Master File Database Access, Optimization Services, and Maintenance of the Legacy DB2 Databases
• USDA RFI: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Foreign Applications/Patents Docketing Tracking, Payment and Reporting Services