VA/DHS/CMS/DHA Exec moves; DOE 347M NIMS Take 2; IRS IT SD/34M DHA/2.5B DoD SSC & 165M MICOM PSS IDIQ wins; SEWP VI/OASIS+ 8(a)/3.6B HHS HOPSS scoop🍦

🍦The Peel Podcast – Deana DePaz with RHO, a rapidly emerging VA, CMS, & HHS IT Staffing Partner, eyes up CMS PECOS and more VA wins – Hear why and how RHO has become one of the biggest #FedHealthIT firms you may not know. Listen here.

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• 🌟 Did you attend yesterday’s NASA SEWP VI Industry Day – If you missed it, Red Team was kind enough to share notes! See here.
• 📢 Ready, Set, Go! GSA posted a revised list of OASIS+ 8(a) awardees yesterday with notices to proceed (NTPs) reportedly sent out
• Jason Miller shares valuable insight as “SBA initiates ‘seismic shift’ in small business contracting“
• Great Organization. Great Event. The AnitaB.org DC Chapter is hosting the event “Empower Your Tech Career at all Levels” event
• Army-focused Service Disabled Veteran Owned small businesses to know – This group is drawing recent interest. Meet them here.

🚨Are you attending the $3.6B HHS HOPSS multiple-award contract virtual industry Day? (a recompete of the multiple-award $3.6B NIH SOAR contract) Would you prefer to meet the agency leaders in person? Make sure to attend the 11/20 Elev8 and Engage Event where the NIH SOAR/HOPSS team will have a table! 🔥Tickets are selling fast. More here.

⚾ And, speaking of going, going, (nearly) gone! There are only two monthly spots left to get in on the OS FSD. And, with a new Administration incoming, and DoD expected to be front and center, don’t miss out on this $50B Multiple-award IDIQ! Details on both 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 2025:

• Longtime VA Business Services lead departs for role with SAIC
• CMS names permanent Applications Management Group Leader
• DHS I&A Data Chief Dr. Bryan Pendleton now Director (A), Mission Solutions Division
• USCIS taps Branch Chief serving in the National Headquarters Office of Performance and Quality–Chief Data Office
• MEDCoE (US Army Medical Center of Excellence) names Chief, Manpower Branch
• Pentagon OSD CIO Danielle Metz Steps Down
• DHA Operations Chief takes on a new role with Leidos
• Industry veteran Kevin Randall now independent GovCon / Health Consultant
• Aptive welcomes Civilian Health Director Megan Grobert

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

• DOE to revisit award decision on $347M NNSA Information Technology Managed Services (NIMS) BPA
• US Air Force Fresh Protest Filed: $200M Advanced Systems and Development Directorate Command Staff Support (CSS)
• Decision Released: VBA Conversion Services requirement
• Decision Released: NOAA Cybersecurity Support Services requirement protest
• Decision Released: VA Program Support Integration (PSI) Functions SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals protest denial

🌟Elev8 GovCon Spotlight: Nava – Leading the Charge in an Evolving Ecosystem of Doing Business Right – On the heels of releasing its 2024 Public Benefit Report, OS AI caught up with Nava COO Sha Hwang to learn more about what’s ahead for this growing PBC. Read on here.

⚡Check out the latest Contract Awards:

• IRS: Terrestris beats out 12 to win $10M UNS Customer Service Support (CSS) IT Service Desk Support contract
• Treasury: Cherokee Federal subsidiary awarded FinCEN Policy Division Regulatory Economist Support contract
• NIST: GBS Solutions Corporation and Dakota Consulting JV wins Computing Facilities Operation Support task
• DHA: Intellect Solutions wins again, beats out 3 to win $43M support contract
• Space Systems Command: 12 win $2.5B Space Domain Awareness & Combat Power and BMCS PEO Support IDIQ
• DoD: 10 win $165M Marine Corps Installment Command (MCICOM) Professional Services Support IDIQ
• US Air Force: SDVOSB Wingbrace wins $67M Decision Intelligence for NC3 Enterprise (DINE) contract
• US Navy: Small Business AI specialist scores SPAWAR SBIR Phase III contract win
• US Navy: SDVOSB ATSI beats out 5 to win $20M Office of Naval Research Code 35 Business and Admin Support task
• US Navy: 8(a) WOSB NavAide awarded SSP EPS Support Services contract
• DISA: WOSB VAE awarded $11M Software Support contract
• DARPA: Peraton Labs win DARPA Continuous-correctness On Opaque Processors (COOP) contract

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

• Amivero continues partnership with CBP OIT, implementing Litigation Support Large Language Model (LLM) solutions
• New fiscal year and fresh off some very big wins, we see new branding and messaging for these two rapidly emerging firms:
  • Flatter’s brand-new website has officially launched!
  • and Total Systems Technologies Corporation (TSTC) shares its new Logo

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• USCIS Update: Phase 1 evaluations of RIVER BPA completed, are now in review phase
• USCIS Reveals Plans for Follow-On EIOSS IT Support Contract
• DHS CBP Forecast: Office of Public Affairs (OPA) Integrated Marketing Services BPA
• NIH RFI: National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Research Operations & Management System (CROMS) 2.0
• NIH RFI: National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Science and Health Communication Consulting Services
• NIH NCI RFI: Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) Enterprise Vocabulary Services (EVS)
• DHA RFI: Technology Transfer Support Services for USAISR Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA)
• Army Air National Guard (ANG) RFI: Medical Case Management Support Services
• Army RFI: INSCOM G7 System Admin and Depot Engineering Support (SADES)
• Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) RFI:  Software as a Service 3.0

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