VA DMC/USDA ITPS/DHS DMP/GATA III Scoop; CMS QPP A&R/DOJ ITSS-5/NIH ARPA-H Ops/NOAA TRACSS/USAF AI/ML wins⚡; OASIS+ SB Prep Day; CISA Bah Humbug!

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🌟Navigating the Intersection of Mission and Modernization – David Birken, recently appointed SVP of ICF’s digital modernization and experience business, shares how the company is tackling the biggest challenges in federal digital modernization, highlighting the crucial interplay between technology and workforce enablement. Read on 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:

• GSA Technology Transformation Services (TTS) names Acting Executive Director – IT Modernization Centers of Excellence
• Steven Braverman tapped to serve as Chief Operating Officer at Veterans Health Administration (VHACO)
• Tria Federal Announces Michael Anderson as New Executive Vice President, Public Safety
• BD Leader Joshua Kolchins takes role as DHS Client Relationship Executive at ITC Federal
• Arch Systems recruits former CMS CCSQ/CMMI leader and CISO Michael Reinhold
• Arch Systems recruits longtime DHS/USCIS IT leader as Vice President of Enterprise Solutions Architecture
• CACI International appoints Mike Dickens as vice president of strategic capture

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• USDA kills APHIS IT and Program Support Services contract
• DHS extends contract while revisiting eval on $25M IT and Data Management Program Support BPA
• NASA pulls funding on $177M NASA ARC/LARC SIM and Software Facilities ARTS IDIQ

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⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• VA Protest Withdrawn: Debt Management Center Information Technology Support
• VA Protest Withdrawn: SAT Program Support Services contract
• VA Protest Filed: Solicitation Number RFQ-1702252 | RMA Associates, LLC
• Decision Released: VA Enterprise Software Development Services IDIQ protest denial
• DOJ Protest Filed: FBI Solicitation Number MPO-TEM-SCOR-4 | IMTAS
• NIST Protest Filed: Learning Management System for Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP)
• State Dept. Protest Withdrawn: $765M Global Antiterrorism Training Assistance (GATA III) Training Delivery Services IDIQ
• US Navy Protest Update: NAVSUP Solicitation N0018924QZ270 and N0018924QZ272 | 22nd Century Technologies
• Decision Released: Army Material Command for Master Resilience Training/Training Center Support protest

⚡Check out the latest Contract Awards:

• CMS: Index Analytics scores $41M Quality Payment Program Analytics & Reporting III support task on DASH BPA
• NIH: WO Strategic Analysis awarded ARPA-H Operational Support Services contract
• HHS: Global Tunnels wins ACF contract for Management and Accounting of Projects System (MAPS) support
• NOAA: SB beats out 13 to win $13M TRACSS Presentation Layer Development contract
• DOJ: SDVOSB LSI beats out 2 to win ENRD Help Desk Services task on ITSS-5 IDIQ
• US Coast Guard: TFSI wins $44M Rescue 21 Alaska Sustainment and Vessel Traffic Service Support task on ILMS II
• Army: Osi Vision beats 2 to win NG Readiness Center MGIB Support task on OASIS SB
• Air Force: SDVOSB SA Tech wins SETA VI Technical and Analytical Services task
• NAVWARSYSCOM: DolJenn Consulting wins $50M Administrative Management svcs BPA
• Air Force: Clarity Innovations adds MDaaS BESPIN Ecosystem 53 MOSS AI/ML with ARRAKIS Data Integration SBIR III IDIQ Task
• Air Force Contract Award: $22M Northern Command Intelligence Analysis, Admin & Advisory Support contract
• Army: ACS and By Light JV beats out 10 to win $21M Regional and Local Network Enterprise Center Support task on IMCS IV

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🐝Your Morning Buzz as we Get Closer to Turkey Day:

• Building on its momentum, High flying D&G Solutions introduces Rebrand: New Name. New Logo. New Tagline.
• NASA’s Dwight Deneal announces: Launch of agency’s Office of Small Business Programs LinkedIn page
• Acquisition SME Shauna Weatherly shares: GSA – exciting news for JVs as they can now see socioeconomic set-asides in eBuy
• Joshua Duvall shares: Full Federal Circuit to Hear Percipient.ai Bid Protest, Limiting Argument to Interested Party Standing
• Event: ARPA-H ImagiNg Data EXchange (INDEX) Proposers’ Day
• CDC focused Service-Disabled Veteran Owned small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention focused SDVOSBs drawing interest of late. Meet them here.

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• Re: FedTec – FedTec has been a great mentor to Phoenix IT Consulting, supporting government contract opportunities with the Marine Corp. They have been providing support and training as well as prompt payment on all opportunities that we collaborated on. More here.

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

• Nava awarded contract on VA ART with Oddball
• RIVA Solutions Secures $12M in Task Orders from the Department of Commerce ITA, Expanding its Success on CATTS IDIQ 
• VectorCSP announces USCG Mission Systems Sustainment Lab (MSSL) Recompete Win as part of New Generation Solution team 
• Trilogy team wins VHA Healthcare Technology Management office Nuvolo Clinical Enterprise Asset Management platform contract
• New Logo. Fresh look. New Messaging. New 2025 Elev8 Honoree Dulles Systems launches new website

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:
CISA Bah humbug!

• CISA Sector Risk Management Agency Operations & Analysis Support RFP release pushed to 12/20
• CISA Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Planning, Operations & Analysis RFP release pushed to 12/20
• DHS HQ to award short-term non-competitive Network Operations Security Centers (NOSCs) support contract
• Indian Health Services RFQ: Third Party Eligibility Services
• Treasury OCC RFQ: Financial Management Systems Maintenance and Support
• IRS Sources Sought: Digitalization Transformation (DT) Integration and Innovation Support Services
• USPTO RFI: Modernization of Publications
• USAID Sources Sought: Acquisition & Assistance (A&A) Support Services
• USSOCOM Pre-Solicitation: NSW Exercise and Training Program (NEXT-P-II)

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