6B CMS CCO/OASIS+/CIO-SP4/DHS DSSS/VA DevSecOps/FirstSource III/240M EPA IT BPA Protest Scoop🍦; DHA JLV/DHS OBIM/DoD TCODE/HUD FCAT/GSA ETS Next wins

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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:

• SSA names Timothy Amerson new Acting CISO / Acting Associate Commissioner
• NSF recruits new IMB OCIO Branch Chief from Booz Allen Hamilton
• eSimplicity welcomes Eric Beane as new Chief Technology Office
• Elizabeth Mannshardt Joins Westat as VP and Director, Statistics and Data Science
• Datadog recruits Brandon Rasmussen from MicroStrategy to serve as Principal Partner Manager – Federal
• LMI announces Matthew Finney has joined as Vice President, Generative AI
• ICYMI (we did): Mark Valcich has taken on a new role as US Fed Civ District Manager with Palo Alto Networks

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• And even more challengers pile-on for $50B CIO-SP4 GWAC protest
• Challenges fails, USCIS set to revisit $83M Data Strategy Support Services (DSSS) 3 task award decision
• Odds of a quick resolution are fading fast on $240M EPA Multi-Regional IT Support Services (MRITSS) BPA
• Another protestor jumps in the mix on $10B DHS FirstSource III
• Prolonged battle expected to continue for $69M US Navy MSC Worldwide Logistics Services contract

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⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• CMS cancels multi-billion-dollar Call Center Operations solicitation. Maximus drops protest
• Not so fast! Fresh protest filed on GSA OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside
• VA takes action to address delays on $150M+ Community Care DevSecOps Support contract award
• NAVSUP Protests Dismissed: Solicitation N0018924QZ270 and N0018924QZ272 | 22nd Century Technologies

🎉 It’s WOSB WinsDay! – A few of the announced wins from yesterday:

• DOI: WOSB Easy Dynamics awarded ASC IT Support Services task on 8(a) STARS III
• NASA: WOSB METIS scores $177M Aerospace Research Technology and Simulation (ARTS) Technical Services IDIQ
• EPA: WOSB and SDVOSB CGS awarded Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Database support contract
• DOE: WOSB Dawnbreaker awarded $11M SBIR/STTR Phase 0 Program Assistance contract
• USSOCOM: WOSB Willowview wins Capability Development Services and Support contract
• US Army: WOSB Liona Enterprises wins Project Management Services contract

⚡Check out some of the other key Contract Awards:

• DOI: Simple Technology Solutions wins again, adds OCIO Artificial Intelligence (AI) Support Services contract
• HUD: Pyramid Systems awarded OCIO FCAT Information Services and O&M Support task
• DHS: CWS awarded short-term OBIM and HART Systems Engineering and Test Support task on CIO-SP3 SB
• USTRANSCOM: PCI-GS awarded $45M Cloud Optimal DevSecOps Ecosystem (TCODE) services contract
• GSA: IBM beats out 4 to win $148M E-Gov Travel Service Next Generation (ETS Next) T&E Tech Managed Service contract
• DOS: CGI wins $37M Global Support Strategy for Overseas Consular Support Services (GSS 2.0) SEURECA support task
• DHA: JLV Integration Technologies awarded DHA Joint Legacy Viewer (JLV) Program Management contract
• DHA J6 inks $35M contract with RLDatix for Joint Patient Safety Reporting Modernization and Sustainment
• DISA: Kaiva subsidiary awarded Program Management & Security Support contract
• DARPA Contract Award: $49M Secure Advanced Framework for Simulation and Modeling (SAFE-SiM) Phase IV contract

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

• Summit Technology Group (STG) is now Allocore and Allocore Achieves New Milestone: Reaches AWS Premier Tier Status
• AWS Books $158M Army Contract for Cloud Services
• Navy focused Service-Disabled Veteran Owned small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the US Navy focused SDVOSBs drawing interest of late. Meet them here.
• Before you take a break for turkey and family, take a look at filling in your December calendar with some must-attend events:
  • Digital WOSB Alliance – Year End Happy Hour, all welcome #MustAttend Details here.
  • If USCIS is your focus:
    • DHS Virtual Happy Hour and Opportunity Talk on December 11th with USCIS Sr. IT Acquisition Advisor Monica Padron Harris, brought to you by OrangeSlices AI & Shelley’s Events and this month’s sponsor, ResolveSoft. Details here.
    • And, Monica Padron Harris shared: Register today for GTSC’s Homeland Security Today’s USCIS Day – A great day to connect with USCIS leaders
  • If CMS/HHS is your focus:
    • In-person HHS & CMS networking event ahead of the CMS Industry Day sponsored by Solid Logix
    • In-person HHS & CMS networking event after the CMS Industry Day sponsored by GDIT
    • Virtual HHS & CMS Online Happy Hour and Industry Day recap sponsored by Alliance Global Tech

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

• Team Tribility to continue support for VA OMB A-123, Appendix A program
• Trilogy announces two new partnerships – ServiceNow and Nuvolo
• GovCIO Wins $12M Award to Support VA Kiosk Gravesite Locator Software Modernization
• GDIT wins $330 million in U.S. Army training support services task orders
• Slingshot Aerospace Awarded NOAA Contract to Develop Presentation Layer for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest

• DHS TSA Pre-Solicitation: Contracting and Procurement (C&P) Acquisition Lifecycle Support Services
• TSA to award non-competitive STIP Analysis and Reporting Tool Tech Support contract
• ICE Pre-Solicitation: HSI Office of Admin Ops (OAO), Information Disclosure Unit (IDU), & FOIA program mission support
• NIH NIDA RFQ: Science and Health Communication Consulting Services
• NIH NCI RFP: Biomedical Computing Support Services
• FAA RFP: Weather Systems Integration Contract (WSIC)
• USSOCOM Sources Sought: Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Digital Advantage
• USMC Pre-Solicitation: Installations & Logistics (I&L), Logistics Plans, Policies, and Strategic Mobility Division (LP) IDIQ

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