NIH NIDA IT/IRS DISM/FDA JAADE/Navy🦄AI UNACORN/DHRA IT Modernization wins; New NIST/CMS IT Execs; GSA IT PMSS/Army Software Dev IDIQ/VA IT Issues 📰

🌟Elev8 Spotlight – Ibility – Building on Exciting News over the Past Few Months, Including Key Wins and Strategic Hires….More to Come – Having watched this team’s recent awards (VA, DHA, NASA and OASIS+), hires and recognition, there was a lot to discuss in catching up with Ibility’s Danielle Krakora. What’s ahead? Read on.

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

• US Army drops third (and final) Draft RFP for $10B New Modern Software for Defense Multiple Award IDIQ
• Here We Go! Post Protest Dismissal, DHS Updates several forecast items to indicate OASIS+ as a Strategic Sourcing Vehicle of Choice
• AND, on a related note, Catch a Replay: Activate, Align, Succeed: OASIS+ Success Starts Here
• DOD’s Chief AI Officer Launches Rapid Capability Cell, Frontier AI Pilots to Accelerate Adoption of Cutting Edge Tech
• GAO:
  • Homeland Security: Actions Needed to Address Acquisition Workforce Challenges and Data
  • Veterans Affairs: Action Needed to Address Continuing IT Management Challenges

📢FDA ODT’s EA lead, ED’s Deputy CIO, KippsDeSanto’s Marc Marlin and Red Team’s Jeff Shen join lineup for January Vanguard FedCiv 250 event – Kick off 2025 with this premier event which will feature Acquisition Leaders, Federal CXOs, and industry disruptors, sharing insights on emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities. Details here.

The Juice🥤: Big Investments do not guarantee Big results, but they do signify intent! Some leaders set to make an impact in 2025:

• NIST names Hannah Brown as permanent CIO
• CMS OIT Enterprise Architecture & Data Group names Agile Transformation SME a new leader
• Mark Donar takes position as Vice President, Business Consulting at CGI Federal
• Joanne Sullivan Joins ManTech as Growth VP for Federal Civilian Sector
• Jen Chaquette starts next role with Leidos as VP, Strategy and Growth Operations, Digital Modernization Sector

🔍   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.

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• FDA pulls funding on Adverse Event Analysis Tool contract
• Stop Work Issued as $75M GSA PBS-ITS Project Management Support Services (PMSS) BPA award comes under fire
• RFP on the Horizon! DOJ JMD takes actions until Phoenix (system) rises on 8(a) STARS III

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⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• US Air Force Protest Dismissed: $162M SCAT 1 Engineering, Professional, and Administrative Support task
• US Air Force Protests Dismissed: Solicitation # FA877123R0043 – LifeCycle Solutions JV and Inserso
• US Navy Protest Dismissed: DC2HS & ES Department Support
• Court Decision Released: Census Bureau Dissemination Systems Development and Support Services (DSDSS) mod

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 some of the key Contract Awards:

• NIH: LCG beats out 5 bidders to win $17M NIDA Infrastructure and End User IT Support task on CIO-SP3 SB
• FDA: A-TEK awarded Joint Administration Application Development Environment (JAADE) 2 O&M Support contract
• IRS: Maximus awarded OCIO Development, Infrastructure, Security and Modernization (DISM) Bridge task on Alliant 2
• FAA: SDVOSB Delaney Advantage Technologies scores Case and Document Management System (CDMS) support contract
• FAA: Regulus Group scores $27M Enterprise Services Directorate, AJM-3 and AJM-33 Program Support Services task win
• State: Chenega subsidiary wins $22M DPM Operations/Security Staffing Support contract
• USDA Forest Service inks 5-year WebMethods Software and Maintenance Support task on STRATUS Cloud SaaS IDIQ
• US Navy:🦄Universal Naval Artificial Intelligence CORe eNvironment (UNACORN) award
• DHRA: Koniag subsidiary awarded $25M Defense Support Services Center Managed Services for IT Modernization contract
• DARPA: ECS Federal scores $93M Contracts Management Office support task
• USAF: Deloitte beats out two to win $55M Supply Chain Analytics Task
• Army: Chickasaw subsidiary awarded $49M PM IEN Agile Performance Execution (APEX) and Program Management Support task
• Navy: GC Associates beats out 3 to win Code 109 IT Network Layer One Support at Pearl Harbor
• DLA: RDSI wins Defense Automatic Addressing System (DAAS) Defense Logistics Management Standards (DLMS) DoD Global Exchange (GEX) task on JETS
• Navy: SimVentions scores $32M Innovative Tool Suites and Technologies IDIQ

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

• Gunnison Consulting Group awarded $27M State Department contract
• ICF Awarded Over $40 Million In Contracts to Drive Health Innovation with Advanced Technology
• Changeis Inc. Awarded $3.9M Federal Transit Administration Contract
• RIVA celebrates the launch of the newly redesigned USDA.gov
• Rubrik’s FedRAMP Authorization: A New Era of Federal Cyber Recovery and Resilience

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest

• DHS Sources Sought: Migrant Case Management System
• DHS Updates several forecast items to indicate OASIS + as a Strategic Sourcing Vehicle of Choice
• Navy RFI: SECO Portal and MSEP Career Portal Technical, Administrative and Direct Services
• USAF Sources Sought: Multi Stream Platform Support IDIQ
• US Army drops third (and final) Draft RFP for $10B New Modern Software for Defense Multiple Award IDIQ