VA/CMS/DOC/FCC/FBI/DOE Exec moves; Big wins – NIH IT/USDA WIM/NARA FSS/NTIA Salesforce/60M DoD DSS AppDev BPA; CFPB shuttered; Polaris Protest Pile-on

🐝The Morning Buzz:

• Tan Wilson shared: NASA SEWP VI impacts to newly awarded contracts, with consequences that ripple across all offerors
• Anastasia Cope shared: AFCEA International terminates DEl programs, to include Women in AFCEA, following the White House EO
• Dr. Dolores Kuchina-Musina shares Potential good news for SBIR/STTR Program reauthorization at the end of this US Fiscal Year?

💲#DOGE Scoop – Avert your eyes if you don’t want to watch – we get it

• Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building
• NIH announces all new grants will have a 15% payment cap for indirect costs
• Energy CIO replaced with SpaceX engineer as DOGE probes department’s systems
• VA carves out major workforce exemptions to OPM’s deferred resignation offer

The Juice🥤: These firms are gearing up to make big noise in 2025 and beyond:

• VA recruits Commerce Dept CX SME to drive Customer Experience and Innovation
• CMS CPI recruits DoD Health AI & Data Engineering Expert to drive Data Analytics group
• FCC recruits DOL BLS IT lead to drive Application Software & Information Security
• FBI names new Acting IT, Security, and Resource Management Branch Leader
• Digital Consultants taps William Davis to be Chief Growth Officer
• Aminad Strengthens Leadership Team, adding David Banks to drive Corporate Operations
• DataBricks recruits Todd Schroeder from UiPath to serve as VP, Public Sector
• GDIT recruits longtime DHS CISA leader Nabeela Barbari as Vice President
• Shee Atiká Federal (SHF) names Serena Bliss as President

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• Protestors Piling up on $10B Polaris Small Business GWAC
• The Silent Shred – See the New Administration’s Federal Cancellations at DOL, Treasury, GSA, FAA, DHS CISA, NIH NEI and numerous Education Dept. contracts

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🎯Events and Updates:

• HIMSS NCA Chapter hosts The Forecast for Federal Health IT Acquisitions – Ongoing Needs and New Priorities
• Get your spot now: Policies, Programs, Products, Procurements, Protests and Partnerships – Navigating CMS
• VA TAC, OI&T, FSC host Austin, TX Roadshow – Attending the Road Show? You can also mix and mingle the evening before at a VA Happy Hour hosted by Melinda Pitchford and Eric Gonzales. Details on both here.

🚀 OS AI launched a new GovCon Events Calendar! – Track More Federal GovCon Events Here.

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• NIH awards $14M IT Services task to INFER Solutions on 8(a) STARS III
• HHS: Chickasaw subsidiary awarded Office for Civil Rights (OCR) E-Consulting Services Bridge contract
• HHS Contract Award: $12M Independent Living Training and Technical Assistance Center
• NOAA: Daston wins $207M UMS, VOIP and Content Collaboration BPA
• DOC: In advance of recompete, NTIA awards Grants Portal Salesforce Dev contract
• NARA Contract Award: Financial Services Support BPA
• USDA RD awards $18M UniFi Pro Mortgage System Loan/Grant Servicing Support IDIQ
• USDA APHIS awards Warehouse Inventory Management Procurement System Support task to Tecsys
• DOE Contract Award: FERC Risk-Informed Decision Making (RIDM) Technical Services
• NSF: Westat beats out 3 to win Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) TCUP Eval and PM support task
• DFAS: Blake Willson Group awarded Defense Cash Accountability System support contract
• DSS: A3 Consulting beats out 4 to win $60M Application Support contract

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🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• US Coast Guard Pre-Solicitation: Open Obligations Management, Analysis & Testing
• USCIS Pre-Solicitation: Technical Operations Support Services (TOSS) 2
• Census Bureau RFI: 2030 Decennial Schedule System
• DOI RFI: Interior Business Center (IBC) Human Resources Management Systems Solutions
• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Pre-Solicitation Notice: Native American Student Information System (NASIS)
• NGA Sources Sought: Policy Support Requirement
• DFAS Sources Sought: Defense Joint Military Pay System Support Services
• Army Sources Sought: 3ID Data Analytics Support
• Air Force Sources Sought Update: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Advisory Consultant

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Magpie Health Analytics: Telling Stories, Connecting Data, & Building Trust to Transform Healthcare – Looking back on a decade’s worth of experience focused on CMS, Bil Westerfield shares some insight into how this team has become a trusted advisor and partner, advice for others who may wish to follow suit, and what’s ahead for this growing firm as it looks to expand its reach, and relationships. Read on here.

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