🔥43M VA DBC/HHS NextGen Cloud/33M GSA FAS IT/36M HUD SAMS/SEC HRSS BPA/USAF Data Science wins; VA/DoEd/NSF IT Exec moves; MAPS/SIA3/ODOS IV IDIQ news

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• FAR changes coming your way … soon:
  • E. Darlene Bullock: The FAR is being rewritten….and quickly…. Stay tuned
  • Shauna Weatherly: In a galaxy not so FAR away…. be prepared for a force of change
  • Jonathan Mostowski: Provides take on how to Innovate within the FAR, and beyond
• Shauna Weatherly: GSA MAS Refresh 24 eliminates Small Business Set Aside SINs – gives SBs little time to respond or lose their GSA Schedule
• Coley: Executive Order Significantly Expands GSA’s Role in Federal Procurement: Key Insights for Government Contractors
• Krystn Macomber: MAPS update posted – Army to drop new draft RFP next week! And, a pre-solicitation conference
• Tris Carpenter: DIA confirms SB on-ramp for $17B Solutions for Intelligence Analysis 3 (SIA3) IDIQ AND USCIS updates $410M ODOS IV SB IDIQ opp
• Pete Waterman: FedRAMP fam, it’s time for some spoilers. Here’s what you need to know coming into this week
• Internal email highlights how CDAO is responding to DOGE workforce reduction campaign
• Spotlight: Meet the Federal IT and Consulting Firms that American employees chose as the best places to work in 2025

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

• Robb Wong: IMO: What Mr. Trump’s 2 EO’s did NOT say – implications for SBA/small business govcons
• Trump memo grants government-wide firing power to OPM

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

• Department of Education names CISO (Acting) at Federal Student Aid
• NSF CIO Terry Carpenter retires
• VA taps Community Care Services Director
• VA names Acting Director of Veteran Services Portfolio
• GSA acting chief names senior advisor to serve as deputy administrator
• Yvonne Vervaet recruited to serve as Chief Growth Officer with Nightwing
• Nina Shell promoted to new Growth role at Armavel
• Bart & Associates (B&A) adds Christopher Montes to drive Capture & Proposal
• The Cadmus Group recruits Kelly Smith from McKinsey to drive Capture
• Fiddler AI recruits Brian Glickman to serve as Sales Leader – AI Observability
• Cherokee Federal recruits new Chief Growth Officer
• Federal Growth SME Mark Neustadt launches Government Go-to-Market Consulting firm
• Fed Health IT industry leader Stanton Denman goes solo
• Proven industry BD lead Andrew Livermore now President of Lighthouse Federal Consulting

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🔍 ⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• Protest Dismissed: Internal Revenue Service|2043FY-25-Q-00009|Censeo Consulting Group

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• VA: Aquia and Nava JV beats out 4 to $43M Disability Benefits Crew task on SPRUCE IDIQ
• HHS awards ACF General Digital Infrastructure Services Next Generation Secure Cloud (NGSC) contract to Truss
• GSA: IBM lands $33M OCIO FAS IT System Operations & Maintenance contract
• GSA: WOSB Innovate! wins OCIO Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)
• HUD: Peraton lands $36M OCIO FAB Single Family Acquired Asset Management System (SAMS) support contract
• SSS: Sonora & Associates lands Selective Service System IT Support contract
• SEC Contract Award: $33M Human Resources Support Services BPA
• US Army to award MITC Test and Evaluation Technical Support Services (TETSS) contract
• DoD Contract Award: $42M OSD J7 JID-TC JTO Joint and Allied Training Services and Support IDIQ
• DoD Contract Award: $13M OSD Joint Staff J4 OSCD Technical Services task
• DoD Contract Award: $13M DAU Learning Assets Lifecycle Management Support contract
• Navy Contract Award: $53M Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) PMO Support Services on SeaPort NxG
• USAF: Deloitte beats out 3 to win $19M CMO Data Science Services task

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

• IT Concepts Rebrands to Kentro, Strengthening Commitment to Mission-Focused Digital Solutions
• TechSur: Driving Successful AI Integration in Federal Organizations (Federal Law)
• Hyphenate and Summit Strategy Announce Partnership to Elevate Proposal Writing with AI-Driven Strategy
• Sky Solutions Awarded GSA MAS Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services Special Item Number
• ICYMI: IronArch has rebranded
• Centuria Secures US Space Force Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Support Contract

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• USCIS Solicitation Update: Verification Modernization (VER MOD) OT&E Cybersecurity Adversarial Assessment No Longer Planned
• USCIS Forecast: Predictive Lake Analytics Next-Gen eXchange Services (PLANXS) II now on GSA MAS, not CIO-SP3 SB
• CISA to Award a Non-Competitive Award to Leidos for Cybersecurity Ops Support Services
• SSA to issue solicitation for National Training and Data Center for WIPA Program Recompete
• DOD RFI: PRISM Major Department of Defense Systems Small Business On-Ramp
• US Air RFI: Joint Cyber Command and Control Readiness

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