⚡240M CDC IT/VA ACS/DOS RMS/250M Army FinSS/USDA PSS wins; 50M DHS and Navy Cyber/FBI CJIS/NOAA SysIT/ICE CSS Protest News🗞️; NSF/DHS/Army Exec moves

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• New SB Alliances formed for 40 leading IT & Consulting firms positioning to win! – Deloitte, Maveris, DOMA, Trillion and more
• Army APG clarifies changes to Source Selection Support Center of Excellence (SC3oE) – details planned APBI
• Coast Guard Secretary? The Administration Is Planning a Big Redesign of the Service
• Dev Nathan Kalyan: Summarizes newly released OMB memos that provide agencies with guardrails for how they use and purchase AI
• Elise Hubbart: Verb Group just launched a free tool to help your GovCon do a quick bid team assessment
• National Institutes of Health HUBZone SBs to know – Meet them here.
• 🚀This ITES-3S List of FY 2026 Expiring Tasks is designed to spark teaming conversation. Check it out here.

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

• How the FCC could change under more White House control
• Stilted innovation, less efficiency: Former IRS executives explain the impact of DOGE cuts

⚙️ It’s all about Community – Resources Page for Affected Feds and Industry: Check it out here.

🎉 Three Must Attend Events to Lock in on Now

• The 2025 Federal Excellence Program: Hear from CXOs and Current/Former Fed Leaders who have a proven track record of driving high performance organizations
• VETS25 in Orlando: SBA Administrator Loeffler now confirmed as a keynote speaker – This event will fill quickly.  
• 2025 Vanguard DOD 250 – If you are looking to expand or pivot to DoD in 2026, this is the event for you!

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

• DHS names CX leader as Acting Executive Director
• New Deputy to the Commanding General at US Army CECOM
• White House Advisor for Technology Modernization exits
• Sherrie Randall, CDC Team Lead/Contracting Officer on the hunt for a new role
• ITCON recruits NSF Business Operations Branch Chief
• Rancher Government Solutions Appoints Ryan Lewis as Chief Executive Officer
• Insight Technology Solutions taps Geoff McConnell as VP driving Capture & BD
• Other industry Growth leaders taking new roles: Ed Kostrzebski now CGO at Ideal Innovations | Zach McQuay to True Zero Technologies | Brannon “Spidey” Parker goes to Knowmadics | Vericol adds Matthew Shuster as COO

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• Not so fast on $116M US Army JRTC Information Technology support Green Light
• The Silent Shred⚡– Today’s contract terminations at DOT, DOI, USDA AND SEC. See the List here.

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

• Protest Dismissed: $240M+ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention OCIO IT Services
• Protest Filed: US Navy Cyber Red Team Test Ops Development and Cyber Support
• Protest Dismissed: $50+M DHS OCIO Cybersecurity Governance & Compliance Services contract award decision
• Protest Filed: $73M DHS ICE Critical Staffing Support contract
• Protest Dismissed: DHS United States Secret Service | OMNI Business Systems, Inc. | 70US0925R70092536
• Protest Update: FBI CJIS Digital and Information Technology Services requirement
• Fresh Protest: Protest Dismissed: NOAA NWS Linux Systems IT Support Services contract
• Protest Denial Decision Published: DoD Defense Intelligence Agency EUCOM NIFC Staff Administration Support

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• CDC: DMI beats out 2 to score $240M IT Support Services task win on Alliant 2
• CDC inks 2-year $1.3B Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
• Veterans Affairs inks 5-year $4.7B Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
• VA Contract Award: $15M Automated Classification System task on SEWP
• State Department: KBS lands BoA Records Management Support Services contract
• USDA: SNG subsidiary beats 3 to win OCIO Personnel Security Support Services contract
• Army: Guidehouse wins $250M US Financial Support Services contract

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

• SoKat Empowers Federal Agencies with AI-Driven Coding to Boost Productivity through new partnership with Windsurf
• Vinay Shirke, ASSYST CIO podcast shares perspectives on the modernization of Government IT, leveraging AI, Data, and HCD to drive transformation
• Vamonos IT launches new website
• Johnny Ramondino: INVOKE PS and Air Force BES share DAFBOT efforts to leverage GenAI and LLM to modernize legacy systems
• New CDAO AI Talent 2 BOA Enables Credence to Provide Warfighters with Agile AI Solutions
• OTOT Technologies partners with ManTech to bring digital modernization to the DAF Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) process
• RBCI Achieves Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level 2

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• NASA Pre-Sol: Consolidated Program Support Services, Program Planning & Control II
• FEMA RFI: Planning & Exercise Technical Assistance
• DLA Pre-Solicitation: PATRIOT Engineering Services (ESM) 2027 – 2032
• DIA Commercial Solutions Opening: Task Force SABRE Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
• USAF RFI: Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) Professional Services
• USAF RFI: NC3 Classified Maintenance Information System Agile Dev support services

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