39M DHS Cyber award; VA Supply Chain/275M Census Protest news; New CMS IDIQ Prime; 8(a)s add FEMA CX/Data & DOT WCF wins; New HHS Acq Innovation lead

8(a) Digital Services Leader scores DHS FEMA CX Software Engineering Support contract
This very fast growing 8(a) certified small business and digital services and modernization leader with a concentration on Infrastructure modernization, Human Centered Design, Big Data engineering, and Agile product delivery, was just awarded a 4-year contract to support the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Fall Colors: 12 Veterans Affairs focused Women-owned Small Businesses drawing attention in 2023
With the end of the fiscal year busyness behind us and the leaves on the trees showing off their colors for many yet, here we spotlight some of the women-owned small businesses which are showing their colors as the most viewed profiles on the OrangeSlices partner platform in the 2nd half of FY2023.

Contract Award: $13M DHS Federal Emergency Management Agency Strategic Data Services
This joint venture, established between two global support services leaders with a wealth of Government and commercial project experience across market sectors, was just awarded a new three-year contract with the Department of Homeland Security’s FEMA.

Protest Denied: VA Enterprise Supply Chain Modernization IDIQ
The lone known protest in relation to this Department of Veterans Affairs modernization and transformation program initiative which will be supported by a contractor who acts as a transformation partner has now been denied.

Contract Award: $21M FBI Laboratory Information Technology Resources and Strategies support
Building on its footprint at FBI, this 8(a), which lays claim to expertise in Big Data Analytics, Information Technology Services, Counter-Insider Threat, Cybersecurity and Program Management, beat out 3 other bidders to be awarded a 5-year contract in support of the Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation.

$20M+ DHS CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) support RFP pushed to December
The recent word out of DHS is that a solicitation for this 5-year Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Cybersecurity Division (CSD) contract that directly supports the creation of strategies, processes, procedures, capabilities, and tools to develop, implement, mature the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) Planning Office activities is expected has been pushed to mid-December. OS AI updated the points of contact and the most viewed players at CISA below.

Contract Award: $39M DHS FEMA Cyber Support Services
This fast-rising 8(a) STARS Prime and joint venture led by an an ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 20000-1:2011 certified and CMMI-SVC level 3 appraised IT Services and Solutions company, beat out 3 bidders to secure a four-year contract with the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Protest Dismissed: $275M U.S. Census Bureau Strategic Communications and Digital Services
The lone known protest filed in relation to this Department of Commerce U.S. Census Bureau requirement has been dismissed

Contract Award: DOT WCF Financial Data Management and Systems Development Contract
This very fast growing 8(a) certified small business and digital services and modernization leader with a concentration on Infrastructure modernization, Human Centered Design, Big Data engineering, and Agile product delivery, was just awarded a 5-year contract with the Department of Transportation.

Contract Awards: $450M DHS CBP Enterprise Small Business BPA
Update: The gang’s all here? GAO continues to whittle away at the many protests, but the official posting yesterday of two more Prime awardees for this multiple-award two-part BPA covering various areas of IT Professional Services and Enterprise Application Development (Emerging Technology Data Transformation Development and maintenance), may have wrapped up the complete list, as we knew it.