48M VA OBO/HHS OPTM/HUD ServiceNow awards; 38M IRS ESSE/DHS EUD IT Protest News; VA FMBT/DHS OCISO Execs exit; CMS WOSBs make noise; HHS Data Sppt RFI

Contract Award: $18M Military Service Academy Nomination and Admissions salesforce-based online Portal
This contract is to provide salesforce software licenses and support services to manage, build, deploy, and maintain a fully operational salesforce-based online portal. This requirement is specific solely to Military Service Academy Nomination and Admissions processes that include collection, reporting, availability, and standard classifications of reporting requirements, as codified within the NDAA.

RFP Pushed to December: DHS CISA OBP/ISD Program Management and Engagement Support
Those Oasis small business Primes gearing up to bid on this Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency requiremnt will need to wait a little longer as the latest word out of DHS is that this RFP is now expected to be released in mid-December. The incumbent contract (which was previously held by a Large firm) is still slated to expire in mid-May.

MindPetal Agrees to Acquire Arlington-Based Intelligent Automation Firm VerticalApps
This digital modernization service provider to the federal government, is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire this Arlington-based provider of Intelligent Automation solutions.

Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis selects C-HIT as website performance testing partner
Adding to a string of recent wins across HHS, at FDA and CMS to close FY ’23, this 8(a) woman-owned CMMI Level 5 systems integrator, delivering dynamic strategies and sustainable results to drive innovation, just notched a strategic win with a new agency.

Partner Request: HHS TANF Data Portal (TDP) Software Development Services RFP
This 8(a) Woman-Owned Small Business is seeking potential partners who have direct Prime or subcontractor past performance and/or relationships delivering development support to the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF).

Contract Award: $25M HUD Enterprise Service Delivery (ServiceNow) support
This qualified 8(a) small business provider of a wide range of technical expertise in information technology, communications, and engineering support services, was awarded a new 5-year contract to support the Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of the CIO.

Two awarded $48M VA Office of Business Oversight (OBO) and the Oversight Support Center (OSC) IDIQ
ICYMI (Like we did): The Department of Veterans Affairs SAC awarded two firms a Prime spot on a 5-year IDIQ, with one, a newly minted SDVOSB joint venture, led by a rapidly emerging woman-owned firm and 2024 Elev8 GovCon honoree, picking up the first task order win to provide support for VA’s Grants Per Diem (GPD) and Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) programs.

Protest: DHS US Customs and Border Protection End User Device IT Management Services
A formal protest has now been filed in relation to this Department of Homeland Security United States Customs and Border Protection requirement.

Coforma scores HHS ACF ORR Process and Technology Modernization (OPTM) win
Building on a string of big wins and hires, HHS just announced that this rapidly emerging 8(a) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO) small business, run by leaders who have decades of experience in transforming and modernizing government digital services, will be helping to drive transformation efforts for the Administration for Children and Families Office of Refugee Resettlement.

New Protest Filed: $38M IRS Enterprise Services, Solution Engineering, Data Engineering support BPA
Only weeks after seeing their initial protest dismissed, a fresh protest has now been filed in relation to this recently awarded single-award BPA with the Internal Revenue Service.