46M DHS Analytics/GSA OAS BPA wins; USDA STRATUS/250M USAID CARSS Protest News; NIH BPSS IDIQ Recompete; New VA focused JV🚀; DOE/USPTO firm acquired

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Nominations Close SOON for this award that recognizes high-performing Federal teams and offices driving enterprise-level programs. Details here.

The Juice: New Roles. New Energy. Federal and Industry leaders who are set to make an impact in FY ’24:

Here is the skinny on two noteworthy acquisitions announced yesterday:

  • Key Logic, an emerging consulting and data management leader and major partner to DOE and USPTO, DOD and EPA has been acquired and will now operate under GAP Solutions. More here.
  • Accenture has acquired Incapsulate, a DC based digital transformation consulting firm and Salesforce Platinum Consulting partner, adding 275 Salesforce practitioners and software engineers. More here.

VA & DOD-focused vendors will want to take note: CGI & SDVOSB All In Solutions just announced the formation of a new JV – Adcredo IT Solutions. Read More here. Note: All In Solutions CEO General Allison Hickey,(ret.) and former VBA Benefits Chief will be speaking at this Friday’s nearly sold out “The Year of the Big VA Recompetes – Experts Sharing Intel” event. Learn more here.

In honor of National Veteran and Military Families Month, OS AI is spotlighting some of the USDA focused SDVOSBs which were the most viewed profiles on the OrangeSlices partner platform during the second half of FY 2023. See the list here.

The Purple Playbook for Making an Impact in GovCon – On the heels of sharing its unique process for hiring a new company president, and wanting to better understand what it means to ‘be purple’, we caught up with 2024 Elev8 GovCon honoree Fearless to better understand the components of culture that make up this team’s purple secret sauce to success. More here.

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Featured Posts

Contract Award: $46M DHS ICE Pacific Enforcement Response Center (PERC) Analytical Support Services
This major DHS partner focused on bringing fresh perspective to help solve our nation’s biggest challenges, beat out two bidders to be awarded a 5-year contract in support of DHS ICE.

Protest Update: USDA STRATUS Cloud BOA Pool 2: Integration and Development
One of the two known active protests filed in relation to this USDA requirement seeking to establish multiple 10-year STRATUS Pool 2 BOAs to obtain integration and development services including managed services has now been dismissed. The second and the older of the two remains open.

NIH kicks off the recompete of Multiple-award Business And Professional Support Services IDIQ (NIH BPSS IV)
An SSN posted yesterday by NIH officially kick offs off the recompete activities for this highly visible multiple award contract which serves as an acquisition vehicle available to all ICs and offices within NIH to buy business operation and professional support services.

Contract Award: $20M GSA Office of Administrative Services Multiple-award BPA
Out of a pool of 18 bidders, awardees are starting to be named to this 5-year multiple-award BPA to provide a range of administrative support services and capabilities to the General Services Administration OAS.

JV files GAO protest for US Census Bureau Solicitation Number: 1333LB-23-CPMG-0001
A protest has been filed by this joint venture in relation to a Department of Commerce U.S. Census Bureau requirement.

Contract Award: $250M USAID Compliance and Capacity Support for Diverse Partnerships (CCSDP) IDIQ
Sometimes protests do pay off. On the heels of two post-award protests being dismissed, two new awardees have been added as Primes on this multiple-award IDIQ in support of USAID IPI/LFT.

GSA Launches RFI to Explore AI Services & Products Market
To deepen its understanding of the evolving field of Artificial Intelligence, the General Services Administration has issued a Request for Information.

Protest Filed: $800M USAID Central America Regional Support Services (CARSS) IDIQ
A second protest has now been filed in relation to this recently awarded multiple-award IDIQ in support of USAID.

Contract Award: $69M Air Force JWICS Enterprise and Local Operations IT Support
This 8(a) small business has been awarded a 4-year contract for Air Force Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System Enterprise and Local Operations Support.

December RFP planned for FEMA Resilience Acquisition Support Services BPA Recompete
DHS FEMA is initiating a recompetition for the Resilience Acquisition Support Services BPA, intended to provide enterprise-wide acquisition management support services within the Resilience organization.

Comment of the Day:
Re: VA IHT 2.0 IDIQ Partner Request: Woman-Owned SDVOSB seeks SDVOSB Partners to join team – AXIM Fringe Solutions Group is an SDVOSB contractor that can assist with Human Resources support as it pertains to benefits and benefits administration. AXIM consults, builds, and administers comprehensive benefit plans for government contractors, that includes… More here. 

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Department of Defense

Contract Award: $69M Air Force JWICS Enterprise and Local Operations IT Support

Contract Award: $49M DISA Forescout Renewal

Contract Award: $12M US Air Force AppGate license

Former US Marine Corps CISO takes CGO role with upstart 8(a) WOSB consultancy

Joint Force Headquarters-DOD Information Network adds Cyber Command SME as Strategy, Plans, and Policy Executive (HQE)

Here’s who’s responsible for AI in federal agencies

US Army Corps of Engineers RFI: Real Estate Programs and Operational Technical Services (POTS)

Contract Award: US Army Wounded Warrior Strategic Communications Support contract

Contract Award: Air Force Medical Readiness Agency Surgeon General Public Affairs and Congressional Liaison support contract

Navy RFI: Command Financial Management System – Consolidated (CFMS-C) solution

To see all of the latest news and insights for the DOD focused Federal agencies, click here.

 

 

Federal Health

NIH kicks off the recompete of Multiple-award Business And Professional Support Services IDIQ (NIH BPSS IV)

CivicActions receives DITAP Contract Award – Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center (VA TAC)

MongoDB recruits experienced CMS/HHS growth lead Cathy Hammer to be Senior Strategic Account Executive

NIH taps Acting Director, Division of Grant Systems Integration, Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA)

GAO: VA Disability Benefits: Board of Veterans’ Appeals Should Address Gaps in Its Quality Assurance Process

Here’s who’s responsible for AI in federal agencies

CDC seeking Branch Chief, Global Activities Branch

CMS focused Veteran-owned Small Businesses drawing attention in 2023

To see all the latest news and insights for the Fed Health focused Federal agencies, click here.

 

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