CIO-SP4 Woes;⚡DHS PMIT/DHA Testing/USDA Portal/NARA ISSO/USGS LowCode BPA wins; DEA ITSS/IRS NMCC/250M ED LPS/USSS Protest📰; HHS/USCG/CBP Exec moves

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🌟The Peel Podcast: Driving Innovation in Federal Tech – Shelley McGuire speaks with Prad Coomarasway, CTO and President of Digital Solutions at ERP International, diving into the latest innovations in cybersecurity, AI-powered informatics, cloud automation, and federal technology modernization. Listen here.

🎯 DHS US Citizenship and Immigration Services FY ’26 Recompetes – Expiring tasks expected to draw interest – Andrea shares this curated list of recompete opportunities—designed to spark teaming conversation. Check it out here.

🐝The Morning Buzz:

• $50B CIO-SP4 GWAC Debacle Deepens – NITAAC Requests More Time Amid Mounting Issues
• Mary Womack: The new 100 Page FAR v1.3 just dropped, and it’s got some big implications for government contracting
• Krystn Macomber: SBIR/STTR for Defense: How SBs Can Break Into GovCon R+D
• Tris Carpenter: GSA – underperforming MAS contracts will be left to expire – creating opportunity and risk for #SmallBiz
• GSA: FedRAMP launches FedRAMP 20x, a new cloud-native approach to streamline & automate authorizations
• M&A: Dun & Bradstreet Enters Into a Definitive Agreement To Be Acquired by Clearlake Capital Group
• Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge’s order to rehire probationary federal workers
• Food and Drug Administration focused women-owned small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the FDA focused firms drawing interest of late. Meet them here.

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

• HHS taps familiar face as acting Chief Information Security Officer
• CBP taps acting Branch Chief to drive Office of Communications
• Brian Erickson Retires from U.S. Coast Guard After 32 Years of Distinguished Service, open to work
• Hiive Health Welcomes Jesse O’Gorman as Chief Executive Officer to Drive Operational Excellence and Innovation
• James Eselgroth joins Red Cedar Consultancy as Senior VP of Technology & Innovation
• Bryan LeBaron takes new role as President & CEO at VES
• Jose Rodriguez takes new position as Vice President Operations at AGovX
• Industry CMS SME Jeff Turner rejoins CGI Federal in Healthcare and Social Services BU
• Amanda Eamich promoted to Vice President, Growth at ICF
• Future Technologies recruits Steve Feuchtwanger to drive Business Development and Capture Management
• Pega welcomes Fred Altimont to drive Federal sales

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• DHS, FBI, DOT and USMC Tasks on OASIS+ are threatened with delays that may extend into the Summer
• The Silent Shred⚡– Today’s contract terminations at FCC, DOI, CDC, USDA AND IRS. See the List here.

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

• Protest of NASA GLAM forces Technical Information, Administrative, and Logistics Services II IDIQ extension
• DOJ Protest Filed: DEA Information Technology Support Services
• ED Protest Filed: $250M FSA Loan Portfolio Services and Systems Development contract
• U.S. Army Materiel Command Protest: W91RUS-25-R-AP01 | Leader Communications, Inc.
• DHS Protest: United States Secret Service | 70US0925R70092536 | OMNI Business System
• Protest Dismissed: IRS Network Management Control Center (NMCC) IT and Operational Support Service

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• USGS: MERP scores $23M Low Code Technological Solutions BPA
• ICE: JV nabs $12M OCFO Project Management and IT Support Services contract
• NARA: Take Two as agency makes new ISSO Support Services contract award
• USDA Contract Award: WIC Food Delivery Portal contract
• ED: In advance of closeout, short-term Award Eligibility Determination System (AEDS) support award made
• CFPB Contract Award: OHC Talent Management Program Support
• PBGC Contract Award: $20M Plan Compliance Department Audit & Compliance Review Services contract
• Rapidly emerging IT modernization leader Nginering adds Prime GSA MAS IT contract
• HHS Contract Award: Indian Health Service Policy Development Evaluation Support
• DHA: OTOT Technologies beats out 24 to win $15M J6 Testing & Automation contract
• Navy Contract Award: Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Financial Management Services
• USAF: SIS lands PROS Application Support contract
• Navy: In advance of new award, Technical Support Management & ETC Application Support contract extended
• NGA Contract Award: Foundation GEOINT Integrated Program Office (IPF) IT & Program Management Support

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📢 Most Viewed Comments:

• Re: 🍊OS AI Premium: Silent Shred – The New Administration’s Federal Contract Cancellations – For those tracking CMS, still seems the DOGE cancellations and trackers only show a handful of CMS-specific terminations formally which seems to mean they haven’t included … More here.

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

• Sparksoft Corporation Achieves AWS Select Tier Services Partner Status
• 1CyberForce Awarded AFOSI Professional IT Services Contract
• Yakshna Solutions and ECS JV awarded OAA Digital Technology Support Services contract

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• USAF RFI: Automated Notification Recall System Annual Maintenance and Support Services

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