CMS DPO/DHS IA/VA ESEC/USDA AppDev/NIH IT/500M DOI ITSSS, USAID SWIFT & USAF CyberSec IDIQ wins; DHS FALCON/FEMA PM/USDA Prometheus/CIO-SP4 Protest 📰

The Juice🥤: Big Investments do not guarantee Big results, but they do signify intent! Here are several Federal and Industry leaders who are set to make an impact in the second half of 2024:

• FBI taps IT Services Section Chief for Infrastructure Division Customer eXperience Branch
• DoD OCIO names Principal Director for the new Cyber Academic Engagement Office
• US Army taps Director of Information & Technology Directorate G-9
• David Gaston named NLRB’s First Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
• More Big Moves: Synergy recruits Majed Saadi from GDIT to serve as Chief Growth Officer
• Milestone Systems recruits Jim Flowers to drive Federal Business Development
• Rich Leino takes role as VP of Growth with Joint Strategic Technologies
• Booz Allen Hamilton recruits Fed Health and HHS Growth Leader Jennifer Tucker
• Shawn Woodyard takes role as Sales Growth Manager – Fed Health & Civ with NTT DATA
• Chainguard recruits Tom White from Snowflake to serve as Public Sector Partners Director
• Correction: Carl Rosenblatt now Managing Director, Accenture Federal Services

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• More trouble brewing as another challenger joins list of protestors on $50B CIO-SP4 GWAC
• Three jump into the fray to challenge $10B Army IT Enterprise Solutions-4 Hardware (ITES-4H)

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⚖ GAO and the Courts. GAO was busy late last week – check out the latest Protest Action:

• USDA: Post Re-Eval, a Fresh Protest challenges $88M Prometheus award decision
• DHS Protest Denied: $279M USCIS FALCON contract
• DHS Protest Denied: $171M TSA OPTIMA support task
• DHS Protest Denied: $92M FEMA Risk Management Directorate Program Management
• DHS Protest Dismissed: FEMA Enterprise Acquisition Support Services
• VA Protest Dismissed: Solicitation Number 36C10B24R0024 – innoVet Health
• IRS Protest Filed: RFQ-5000186842 – West 4th Strategy
• State: Fresh Protest Filed: Solicitation 19AQMM24Q0042 – Autonomic Integra
• DoD Protest Filed: US Air Force FA481424TF071 – Redhorse Corporation
• DoD Protest Denied: DISA Solicitation 832366806 – AccelGov
• DoD Protest Filed: DIA EUCOM NIFC Staff Administration Support
• Decision Released: Army Research Facilitation Laboratory Support Services Protest Denial
• Decision Released: FBI Digital and IT Services Protest Denial

Cybersecurity Summit and U.S. Cyber Challenge – Speakers from USCIS, USCG and others will address topics including election security, overall cybersecurity initiatives and the impact of AI as it addresses the challenges and risk of security. Details here. 

⚡Contract Award Actions: 

• DOI: Simple Technology Solutions wins $60M Law Enforcement Records Management System IDIQ
• DOI Contract Award: $500M Enterprise IT Support Services (ITSS) IDIQ 3
• DOI: STARGATES wins Budget Execution Reporting Tool (BERT) Support Services contract
• DOC ITA: Platinum Technologies wins GenAI IT Services contract
• CMS: Index Analytics wins CCSQ CAG Data Planning & Operations (DPO) Support contract
• CMS: OAGM publishes VITG’s Enterprise Data Management & Visualization contract win details
• CMS Contract Award: $56M Transforming Maternal Health Model Support on RMADA 2
• NIH: T&T adds another $36M in NINDS IT and Application Development contract wins
• NIH: SDVOSB wins NCATS Biomedical Data Translator UI Development contract
• CDC: Peraton wins Vaccination Data and Visualization Application support task
• VA: Tangent wins Enterprise Security Engineering Compliance & Validation Services contract
• USDA: Blake Willson Group wins Grants Modernization Transformation Office NIFA support contract
• USDA: BLEN wins FPAC IRA GHG Quantification Mobile Application Dev contract
• USDA Contract Award: $25M SUN Programs Research and Evaluation Services BPA
• USCG: Arete wins Management, Information Assurance, & Network Services task
• USCG: 8(a) STARS III JV with SydanTech & A Square Group wins SAROPS Help Desk task
• Treasury: Montage and Magnum JV wins Web and Communication Services contract
• NIST: 4 win $70M IIS Marketing, Communications & Strategic Analysis Support IDIQ
• DOE Contract Award: $68M DNS Office Technical and Analytical Support
• NSF: Synectics wins Survey of Federal Funds Support Services contract
• DOI NPS: Tekinfosys beats out 12 to win CAP Database Support task on 8(a) STARS III
• DOS: GDIT wins $99M GSS for Overseas Consular Visa Operations support contract
• USAID: $5B OTI Support Which Implements Fast Transition (SWIFT) 6 IDIQ
• DOJ ATF: Softthink Solutions (STSI) wins Total Communications Collection Program Support IDIQ
• USAF Contract Award: $90M AFSC Cybersecurity Network Ops & System Admin Support IDIQ
• USAF: $57M Cadet Operational Management Planning & Admission Support System contract
• DISA: Contract Award: $55M Software Factory Tools and Experts

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Warren Kibbe shares reminder that NCI is recruiting Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT)
• Event: 6th NOAA AI Workshop on Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Sciences

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

• Laurel Health Advisors and the Center for Health and Research Transformation (CHRT) will address the social determinants of health for the BCHD
• SPAARK Wins Contract with Pine Bluff Arsenal

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• USAF RFI: $925M US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Shadow Raptor
• USCIS Forecast: $100M+ USCIS National Records Center Support
• USCIS Pre-Solicitation: Office of Policy and Strategy regulatory support services on OASIS
• VA RFQ: Release of Information Services for VVA Sierra Nevada Health Care System
• State Department cancels Website Support & Admin Management Services requirement
• State Dept. Draft RFP: Cybersec Support in International Financial Sector
• USDA FPAC Publishes Virtual IT Industry Day – Post Information and Slide Deck
• NOAA RFQ: National Geodetic Survey M-Pages Orbit Determination Programming Services
• NGA Sources Sought: Automated Raster Modernization (ARM)
• USMC RFQ: Sikes Act Permit Sales & Dispersed Recreation Access Management Services (SAPDRAMS) Website Services

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