CMS EPMOS/DHS Agile/IRS RPA/HHS SWIFT, 55M LOC LBFMS & USDA EPD BPAs/VA PIV MS/Army AI&ML/Census DAPPS/EPA OCFO IT/DOL BLS VDE wins; New USPTO CX lead

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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:

• HHS IT Lead now driving Enterprise Cybersecurity Information Assurance with Treasury
• USPTO taps Acting Customer Experience (CX) Director
• Recent USAID OIG CIO now Chief Executive Officer at Viaduct Consulting
• Mike Miller named new DSCA Director
• Big Wins. Key Additions. Sherif Said joins Scope Infotech
• CGI Federal recruits Federal Health Marketing SME Tina Hamann
• SAIC recruits Proven IT Consulting exec Kelly Mire from Deloitte to be Managing Director
• Joseph Adamo takes role as Vice President at SAIC
• Building on recent wins, Next Phase Solutions and Services recruits BD SME Zach Ladd
• Entellect recruits Annette Church to serve as Chief Proposal Strategist
• Ridgeline International recruits Jared Feinberg to drive Business Development
• Bob Brown announces a new and exciting chapter (not using the R word)

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⚖ GAO and the Courts – check out the latest Protest Action:

• DoD Fresh Protest Filed: DISA JSP Technology Architecture Governance (TAG)
• DoD Protest Dismissed: $117M JTE Engineering Services contract award
• HHS Protest Filed: 75ACF124Q00099 – Unison Software & National Capitol Contracting
• FBI Protest Filed: TOPR-0021-2024 – Nightwing Intelligence

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☔ HHS and CMS COs continue to be busy making awards

• Dynanet beats out 5 to win SAMHSA Infrastructure Support Services (ISS) contract
• OCH and Sawdey JV wins HHS Financial Management Platform support contract
• Coalfire beats out 3 to win ARPA-H Risk Management Framework (RMF) Services task
• ACF Contract Award: Strategic Work Information Folder Transfer System Support BPA
• For People wins CMS CMCS Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) support contract
• CMS Contract Award: $43M PPG Integrated Financial Analysis Contractor (IFAC) support
• Sierra7 wins CMS Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) PMO Support (EPMOS) contract
• SNO Corp scores first Prime win, a 5-year NIH Support contract
• CDC awards Infrastructure IT Services Bridge contract to Booz Allen Hamilton
• CDC awards Health IT Services Bridge task on Alliant 2 to Deloitte
• ICF wins CDC Training and Continuing Education Online IT Support task on Alliant 2
• CDC Contract Award:  VFC and PEAR Support Contract

🔥 As are COs at DHS

• DHS Contract Award: CWMD Ops Support Directorate ChemPREP Program Support IDIQ
• Centennial Technologies beats out 3 to win a USSS Financial Management Support task
• IT-Strat wins TSA Agile Maturity Assessment and Coaching task on OASIS SB
• TechPride and Java Productions, (JPI) JV wins USCG Strategic Communications contract
• IntePros Federal wins CISA Balanced Scorecard Training Services contract

⚡Key Contract Award Actions: 

• VA: BruckEdwards wins $18M PIV Management and Support contract
• IRS Contract Award: $10M Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Program Office support
• BEP: S2 Technologies-led JV wins WASS SharePoint Services task on 8(a) STARS III
• USDA: STS scores FNS Program Management & Technical Advisory Services contract
• USDA: Agility beats out 5 to win $25M EPD Program and Administrative Support BPA
• USDA Contract Award: FNS Supplemental Nutrition and Safety Analysis and Modeling BPA
• DOC: RIVA Solutions scores Two ITA Data Services wins on CATTS IDIQ
• Census: MetroStar and IBR JV wins DAPPS Support Services task on CATTS IDIQ
• EPA Contract Award: $18M OCFO Budget Formulation System IT Support
• NASA: Crown Consulting wins $121M Academic Mission Services 2 (NAMS-2) IDIQ
• NOAA: WOSB wins Strategic Foresight/Performance Management Consultant Services BPA
• DOL Contract Award: $10M BLS Virtual Data Enclave (VDE)
• LOC: 4 win $55M Legislative Branch Financial Management System Support IDIQ
• Army: Palantir wins $99M User Centered Machine Learning R&D Support contract
• Army Contract Award: $15M ARL Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning data sets
• Navy: LMI wins $42M Autonomous Data Collection System Support contract
• DISA Award: $59M National Gateway Centers Command/Control Messaging Interop
• Army National Guard Contract Award: $25M ASB Training, Development, & IT Support

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• IRS Information Technology Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes from Government Subcontractor Whom He Attempted to Extort
• GovWin IQ: AI in the Federal Health Sector
• Navy OSDBU reminds you about the Navy Small Business Symposium on October 10
• ICYMI: Army Broadcast to Industry – Integrated Personnel and Pay System 

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

• FedTec JV New Generation Solutions Awarded $3.79M IRS IT Integration Support Award for TXE support task
• CGI completes acquisition of Aeyon, expands capabilities for national security and civilian agency missions
• Maximus wins IRS task order to deliver end-to-end development and modernization services for the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP)

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• CBP Pre-Solicitation: FSSS Special Projects Task Order
• DHA Sources Sought: Web and Mobile Services Development and Sustainment
• IRS RFQ: Customer Experience (CX) Analytics Research Applied Analytics and Statistics
• USDA RFQ: Development of Database Tools for US National Fungus Collections
• DOI BIA RFI: Artificial Intelligence Tool to Support Indian Affairs Acquisitions
• Navy RFP: Advanced Computer-Based Training System II (ACTS II) IDIQ
• Air Force RFI: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Information Assurance Support Services
• USAF RFP: Cyber Support Services 3 (CSS3)
• Army Sources Sought: National Training Center (NTC) Mission Support Services (MSS)
• Army Pre-Solicitation: Joint PEO for Chemical Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) Professional Services Update
• USTRANSCOM RFI: MilMove Development and Sustainment and Industry One-on-One Sessions
• USTRANSCOM RFI: Joint Enabling C5S and Industry One-on-One Sessions

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