CMS QCOR/IRS BOD/DHS MEL/HHS Grants/40M NIH Analysis/DOC CHEC/USDA IDS/FDA Web/EXIM Salesforce/USPTO NOS/TREAS SharePoint🚀wins; CMS PIMMS 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:

• ICYMI: Bridget Bean named Executive Director, CISA
• HUD OIG taps Chief Technology Officer
• DOT names Senior Advisor to drive Artificial Intelligence
• Former Deputy SAF/MG joins ThinkTek’s Executive Leadership Team
• Momentum continues for Ibility as they add HHS SME Yessenia Castillo as VP
• Stephen Goldstein now Chief Growth Officer at Softek
• Jack McCracken takes role driving business development with Splunk
• Empower AI recruits Jennifer Sample from Accenture to serve as CTO
• Proven Fed Health Growth leader Joel Horwitz takes CEO role with J A H Strategic Consulting
• Brian McElroy promoted to Senior VP and General Manager at Apriva ISS
• Red River Appoints Dr. James Matney as CTO of Government Technology Services

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• WOSBs work to halt Army efforts to squash a $325M PEO STRI IDIQ contract
• A 2nd awardee jumps in the mix on the $1.9B IRS EPPIS BPA protest

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⚖ GAO and the Courts. Some of the latest Protest Action:

• Protest Dismissed: CMS Practice Improvement and Measures Management Support Re-Compete

RIVA Karma 15th Annual Staying Connected – RIVA’s Networking & Fundraising Event brings together GovCon to network and support charity partner SevaTruck’s mission to provide nutritious meals throughout DC. Details here.  

⚡Contract Award Actions: 

• HHS: Agile Six nabs SWIFT BPA Call#1 for Simpler Grants Product and Delivery support
• HHS: SDVOSB wins OIG Management Consulting BPA
• FDA Contract Award: $10M CBER Advisory and Assistance Support Services IDIQ
• FDA: Precise Software beats 5 to win CTP Web Services, Dev & Migration support contract
• CMS: Quality and Certification Oversight Reports (QCOR) Website Support contract
• NIH: Guidehouse beats 6 to win $40M NICHD Analysis & Management Services contract
• NIH Contract Award: Acquisition Management Review (AMR) Support BPA
• NIH: WOSB scores NINDS Desktop Support Services contract win
• NIH NCI Contract Award: $51M CIRB Logistical and IT Support
• DHS: Red Carrot wins OCIO Measurement and Evaluation (MEL) Support Services contract
• USCG: 8(a) STARS III Prime beats out 6 to win National Security Cutter Fleet Support task
• USCG: JV wins $16M Mission Sustainment Lab Support Services task on 8(a) STARS III
• IRS: BLN24 and Accenture Federal JV wins SB/SE BOD Leadership Initiative contract
• Mint: Bravo wins SharePoint Governance, Data Migration, ERM System Support contract
• EXIM: CoreSphere beats out 11 to win $15M Salesforce and CRM Support contract
• FBI awards Management Support and Red & Blue Team Cybersecurity Bridge contracts
• Census: MetroStar and IBR JV notches Hiring Employment Check (CHEC) Support win
• USPTO: Halvik wins $19M Network Operations Support (NOS) Services task
• NIST Contract Award: IoT Cybersecurity Guidance Support
• USDA: AMS Integrity Database System Support, App Integration, & User Support BPA
• NSF Contract Award: Administrative Services Help Desk Support
• DOD inks $848M multiple-award BPA for Red Hat subscription software licenses

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

• cBEYONData wins $97M Army BPA to support Business Systems Modernization Program
• Arch Systems wins again, secures second Prime contract with HHS ACF
• Telos Corporation Receives Prime Position on US Air Force Network Infrastructure Contract
• AttainX Amaze Team awarded contract to support DHS CISA ECD ICMI Initiative
• RIVA Solutions, Inc. Appears on the Inc. 5000 for 6x Straight Year

🐝 The Buzz: OS AI Bringing the Good Stuff:

• Steven Koprince shares: Expanded Sole Source Authority, Small Business Goaling Reform & More: Eight Small Business Amendments to Watch in the Senate 2025 NDAA More here.
• Fast growing WOSB Partner Forces hiring for 13 open positions!
• FEMA focused 8(a) small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Federal Emergency Management Agency focused firms drawing interest of late. Meet them here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• December RFP for CISA SED Stakeholder Relationship/ Knowledge Management Support
• VETS 2 Primes: $100M+ USCG Information Systems Division Support RFP pushed to FY25
• DHS CISA OCIO IT Operations, Technical Ops Center & Help Desk RFP goes on Alliant 2
• Pre-Solicitation: CISA Sector Risk Management Agency Ops & Analysis RFP to go out OASIS SB
• VA RFP: Outbound Veterans Critical Communication Modernization System
• VA to award Identity Pilot Teams Follow-on support contract
• FDA RFQ: 508 Compliance Remediation Services
• In advance of RFP, Navy NAVFAC extends TRAS and RMF Assess and Authorize/Cybersecurity Safety (CYBERSAFE) tasks

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