HHS kills 339M UFMS task; T4NG2/DoD CX & OIG IT Protest📰; DOS Analytics/VA coding/DHA AMOS/USAF AI/47M IAaaS IDIQ wins; 50+M DHS FLETC IT BPA RFP

⚖ GAO and the Courts – GAO’s website update feature continues to be down, but we share some of the latest downstream protest impacts:

• VA’s $60.7B T4NG2 IDIQ hits roadblock – A Re-evaluation, Collusion and Timing?! Contracts Attorney Jim Dougherty shares insight
• DOD: Protest of BPA forces OUSD (I&S) to award Customer Engagement & Field Support Services, Facilities & IT Management Support bridge contract
• DoD: Post Protest, OIG awards Information Technology Support Services Bridge contract

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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 2025:

• Air Force names Susan Davenport Chief Data and AI officer
• United States Space Force names new Chief Architect, Futures
• Meet DCG’s Chief Delivery Officer, Patrick McCarthy
• Integrated Data Services appoints Tammer Olibah President and CEO
• Dave Kapusta named Xcelerate Solutions’ Chief Operating Officer (COO)
• Jay Hadley tapped to lead Regulatory Agency Programs Business Unit with CGI Federal
• Peraton recruits Patricia Benes to drive DOT/FAA/DOC/DOI account growth

⚡Check out the latest Contract Awards (It is a trickle, for now):

• Invoke Public Sector awarded 5-Year 47M SBIR IDIQ for Intelligent Automation as a Service
• State: Improvix Technologies wins Data Science and Analytics Support task
• VA: Sierra7 beats out one to win Coding BPA
• CDC NCHS DHCS to award HL7 IG support contract to Lantana Consulting Group
• USAFL CoVar scores Research Laboratory Ethical Artificial Intelligence support contract win
• DOD: CACI awarded $35M Financial Information Systems Application support contract
• DOD: 8(a) SDVOSB SANCORP scores $32M Office of Secretary of Defense Policy Support contract win
• Navy: WOSB MSB Analytics beats out 2 to win Naval Medical Research Center AMOS Labor Support contract
• DOD DSS: DNI subsidiary wins $11M Engineering and Technical Assistance Services task
• DISA: SDVOSB ATS beats out 3 to win $30M Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) Support contract
• Army Contract Award: Nonclinical Case Management Services
• DOD: Monkton leverages SBIR Phase III contract to secure SAF/CN Cyber Supply Chain Pilot Support task

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

• PCI-GS and Guidehouse JV awarded DOT OST Shared Services Program Management Office Support BPA
• Raft Awarded Contract by Pacific Air Forces to Build “AOC Anywhere”
• CACI Awarded $805 Million Task Order to Provide Engineering Support and Technology to U.S. Navy’s NavalX Office
• Forge selected to modernize U.S. Army’s Foreign Military Sales Case Execution System
• REI Systems’ GovGrants® Selected for the Grants Quality Service Management Office (QSMO) Catalog of Market Research
• Inc. Names Summit Strategy as a 2024 Power Partner Award Winner
• Leidos awarded $331 million contract to modernize the Army’s Global Unified Network

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Steve Koprince shares: SBA’s Inspector General Urges SBA To Verify Small Business Status of Certification Applicants
• Sudhanshu ‘Sid’ Sinha shared: SSA is hiring for SES ranked executive leader for the Office of Analytics and Improvement
• SSA operations, HUD digital infrastructure get TMF boost
• GAO: Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI Training, Development, and Deployment Considerations
• DOT focused WOSB to know – Here we spotlight the Department of Transportation focused Woman owned small businesses which are drawing interest of late.  Meet them here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS FLETC set to release RFP for $50M+ Multiple-award IT Support Services BPA
• DHS FEMA to award short-term Security Operations Center support contract to Leidos
• DHS ICE to release IHSC eHR Modernization recompete on CIO-SP3 SB
• US Air Force RFI: Software Directorate’s newly formed Experimentation Division (AFSC/SWX) support (SMARTEC)
• USCIS RFI: Regulatory Support Services
• DOI Sources Sought: Customer Experience BPA
• National Park Service (NPS) RFI: Digital Strategy
• DOD RFP: 2024 Joint Capability and Technology Engagement (JCTE)
• Army RFI: AI/ML Driven Solutions for Combat Feeding Division (CFD)
• DCSA cancels Sources Sought for Cyber Analytic Platform and releases Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Sources Sought: Cyber Analytic Platform