IRS SIS/VA VCP/CMS PI/DHS Data Integrity/SBA OII/DTRA A&AS/HRSA HCLG BPA wins; NOAA NMITS/USAF EPASS/USAID Hub Sppt Protest📰; New VA & State Chiefs

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.

• VA names Tori Reddy Dodla Digital Services Chief
• State Department taps new CIO – Diplomatic Security
• Longtime DoEd Dept lead now VA ED of Enterprise Governance and Policy
• State Department taps Management Strategy and Solutions (M/S) leader
• VA names Quality Management leader
• Matt Schumacher named to new role as VP, National Security Sector at Leidos
• Wilbert Williams recruited as VP of Federal Growth and Strategy with Oteemo
• Dave Hauge named President at PTG International

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

• Two Protests Filed on NOAA NMITS-OSPO-2023-TORFP
• Fresh Protest Filed: US Air Force AFLCMC C3I&N Engineering, Professional, and Administrative Support Services (EPASS) recompete
• Protest Dismissed: USAID Policy, Learning and Resource Management (PLR) Hub Support
• Protest Filed: DoD Ministry of Defense Advisors (MoDA) Instruction & Training Management

⚡Contract Award actions 

• STARS III Prime beats out 12 on DHS U.S. Border Patrol Statistical & Data Integrity Support task
• Contract Award: $19M SBA Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) Phase II IT Modernization
• VA selects Sierra7 for AvaSure Software and Support contract
• CMS selects CTEC for Program Integrity Process Improvement support initiative
• Contract Award: IRS Chief Information Officer (CIO) SIS
• Contract Award: IRS OCIO Appeals Centralized Database System (ACDS) support
• Contract Award: Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency IT Customer Service Support
• Contract Award: USGS Deep Learning & Remote Sensing Support
• FEDTEC wins CNCS Climate Corps support BPA
• SD Solutions secures Prime spot on $1B FAA eFAST BPA
• Contract Award: $7.5M HHS HRSA Health Center Loan Guarantee Program Support BPA
• Contract Award: $85M DTRA Advisory & Assistance Services (A&AS) Services
• Contract Award: $8M USAF A4 Business Process and Policy Support Services
• Contract Award: $16M in USSOCOM Leadership Development/ASPR MSOFS support tasks
• Contract Award: $10M DOD Joint Staff, J7, Service Joint Training Division (SJTD) Support
• Contract Award: Army PEO STRI Medical Simulation Instructor/Operators

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Insight: Former VA OIT DAS Bill James shares: A 2-Step Approach To Fix VA’s IT Budget Problem
• Under-agile and over-budget: DOD IT challenges spotlighted
• DHA-focused businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Defense Health Agency-focused firms drawing interest of late.  Meet them here.

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

• Connsci scores Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) Learning Management System (LMS) support contract
• CORAS Assessed “Awardable” for Department of Defense work in the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace
• CivicActions continues partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory with Constellation Phase 2 contract

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• Pre-Solicitation: DHS FLETC Business Process Re-Engineering, Operations & Data Visualization
• FEMA Pre-Solicitation: $50M+ Contact Center support
• DHS CBP Pre-Solicitation:  Intelligence Program Management Support
• Pre-Solicitation: DHS USCIS Field Operations Directorate (FOD) Technical Assistance Support
• DHA Pre-solicitation: Training Support Team/eLearning Development & LMS Admin Support
• WHS RFDHS IPI: Defense Acquisition University Learning Asset Systems Program Support II
• USAF RFI: Program and Budget Enterprise System (PBES) Support