Major VA T4NG Prime – USCG Vet/USAID SME takes helm; 127M MDA TEAMS-Next/USPTO PPLMS/FWS HCMS wins; FMC kills PALS BPA; IRS CX lead joins OPM

🍊The Peel Podcast: Building resilient businesses in IT – Shelley McGuire speaks with Amivero CEO Olivia Trivisani Bowker about emerging technology trends in the federal sector, and the unique human-centered approach needed to succeed. Listen here.

🔥 It’s almost here! – TOMORROW is the OrangeSlices #Elev8 and #Engage GovCon event. We’ve made room for more at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery for this night of connection, recognition and of course, fun! Who’s coming? Dozens of Federal Execs will be there. 2025 Engage & Elev8 GovCon honorees… Great Food. Great Networking. Will you be there? Register Now! Don’t get left out in the cold!
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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:

• VA taps former HHS leader as Acting Deputy Chief Research and Development Officer
• OPM recruits IRS UXD lead as Deputy Associate Director driving Customer Experience (CX)
• DHA MED-COI Program Manager Chris Skirvin takes a CIO role with US Navy
• Retired NASA Goddard Space Flight Center CIO Robert Leahy takes role with Accenture Federal Services
• SEC taps Solutions Delivery (Enforcement) Chief
• Akiak welcomes Joanna Avery to spearhead AI Solutions in support of DHS USCIS
• Steven Schlossberg takes position as Account Executive at Athena Technology Group
• Bernie Boucher takes position as Senior VP BD at Boston Government Services
• Elev8 GovCon honoree Zolon Tech recruits Ernest Bush to help drive BD/Capture
• Zenius Corporation Announces Robert Bukoski as VP of Business Development
• PSI promotes Andrew Young to Vice President of Business Development

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• It may be Spring before $557M Census Bureau On-Prem and Cloud Infrastructure Support BPA gets the green light
• The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) kills another PALS BPA Prime award
• DOE NNSA RDT&E Office pulls funding on support contract

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🚀 Coast Guard Vet and USAID leader now CEO of SDVOSB/WOSB and major VA T4NG/Fed Health player – GovCIO Co-founder jumps back in the mix

⚖ GAO and the Courts – GAO’s website update feature is back up and you have some catching up to do:

• DHS Protest Dismissed: CWMD Financial and Program Management Support Services task
• VA Protest Denied: Solicitation #36C10B24R0015 – Booz Allen Hamilton
• USAID Protest Denied: Solicitation Number: 72MC1023Q00002 – NTT Data
• DoD DISA Protests Dismissed: Joint Service Provider (JSP) Platform and Core Services

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Josh Duvall shares his 5 Takeaways from the newly published FY24 GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress
• US Army PEO Enterprise shares latest FY25 business opportunities forecast
• CMS focused SDVOSBs to know – Here we spotlight the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services focused service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses which are drawing interest of late. Meet them here.

🚀 Two recently announced events to get on your calendar now:

• RSVP now: MicroHealth and Techwerks Mix & Mingle end-of-year holiday celebration
• Unpeeling SEWP VI and Army MAPS – A Free Virtual Event – Sponsored by OrangeSlices AI, this interactive event with Eric Nusbaum, President and CEO of ENcompass, will help position your company on these two contract vehicles. Details here.

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

• Invoke Public Sector Awarded First Task Order for Intelligent Automation Services with U.S. Air Force OSI
• RIVA Solutions Wins Two Task Orders with HHS PSC to Enhance Financial Reporting and Grants Management
• Metronome awarded Prime Task Order to support the Party Bus Value Stream under the U.S. Air Force’s Platform One BOA

⚡Check out the latest Contract Awards:

• MDA: Assertive Professionals beats out 8 to win $127M Missile Defense Agency (MDA) TEAMS-Next contract
• PBGC: Delay forces to award short term IT Infrastructure Operations Support Services
• USPTO: BNL awarded Patent Product Line Management Support Services contract
• DOI: DTS wins Fish and Wildlife Service HCMS O&M support contract
• USDA OCIO inks Kion Cloud and Financial Operations Software task on STRATUS BOA
• DOJ: QuestTech Systems awarded FPI Information Security Engineer Services contract
• DLA: RMA Associates beats 3 for J3 Risk Management Internal Controls Support contract
• USAF Contract Award: $84M Life Cycle Management Process – Integrated Data Environment (LCMP-IDE) support task
• DOD: Aperio Global awarded CIO Cybersecurity and SAP IT Support Governance and Acquisition Support contract
• Army: Blake Willson Group beats out 3 to win $15M Financial Statements support contract

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📢 Most Viewed Comment:

• Re: MetroStar – … you can talk to anyone and not feel set back by their title or position, and this is because it isn’t about the title it is about the work and the commitment to each other to get the job done. Here at MetroStar, it truly is about “the greatest asset” the people. … More here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHA to award TRICARE Claims Review Services Sole-Source Bridge pending recompete
• SSA Pre-Solicitation: Data Center Colocation
• DOT FAA Pre-Solicitation: Cloud Hosting Services 2.0 (FCS2)
• DLA Sources Sought: R&D Subsistence Network Program Support
• USAF RFI: Unified Platform (UP) SDP Software Solutions to Support Ongoing Cybersecurity and Testing Operations
• US Air Force RFI: SAF/FME Workforce Development and Executive Support
• US Air Force Consolidation Notice: Space Electronic Warfare II (SEW II) Advisory and Assistance Services
• US Army NTC Mission Support Services RFP to go out on GSA Warfighter Training Readiness Support (WTRS) IDC

Partner Spotlight: 🌟NextStage Is Leading the Way in GovCon Capture Tools

There are a ton of new tools on the market, but a few stand out. Here we share real world perspective from First Division Consulting’s Brian Tessier about the impact NextStage has had on business. Read on here.