More add 1.9B IRS EPPIS/NIH PEI/EXIM BAS BPAs; OASIS+ SB/DHS FirstSource/USDA Cybersec/VA PSI Protest📰; 36M MEDLOG IT/VA CEDAR/USAF IT and SETS wins

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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:

• Former GSA 18F lead Hannah Kane joins Nava as Chief of Staff
• Courtney Bromley joins Granicus as Senior VP, Federal and Strategic Partnerships
• Huron welcomes Fed Health SME Hassan Zahwa as a Managing Director
• Two Six Technologies recruits National Security/DHS R&D SME and former DARPA Contracts lead Joe Mazur
• Predictive Attack Intelligence and Digital Risk Protection Services provider BforeAI adds Derek LeCroy to drive BD
• DoD/Federal Software integration solutions leader Tangram Flex recruits Greg Muhlner as Chief Growth Officer

and two proven industry leaders recently hung out a shingle:

• Bryan Johnson takes new challenge as Independent Consultant
• Seasoned Industry leader Chetan Gulati now an Independent Consultant

🔍 This is a dynamic marketplace with a lot of comings and goings. To help you keep up with all of the action, check out this report highlighting top Senior Industry and Federal Leaders on the move from this week.

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• USDA announces plans to re-evaluate RD Salesforce Cybersecurity Support IDIQ
• VA: Fight set to extend to into 2025 for $257M OCC Program Support Integration IDIQ

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

• GSA Protest Withdrawn: GSA OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside
• Courts Pause Protest, more challenges filed on $10B DHS FirstSource III IT Value Added Reseller (ITVAR) contract
• VA Protest Filed: Solicitation Number 36C10B24Q0341 | Select Computing, Inc.
• DoD DIA Protest Filed: EUCOM RJITF Training Support

We know it can be hard to stay on top of all of the latest news and activity. To help keep you abreast, here are some of the recent protest actions the OS AI team noted over the past week.

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

• IRS: Post protest, 5 awardees added to $1.9B Enterprise Program Project Integration Services (EPPIS) BPA
• VA: Coforma wins again, adds another CEDAR IDIQ support task
• NIH: Three more awardees for HBCU Path to Excellence and Innovation (HBCU PEI) IDIQ
• Export-Import Bank names new Prime awardee on 5-year multiple-award BAS BPA
• USAF: Synertex led JV beats out 12 to win $22M JCS, MAJCOM & C-NAF Exercise & Ops Support task on OASIS SB
• USAF: TeAM beats 10 to win $16M Systems Engineering Technical Support task on ITES-3
• USAF: DDC subsidiary wins $14M Acquisition Domain Capabilities Integration (ADCI) support contract
• US Air Force: Cherokee Nation Subsidiary wins 82nd Communications Squadron IT Support contract
• US Navy: Virtual Computing Technology wins Commander Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC) Support Contract

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🐝The Friday Buzz – Keeping you in the know before the weekend

• Murtaza Ahmed shared: SAIC’s HQ is located in the popular Reston Town Center. Can you envision yourself working here as a VP of Growth – Federal Health?
• Partner sought: WOSB, SEAPORT NxG Prime, Top Secret FCL, able to support a CPFF contract of $15M/year with core capabilities /expertise providing Admin Support Services at multiple US Navy CONUS locations
• Google announces AI offering for classified environments
• FDA REORG Underway: Vid Desai shared: FDA… celebrated the start of the largest reorganization with the formation of the Human Foods Program (HFP). More Here.
• Steven Koprince shared: SBA is once again open for business for most new 8(a), SDVOSB/VOSB, WOSB/EDWOSB and HUBZone applications
• Koprince’s John Holtz shared: Agency Discretion Recertified: GAO Affirms Agency Discretion to Request Size Recertification for Task Orders
• Katie Helwig shared: Phase 1 vendors for OASIS+ master contracts, including HUBZone, WOSB, and SDVOSB, are now published in the GSA e-Library

📢 Most Viewed Comments:

• Monica PADRON Harris… “the only path for the identified large firms to be selected for this list was to be nominated and referred by small and midsized company peers for being good partners and reviewed by an eval committee when it comes to inside Intel these recommendations speak volumes” More here.
• Anita Allen shared: “My bones rattle every day! 😀 I will be there to give procurement updates.” – HHS & CMS Online Happy Hour Spooktacular sponsored by Alliance Global Tech (AGT) Details here.

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

• ITC wins first DOD DHA contract – $36M MEDLOG IT PMO Support
• BigBear.ai wins $165M contract to deliver US Army Global Force Information Management – Objective Environment (GFIM-OE)
• LMI Awarded Contract to Deliver NADACS Across Navy Public Shipyards
• MartinFed awarded Prime contract supporting INSCOM
• Guidehouse Wins Prime Role on HRSA Contract to Modernize U.S. Organ Transplant System
• Maximus awarded 5-year IRS Taxpayer Services BPA

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS Pre-Solicitation: OBIM Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance Support Services
• CISA Pre-Solicitation: $20M+ Personnel & Industrial Security Support Services
• CISA to push RFP release date for $100M+ Cybersecurity Division Operational Support Services req to late Nov
• CBP RFI: IT Modernization Support Services
• CISA Sources Sought: Infrastructure Security IT Systems Support Services
• FAA RFI: Cybersecurity Threat Hunting
• Army RFI: 2024 Finance Modernization
• Army RFP: Global Intelligence Logistics and Engineering (GILE)