NIH kills OCCS RFP; 48M CISA ITSCSS/212M FAA ATEPS II/55M Navy ERP/DOJ ACS wins; DAFSTS III/Army ANC PM/FirstSource III Protest 📰; Ex CMS CISO move

🌟Elev8 Spotlight: Coforma – Success Driven by Valuing Partnership over Transaction and an Investment in PeopleOps

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:

• Longtime VA OIT/EHRM Comms lead Reginald Wayne Humphries takes role with DoD
• Former CMS CISO and growth and transformation SME Ryan Brewer now Chief Strategy Officer with Mission First Cyber
• DoD Supply Chain expert Michele Iversen Joins The Chertoff Group
• John Andreadakis takes position as Vice President at Obsidian Global
• Zach Jenks takes role as Director – Capture (National/Homeland Security) at Maximus
• Industry vet Chris Ziniti now COO at Chartis Federal
• Sentar welcomes Shannon Lasseter as Executive Director of Civil Space
• Alpha Omega announces Will Still as VP of Capture
• Jessica Overbeck promoted to VP of Communications and Marketing at Artemis ARC
• Peraton recruits Michael Duck-Lombardo to drive VA Business Development
• Michael Appleton takes role as VP Growth, Civ Market Leader with US Federal Solutions
• Strategic Alliance Business Group recruits Caton Jarrett to drive Business Development
• OneGlobe recruits Eric Stanley to help drive Growth
• Matthew McQuigg takes on new challenge driving BD with OMNI Technologies

And three proven industry leaders are now out and open for consulting

• Business Development & Marketing leader Leena Rhodes hangs out a shingle
• Established Sales and Delivery leader Nelson Smither now semi-retired and consulting
• ICYMI: Seasoned business and military leader Lathan Turner launches consultancy

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• Protest forces NIH back to the drawing board on $30M+ OCCS Software Development and Automation Support Contract
• JV flips USAF Portal and Prototype Development contract from one entity to another

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

• USAF Protest Dismissed: $3.75B Defense Air Force Strategic Transformation Support (DAFSTS II) IDIQ
• US Army Fresh Protest Filed: Arlington National Cemetery Customer Care Support Center Program Management Support
• DHS: Protests piling up quickly on $10B FirstSource III as list of court challenges grows
• DOJ Decision Released: Court of Federal Claims Civil Division IT Services

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

• CISA: WOSB Saliense Consulting beats out 21 to win $48M IT Security & Compliance Support Services (ITSCSS) contract
• DOJ: WOSB DullesSystems wins OJP OA Acquisition Systems Support contract
• FAA: WOSB wins $11M ATO Implementation Services Group (ISG) PMO and Technical Support Contract
• FAA: Evans Consulting wins $212M Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support II IDIQ
• Navy: Malasha Technologies awarded $55M Enterprise Resource Planning support contract
• USAF Contract Award: $14M 746th Test Squadron (TS) EW Services task on CIO-SP3 SB
• DISA Contract Award: $996M Palo Alto Software Subscriptions and Services BPA
• Navy: HanaTek wins Installations Command CITADEL & HPU TAV Training Exercises contract

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Eric Chan shared: Anyone know any companies interested in acquiring an 8(a) and HUBZone SB that has a clean STARS III vehicle and a couple of small subcontracts
• HUD Acting CIO Sairah Ijaz shares agency CISO job opening
• ICE focused Woman Owned small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the Immigration and Customs Enforcement focused Woman owned small businesses which are drawing interest of late. Meet them here.

📆Events to Get in on Now:

• Sponsorships and Registration open: AFCEA DC 48th Annual Winter Gala
• Who’s coming? FDA, NIH, HHS and CMS will be there. 2025 Engage winners – government officials and industry executive leaders will be there. Will you? Register now for the November Elev8 GovCon and Engage FedGov event and kick off the holiday season. Details here.

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

• Accenture Federal Services Wins $1.6 Billion U.S. Air Force Cloud One Task Order
• EdgeTI, $950M IDIQ Awardee for JADC2 Program, Provides Corporate Update
• Enveil and Figure Eight Federal Partner to Deliver Secure Use of Mission-Enhancing Data
• Ardent Awarded Geospatial Information System BPA Recompete With the Social Security Administration

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• CBP Pre-Solicitation: PSP/FSD Test Automation and Performance & Load Testing services
• CBP Pre-Solicitation: IT Modernization Support Services
• USCIS RFI: Predictive Lake Analytics Nextgen eXchange Services (PLANXS) II
• DOE Office of Project Management RFP: Professional Technical Support BPA
• DOD Sources Sought: Office Management& Executive Support Services (OM&ESS)
• DISA RFi: FORSCOM Cybersecurity & Communications Security Program Support
• DISA Draft PWS Update: J6 Modernization, Engineering, Lifecycle Refresh (ModEL) BPA