OASIS+ 📰; CMS CLS/DHS EBMSS/VA EPM/NIH CDATS/Treasury Salesforce/300M USAF DEAMS/HHS SWIFT/NOAA EUIT wins; 95M HHS NCWIA/DHS RMA/USDS DITAP Protest🍦

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• OPM recruits GAO Data Innovation lead as CDO and Enterprise Data & AI Lead
• DOL Ops lead joins IRS to drive Research, Applied Analytics, & Statistics Office Division
• Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency recruits new Digital Services leader
• US Digital Service lead joins IRS as Principal Product Manager
• Syed Azeem takes role driving Digital Services at OPM
• ICYMI: Former HHS and DoD CDAO AI SME Sanja Basarić joins NVIDIA
• Navy Chief Information Officer Advisor exits, takes CTO role with SAIC
• Pluribus Digital announces key Leadership changes – Morris and Shukran
• Seasoned Industry Growth leader Ed Hicks joins ThunderCat Technology team
• All Native Group recruits Barrett Mitchell to serve as GWAC PMO Director
• BlueAlly recruits Steve Foley to serve as Senior Vice President, U.S. Federal
• Oddball welcomes Scott Bonney as VP of CMS Operations
• UiPath recruits Nelly from Merlin to serve as HHS Sr. Account Executive
• Credence Management Solutions adds Darren Miller to drive Army Business Development
• After 6 years at IBM, Fed Health growth leader Katie Webb is on the move

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

• GSA: Two steps forward, one step back. Another protestor ont OASIS+ SB
• HHS Protest: $95M ACF National Child Welfare Center Innovation and Advancement support award
• US Digital Service Protest Filed: Digital IT Acquisition Professional curriculum support
• DHS Protest: 70RDA124Q00000113 – Ardent Management Consulting, LLC
• DHS Protest Filed: $27M OCFO RM&A Assessment of Internal Control Support Services

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⚡Key Contract Award Actions: 

• VA: SDVOSB beats out 6 to win $58M Strategic Investment Management Support contract
• VA: SDVOSB beats 8 to win Enterprise Program Management Support Services contract
• VA: Agile Six wins ABD Toxic Exposure support contract
• HHS: Bloom Works scores $15M Simpler NOFOs task on new SWIFT BPA
• NIH Contract Award: NCI CGH Coordination, Data Analysis, and Technical Support IDIQ
• CDC: Strativia wins Administrative Tech Assistance & Operational Management support contract
• CMS Contract Award: $23M Consolidated Learning Sys – IBH/TMaH/CGT task on RMADA 2
• CMS: Organizational Dev Exec Coaching & Leadership Training (ODECLT) support contract
• Treasury: WOSB scores BEP Salesforce Support contract win
• Treasury: JV wins OCIO Department ECM App O&M task on ADSS BPA
• USCG: 8(a) STARS III Prime GoHPT adds another IT Support Services task
• CBP OCIO Contract Award: EBMSS Executive and Communications Support Services
• NOAA: Federal Working Group beats out 10 to win ITSG End-User IT Services task on NMITS
• USDA: NRCS-NY Engineering Technician Support Services BPA
• DOT: Summit Consulting wins Maritime Administration Title XI Program Support contract
• DOJ DEA: Guidehouse wins $31M IT & Instructor Support contract
• USAF awards $300M PRISM DEAMS FMO Support Task on new IDIQ
• National Guard: NextStep wins $26M Force Structure, Resources, & Assessment Support contract
• Army: SDVOSB Turtle Reef Holdings beats out 3 to win $22M USAFMSA surge support contract

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• DHS S&T announces Information Sharing Framework industry day Details here.
• Bull Bear Defense Solutions is now OFFICIALLY in the Ketchikan Tribal Business Corporation family of companies

📢 Most Viewed Comment:

• RE: Fresh OASIS+ Protest Filed – OASIS+ was a well thought out solicitation. I hope the companies protesting take a hard look at their internal processes and capabilities. You are just making the attorneys richer. What’s the cost of your frustration? More here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• USSS Pre-Solicitation: Service Desk and NOSC Ops and Support RFP to go on Alliant 2
• State Department RFI: Office of the Procurement Executive (OPE) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) FY25 Requirement
• USMC RFQ: Marine Corps Business Operations Optimization Team (MCBOOT) Phase IV Support Services
• DHS CBP Office of Technology Change Management UGS Support task to ESB BPA

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