OASIS+ SB/VA Web/DHS Grants/440M HHS OPTN/IRS USRC/NIH AppDev/125M DHS OHR IT/FDA EA/State QM/NOAA Web/DoD Cloud Ops wins; CMS Opp📰; CIO-SP4 Protest

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Did you attend yesterday’s CMS & NIH Happy Hour? Get your Opp Updates: CMS SMAQ, Analytics and the big CMS RMADA IDIQ SB split; Plus the latest on a $3.6B NIH Staffing Opp that is heating up. Read all the latest here.

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• USCIS taps Acting Deputy Chief, Identity and Information Management Division
• US Coast Guard taps Deputy Chief of the Contracting Office
• Former HHS ACF & GSA IT Exec tapped to be CIO at OMB
• SBA Cybersecurity leader takes role as Federal Housing Finance Agency CISO
• D&G is on the move – announces Dan Fox as Chief Growth Officer
• SJManuel and Associates recruits BD and Capture SME Mark Hartl
• Aalis Management Consulting recruits industry leader Sean Curry to serve as COO

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• The protests continue to pile up on $50B CIO-SP4 IT Services GWAC

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know:

• Red Team Consulting insight: How to Improve Multiple Award IDIQ Outcomes
• Ben Morris seeking input: If you are immersed in GovCon, what’s one thing you wished everyone knew about how government awards contracts?
• SBA: Clarification to HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications and Potential Reforms
• A number of Industry Days and a Networking Event to check out:
  • VA Small Business HR&A CEHRIS Virtual Industry Day Session
  • DHS Information Sharing Framework Industry Day
  • DARPA announces Proposers Day Conference for Sync Program
  • AFCEA Greater Monmouth County Chapter event: VA IT Acquisition Engagement

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

• Decision Released: DHS ICE On-Site Medical Staffing Services protest sustainment

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.

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⚡Contract Award actions to close out the week!

🔥 HHS COs continue to be busy making awards

• HRSA: 14 Prime awardees named for $440M in OPTN Operations Transition IDIQs
• AHRQ: Westat wins $237M Medical Expenditure Panel Survey/Household Component IDIQ
• HHS: Nava wins $26M Office of Intergovernmental/External Affairs ReportStream task
• HHS Contract: GDIT wins Office of Medicare Hearings/Appeals ECAPE Module support task
• ACF: Skylight wins SBIR Phase III award for human-centered partnership improvements
• NIH: Dynanet led JV scores NIEHS CAMERA Application Development support task
• NIH: Cybersecurity specialist Triple Point Security beats out 3 to win CIO-SP3 SB task
• NHLBI: Coalfire Federal wins Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework services task
• FDA: Sparksoft wins future-state reference Enterprise Architecture support task

🔥 As do DHS COs

• CBP: Steampunk wins $125M OHR IT Services task on CIO-SP3 SB
• CBP: Tarkik Solutions wins IT support contract
• ICE: Deloitte wins $50M Analytical, Technical, Logistical and Administrative support task
• CBP Contract Award: RelativityOne and eDiscovery support task on Alliant 2
• FEMA Contract Award: Applica Solutions wins DMARTS support task on VETS 2
• CISA: Padrón wins Integrated Operations Division (IOD) Cyber Grant support contract
• USCG: Salesforce subsidiary win AUXDATA and GANGWAY Support contract

🔥 And VA COs

• Aptive and ERPi JV wins VA CISCM support task on IHT IDIQ
• DIS beats out 10 to win $38M VA Strategic Comm & Change Management contract
• Rise8 scores $10M VA.gov Watchtower SBIR Phase III contract win
• Sierra7 wins VHA Website and Digital Communications support task on T4NG
• innoVet Health wins VA Clinical Decision Support Section 508 Remediation support task

🔥And more

• DOS: ValidaTek wins $73M Consular Affairs Queue Management Modernization contract
• DOS Award: SDVOSB wins CARE program, budget, and internal controls support contract
• DOS: Centrifuge wins CA/CST Digital Services and Platform Engineering Services contract
• USDA: WINTrio scores NASS Cloud Application Services (CLAS) task win on 8(a) STARS III
• IRS Award: EA Enterprise Cloud Architecture, Design office & Cloud First Mission support
• IRS: Coa Solutions wins Taxpayer Svcs Division US Residency Certification Dev contract
• NOAA: ResolveSoft wins NMFS OCIO Web Modernization/Maintenance Services contract
• SBA: iTech AG beats out 2 to win OCIO ServiceNow Modernization & Helpdesk task
• DOC: SNAP and Ventech JV beats out 4 to win OCY support task on CATTS IDIQ
• DOC ITA Contract Award: $13M in Remote and On-site Helpdesk task on CATTS
• ED: Accenture wins $37M IES Digital Modernization Phase 2 task on Alliant 2
• DOL: ICF wins OA industry engagement and outreach support task
• DOT: Several add Prime position on FTA Management Consulting Services BPA
• DOT: Awardees named to $32M FTA Project Management Oversight IDIQ
• FAA Award: iCatalyst wins Software Development, Programming and Administration task
• DOI: COREONYX wins National Park Service CommonSpot support services contract
• US Army Contract Award: $3B Logistics Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance ISR and NextGen Technology (LOGIX) task
• US Army: Diaconia wins SIGAR Analytical, Administrative, and Litigation Support contract
• US Air Force: Trek10 awarded $16M BESPIN Cloud Ops SBIR Phase II contract
• US Navy Contract Award: Expeditionary Intelligence Command (NEIC) Training Support
• NAVSUP: Koniag wins Fleet Logistics Center CNMOC Enterprise Dissemination contract
• US Navy Contract Award; $99M eBusiness, Automation and AI support IDIQ

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• GSA TMF Call for AI proposals
• DON PEO MLB seeking AI solutions for real-world Naval Applications
• VA RFI: Loan Guaranty (LGY), Loan Origination and Loan Servicing System SaaS Support
• CMS RFI: Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
• HHS IHS RFI: Enterprise IT Operations & Maintenance Sustainment
• DOL Sources Sought: ERISA Filing Acceptance System II Operations and Maintenance
• NASA to issue RFP for Research and Education Support Services (NRESS) III
• DOD RFI: Enhanced Innovative Capability Development (DEFEND) Software System
• DARPA Solicitation: Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND²)
• DISA consolidates Risk Management Technical Assessment and Support Services contract
• Army Corps of Engineers RFI: Corps Water Management System Database Authorization
• USAF Pre-Solicitation: Extreme Computing Update

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