SDVOSB nabs 48M VA HCD award; 78M USDA Portal Protest pulled; DHS FFS & FAA ETABBS IDIQs halted; DHA awards 53M SDD task; Navy Digital Dept posts need

SDVOSB JV wins $47M VA VHA Recruitment Marketing & Advertising Campaign contract
This Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business joint venture between two award-winning companies who share an agile, mission-focused, results-driven approach in the federal sector, beat out 10 bidders to win a new 5-year contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

FAA Enterprise Services Technical Acquisition and Business Support Services (ETABSS) requirement is “on hold, indefinitely”
The latest word out of FAA related to this potential procurement vehicle intended to achieve streamlined, efficient enterprise management of program engineering, technical, and business support services, is that this requirement is on hold, indefinitely.

DOD and GSA plans may require small business concerns to re-represent their size and/or socioeconomic status on multiple-award contracts
DOD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the FAR to require small business concerns to re-represent their size and/or socioeconomic status for orders placed under multiple-award contracts.

Protest Withdrawn: $78M USDA Farmers.gov Customer Experience Portal award
The lone known protest filed in relation to a recently awarded U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) contract has now been withdrawn.

Protest: VA VHA Integrated Critical Staffing Program (ICSP)
A formal protest has been filed in relation to this heavily competed Department of Veterans Affairs requirement.

NAVAIR Sources Sought: Digital Department (NDD) Support Services
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, MD announces its intention to procure on a competitive basis technology acceleration and integration/information technology (IT)/information and data management/cybersecurity to provide support to the NAVAIR Digital Department (NDD), within the Engineering & Cyber Warfare Group.

Contract Award: $53M DHA SDD Solution Resource Management Branch Program Management Support Service Bridge Contract
This large firm, a large consulting firm committed to improving outcomes that impact the public, has been awarded a bridge contract in support of the Defense Health Agency Solution Delivery Division, Solution Resource Management Branch.

VA uses SBIR Phase III program to award $48M Veterans Experience Office Human Centered Design Support contract
This rapidly emerging Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and an increasingly important partner to the Department of Veterans Affairs, working to improve the health, well-being, and security of our communities and nation, was recently awarded a new 5-year contract in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Protest Update: $30M DHS ICE Financial Forensic Support Services IDIQ
The latest word out of DHS is that a formal stop work order has now been issued in relation to this recently awarded, and subsequently protested, Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement IDIQ in which the contractor will provide services, subject matter expertise, training, data, and consulting advisory support.

EPA Sources Sought: Multi-Regional Information Technology Support Services (MRITSS)
The scope of IT support provided under this PWS will be limited to Federal employees, support contractors and EPA special program personnel who occupy Federal space and/or require the same IT support as the Federal employees.