SEWP, USAID/OPM/8(a) Program Troubles?!; VA Modernization/IRS TXO/DOE PM/970M USSF Digital Dev wins; CMS/CDC/DOL/HHS/DHS/FDA/DHA IT & SME Exec moves

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• Uh-Oh – Pre-award Protest Filed on $60B NASA SEWP VI GWAC🚀
• USAID Website goes dark| Musk says ‘we’re shutting it down’| Now under State Dept.
• Chakri Pureti shares: Important Legal Update: Federal Funding Pause Blocked by Court
• Trump administration directs 70% cut to internal OPM staffing, programs
• DOGE outlines $1B in DEI contract cancellations by agency
• Steven Koprince shares “Are the 8(a) and WOSB programs at risk under the new administration? …”
• Snehal Talati shares – This is how to get an understanding of DOGE.
• AFWERX Division Lead shares “Is this the moment the DoD embraces Commercial Coworking Space?
• Tris Carpenter shared: Coast Guard readying $500M Business & Logistics Management Support (BL/MSS) SB set-aside BPA RFP AND DoD CDAO posts new Draft for $15B Advancing AI Multiple Award Contract
• M&A: DOJ Sues to Block Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14B Acquisition of Juniper Networks

The Juice🥤: These leaders are set to make an impact in 2025:

• CDC CIO Suzi Connor takes role as Bath & Body Works CIO
• HHS HRSA recruits former EXIM and FDA IT Chief
• CMS names Acting Deputy Director, Division of Fraud Prevention Partnerships
• DOL taps new Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (DCISO)
• DHS names Innovation leader as I&A Chief Operating Officer
• DHS taps Deputy Exec AD & Acting Exec AD of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
• DHS USCIS taps Service Center Operations leader
• VA National Artificial Intelligence Institute taps new Data Science Leader
• VA taps CXO Lynda Davis as Acting Center for Women Veterans ED
• DHA taps SDD COO at PEO-MS (J-6)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers names Deputy CIO
• A3 Consulting adds Internal Revenue Service Chief Procurement Officer as a Sr. Advisor
• Robin Jenkins now President and Chief Growth Officer TPG Analytics
• Softek International recruits Alvie Johnson as Chief Growth Officer
• Fortinet Federal recruits Lee Moser to drive Channel Sales
• Bryan Payne takes position as Chief Growth Officer at Synertex
• DecisionPoint recruits industry leader Mariela Unangst to drive Capture
• Kenneth Melero promoted to RVP, US Public Sector with Chainguard 
• W.B. “Mitch” Mitchell now Chief Growth Officer, Government Sector for Hippocratic AI
• Regina Kassar promoted to Regional Vice President | US Public Sector at Salesforce
• Leadership Changes at Tanaq Health – Burks, Durbin, Taylor

⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• CMS Protest Filed: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | RFQ-1738484 | Hendall
• DLA Protest Dismissed: Solicitation Number SP4701-24-Q-0159 | Alamo City Engineering Services

🔍 Been heads down working on a proposal? Search and track all the latest protest activity here.

🎯Many events have been postponed, but here are two GovCon events to lock in on today:

• NCMA Woodlawn Denim and Diamonds Gala 2025 – On the heels of last year’s inaugural Zenith Awards Gala, this year’s even bigger, bolder celebration will honor Fed Health excellence and innovation. Details here. 
• AI, Automation, Acquisition, Data and Digital Transformation with DHS, VA, SEC, State, HUD, Commerce, DHA, NASA SEWP and more – This event will target ways we can work to meet emerging needs. Details here. 

🚀 OS AI launched a new GovCon Events Calendar! – Track More Federal GovCon Events Here.

⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• VA: Sprezzatura beats out 4 to win 1VA+ Business Modernization Services task
• Peace Corps: Precise beats out 3 to win EBAS O&M Support Services task on CIO-SP3 SB
• IRS: Makpar wins again, adds another Office of the CIO IT Services task
• Treasury: TCG wins OGE INTEGRITY Public Financial Disclosure System Support contract
• Treasury OCIO inks $420M Salesforce products and services deal on SEWP
• IRS: ATI wins $25M Taxpayer Experience Office (TXO) Customer Experience (CX) contract
• USDA: ATI scores OCIO UiPath RPA Discovery Analyst contract
• DOE: Graham Technologies led JV beats out 15 to win Project Manager Services task
• DOE: MetaPhase wins again, adds NNSA Program Management Business Ops task
• DOE: Vector Resources wins NNSA Operational, Analytical and Admin Support contract
• DOL: Post Protest-new awardee named to $60+M ETA Education, Outreach, Analysis BPA
• EPA: GDIT wins $19M Engines & Vehicles Compliance Information System (EV-CIS) task
• HUD: Peraton wins OCIO EDRC Data Center support contract
• NRC: Competitive Innovations awarded NRC.gov Public CMS Services contract
• DOE: Aleut subsidiary awarded Administrative and Customer Service Support contract
• DOT to award Acquisitions Dashboard Support contract to i5 Services
• Navy: Federated IT scores Naval Observatory Professional Services IDIQ
• Navy Contract Award: $17M Intelligent Sensing Operational System (ISOS) support
• Navy Contract Award: $19M Integrated Logistics Program Management Support
• Army: CMS scores Dallas and Pittsburgh MEPS Applicant Management Services tasks
• Space Systems Command: KBR scores $970M Digital Development & Engineering IDIQ

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

• IT Concepts Awarded $665M Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) IT Support Contract
• Peraton recognized in 2025 Vanguard FedCiv250 for industry leadership in Federal IT & Consulting Services
• A-TEK Announces Key Leadership Updates to Drive Growth in 2025
• Annie Lee, CEO of Avyanna Technologies, announces launch of firm’s new website

📢 Most Viewed Comments:

• 🍊OS AI Premium: Silent Shred – The New Administration’s Federal Contract Cancellations – Most of these were expected, but what is up with all of the NIH terminations? Who is driving this? More here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• HHS IHS RFI: Revenue Code, HCPCS/CPT Codes maintenance and Services
• State Department RFI: Program Logistics Systems and Applications Support Services
• DOD RFI: Agile Methodologies to support Defense Acquisition Visibility Environment
• USMC RFI: Theater Battle Management Core Systems 2.0 Software Development Support
• USAF releases Draft RFP: Advancing Artificial Intelligence Multiple Award Contract
• USAF RFI: Directorate of Space Analysis (SF/S9) Analysis Support services
• USAF RFI: Automated Data Analysis
• USAF RFI: HFGCS System Program Office (SPO) Enterprise Security Services (ESS)
• USAF RFP: Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling for the Greater Enterprise (ASIM FORGE)