T4NG2/CMS QIO/DHS CAPSIS/NIH CRSS/FBI RM Protest📰; IRS RPA/NOAA CyberSec/CMS RDS/DOS AS BPA/DOI FBMS wins🔥; NARA kills ISSO award; Top DEA exec exit

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 the second half of 2024.

• DHS IT Div Director now driving Infrastructure Management with State Dept
• Top Drug Enforcement Administration Exec exits, takes role with industry
• Megan Farris takes role of Chief Strategy Officer at Dynamo Technologies
• ePathUSA welcomes Rasesh Patel as new Managing Director
• Jeremy Barnwell promoted to VP, Fed, Civ & Commercial at CALIBRE Systems
• Following several big wins, Sky Solutions recruits Optumserve SVP Nittin Matta
• ITegrity welcomes Carmen Jenkins, Vice President of Growth & Technology
• Coforma promotes Angela Palm Hopkins to be VP of Marketing and Communications
• ERP appoints Erin Wolfe to be new Director of Federal Capture
• Rite-Solutions Announces Tim Smith as New BD Lead for DHS

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• NARA is set to re-think 5-year ISSO support contract
• VA does about-face on VBA OMS AWE & PSA Assessments Support award

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

• Protest Denial Decision: $60.7B VA T4NG2
• Protest Withdrawn: CMS QIO Platform (CQP)
• Post protest, DHS pushes forward with recompete of $25M DHS OCRSO CAPSIS support services need
• Protest Denied: $60M FBI Records Management Services Contract
• Protest Denied: $50M NIH NIA Clinical Research Support Services (CRSS) IDIQ

⚡Contract Award actions 

• Contract Award: $46M CMS Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) Program
• SDVOSB beats out 6 to win $55M NOAA Cybersecurity support task
• Contract Award: $17M CMS Dual Eligibility Care Integration Technical Assistance task
• Contract Award: $13.5M IRS RPA Operations and Platform Support
• Contract Award: $95M State Dept. OPS Administrative Systems Software Support Services BPA
• NOAA NMITS Prime beats out 7 to win OSC IT Support Services task
• HHS inks $69M Enterprise Licensing Agreement contract with VMware
• Contract Award: USDA OHRM EED Program Management and Support
• Contract Award: HHS PSC Executive Assistant and Admin Support Services
• HHS ASPR inks single-award IDIQ for All Hazards Disaster Telemedicine solution implementation
• DOI awards Financial and Business Management System (FBMS) Logical Follow-On to Zolon

🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know

• Two Events to get in on now:
  • Upcoming: NCMA Bethesda NIH-focused Tech Innovator event
  • Save the Date: 2025 Military Health System (MHS) Conference
• NIH-focused businesses to know – Here we spotlight the National Institutes of Health focused drawing interest of late. Meet them here.
• Podcast: STS’s Betsey Hutton and DHS PIL discuss innovative procurement strategies to maximize small business participation and competitiveness Listen here.
• Podcast: Navigating the CMS July Forecast with JR Glass, Ali Steer, and Jason Cullum – This trio of industry leaders discusses the latest updates and trends in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contracting landscape. Watch/Listen here.

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

• Dr. Steve Ondra Named MITRE Vice President, Center for Transforming Health

📢 Most Viewed Comments on OS AI

• Re: ProclivIT – ProclivIT LLC is a WOSB, SDVOSB … As the CEO…my 28 plus years of military service as a medical service corps CIO and Army Colonel afforded me the opportunity to lead in the strategies in place that comprise the Military Health System and DHA…  More here.
• RE: IRS focused businesses to know – “SoKat – We’re actively looking for strategic partners to help Treasury get started on their AI journey, as we’re currently doing at OCC with their Solutions Lab. Let’s engage on how to build meaningful AI solutions for government! More here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• VA OIT RFI: EHRM Integration Office Clinical Productivity and Experience Pilot
• VA Sources Sought: National Medical Coding BPA
• DHS ICE to make sole source award on IDEAL 2.0 Operations and Maintenance and Development requirement
• Pre-Solicitation: FEMA Disaster Assistance Information Services Support
• Pre-Solicitation Notice: CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) Operational Technology Support RFP
• IRS RFI: Business Master File Legacy Business Processing, Requirements and SME Support
• USAF RFQ: FY25 437 Maintenance Group IT Support Services
• USAF RFI: Special Warfare Training Wing Information Technology Lifecycle
• USAF RFI: Airspace Mission Planning Common Autoroute Baseline Support
• Army RFI: Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Enterprise Web (IEW) Strategic Website Design and Planning