T4NG2/DHS CyberSec/HHS, DOL & NOAA IT Protest 📰; Top NIH/IRS/HUD IT Exec moves; HHS ACF/DOI Industry Days; DHA LMS/370M Army Agile Dev/USAF PRMT wins

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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.

• NIH names new OD CIO and OIT Director
• IRS taps Kafi Grigsby Dade as permanent Deputy Director Submission Processing
• Recent HUD Dep CIO Haj Ramos is now SVP, CIO, Office of Enterprise Data & Tech Solutions with Ginnie Mae
• Astrion announces new Exec Leadership Team to accelerate innovation & growth following Axient acquisition
• LMI announces Jonathan Stammler’s return as Vice President, Chief Information Officer
• Alpha Omega recruits Growth leader Daniel Sowders as VP
• Linda Garcia takes role driving Federal BD Business Development at Supermicro
• Lauren Kilcoyne now Executive VP and General Manager, Air Force Division at Astrion
• Makpar Corporation recruits proven revenue and growth leader Brian Vanderhoof as CGO
• AI developer platform provider Weights & Biases adds Tripp Glasgow to drive Federal BD
• Makwa Global adds Scott Billingslea to drive Business Development
• Raft Promotes Mark Procaccini to COO

🔍 This is a dynamic marketplace with a lot of comings and goings. To help you keep up with all of the action, check out this report highlighting top Senior Industry and Federal Leaders on the move from this week.

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🐝The Friday Buzz – Keeping you in the know before the weekend

• Big Wins! Big Moves! On the heels of several notable awards Sky Solutions and Leidos celebrate new JV, Purple Sky
• Update: $8.4B DHS Program Management, Administrative, Clerical, and Technical Services (PACTS) III – The Government is still evaluating proposals that were received in response to this solicitation. The date of anticipated award will be announced once it is established. See the announcement here.
• GAO directs SSA: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Success of Electronic Verification Service
• Four events to get in on now:
  • HHS ACF hosts Industry Day: Business Collaboration / Training and Technical Assistance Summit
  • DOI BSEE to host Industry Day
  • GTSC’s Homeland Security Today and Government Technology & Services Coalition host CYBERFUTURE event
  • HHS & CMS Virtual Happy Hour Spooktacular sponsored by Alliance Global Tech (AGT)
• 🌟 It was a packed house at yesterday’s Looking Ahead at CMS for 2025 event (and the Sparksoft Happy Hour). Lots of unconfirmed chatter about a newly named CIO coming in and a major CMS powerhouse set to be acquired soon. Make sure you register for next month’s Elev8 and Engage event so you don’t miss out. Details here.

🍊Your OS October Forecast – The End of FY Contract Award Heat Wave🔥is done. Get on your galoshes as the forecast calls for a steady rain ☔ of Protest Activity in the weeks ahead as firms put forth challenges in the Courts and with GAO.

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

• DHS Protest Filed: $51M OCIO Cybersecurity Governance & Compliance Services contract
• DHS: Fresh Protest: CWMD Financial and Program Management Support Services task
• HHS Protest Dismissed: Solicitation Number 75P00124Q00092 | Economic Systems, Inc.
• DOL Protest Withdrawn: ETA OJC Data Integrity, Research and Evaluation Services
• NASA Protest Dismissed: Center Maintenance, Operation, and Engineering II (CMOE II)
• NOAA Protest Dismissed: NWS Linux Systems IT Support Services contract

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.

⚡Check out the latest Contract Awards (It is a trickle, for now)

• NIH: GAP Solutions awarded NIAID VRC/SBS and OD/OSMO/OWS Professional, Scientific, and Tech Support tasks
• NIH: Axle Informatics awarded NIAID DIR/LMVR and VRC/VPP Professional, Scientific, and Tech Support tasks
• USDA: M Powered Strategies wins USDA FS Research & Development Analysis of Alternatives (AOA) support task
• US Air Force: IDS awarded Project Management Resources Tools (PRMT) and CCaR support contract
• US Air Force: ANC ANR wins $20M OSSG AISG/CDRS/JDRS Systems Support contract
• DHA: Deloitte wins Lab Management System Support task on Alliant 2
• DOD: Booz Allen Hamilton beats out 4 to win $96M Acquisition & Sustainment Office support task
• DoD DCSA: KPMG beats out 2 to win $44M OCFO Support task
• Army Contract Award: $370M AMP and IPPS-A Solution and Agile Software Development Support IDIQ

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

• Obsidian Solutions Group Secures Contract to Support DHS Intelligence and Analysis Office
• iVision Consulting awarded GSA OASIS+ HUBZone SB contract in the Management & Advisory Domain
• Summome Native Ventures awarded DOT FMCSA new contract
• MetroIBR wins CATTS Census Decennial, Applicant, Personnel, and Payroll System (DAPPS) Support Task
• Aretum wins $38M contract to provide DHS Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) Financial Management and Program Support services.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• US Secret Service Pre-Solicitation: Automated Electronic Medical Records System
• IRS Sources Sought: Enterprise Data Platform – Engineering and Development Support
• NIST RFQ: Subject Matter Expert (SME) Services for Associate Information System (NAIS) Application
• Navy Pre-Solicitation: Technical and Program Support IDIQ
• DIA Special Notice: Solutions for Intelligence Analysis (SIA3) Small Business On-Ramp
• NATO Presolicitation: Enterprise Identity Access Management Service (EIDAM) – User Account Lifecycle Management Outsourcing