T4NG2 Pushback; DHS IT BD Tips; 97M CMS MEPBS/USDA CX BPA/98M DHA Cyber IT/DOJ JBIS/38M Navy IA/56M DoEd Web wins; Census kills 100M Software Dev BPA

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• Challengers push back on VA plan to revisit $60.7B VA T4NG2 IDIQ scoring
• Cloudy future and budget uncertainty sinks $100M Census Bureau Software Development competition

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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 2025:

• DHA Technology Transformation lead takes a CTO role with industry
• CISA taps Emerging Capabilities Leader as Cyber Safety Review Board Executive Director
• CMS taps Innovation SME to be Medicare Program Operations & Integrity Group leader
• NOAA recruits Allison Crimmins from EPA to serve as Executive Director for the Industry Proving Ground
• Recent State Dept and VA contracting lead now Acquisition Strategist with USDS
• Technical Assent welcomes Michael Edwins as Vice President of growth
• Matt Chong named Head of US Public Sector at Qualtrics
• Gregg Melanson takes position as Chief Growth Officer at West 4th Strategy
• Shift5 names Samantha Segall VP, Head of Government Affairs
• Viderity recruits Brady Wentlandt to serve as Vice President of Business Development

🔍 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.

⚖ GAO and the Courts:

• CMS Protest Dismissed: Health Insurance Exchange and Financial Management Operational Analytics contract
• USDA Fresh Protest Filed: Administrative Sources RFQ1721888 | P3 Delivery

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:

• CMS: Peraton wins $97M Medicare Enrollment and Premium Billing Systems (MEPBS) Support contract
• USDA: Radiant Digital beats out one to win NRCS Customer Experience (CX) Services BPA
• GSA: ICF wins $10M Login.gov Engineering Support Services task
• Education: Sanametrix beats 4 to win a $56M NAEP Web Development support contract
• Education: Westat wins $23M National Assessment of Educational Progress Sampling Contract
• NIH: Zero Trust awarded NCATS Cybersecurity Services Program Support extension
• DOJ: BreakForth Solutions (BSi) scores SEPS ID Office Support contract win
• DOJ: IDEMIA NSS wins $44M Justice Biometric Identity Service (JBIS) Modernization support contract
• Commerce Dept: ASRC Federal awarded Economic Development Administration Data Support contract
• VA inks $62M PEGA Software Licensing contract on SEWP
• DHA: Nakupuna subsidiary awarded $98M IT and Cyber Vulnerability Management Services contract
• DoD DMA: IOV Solutions and Vistra JV wins Analysis Studies contract
• US Air Force: Raft awarded AFLCMC Team 2 – CEOPS 24 contract
• US Army: cBEYONData wins $97M ASA FM&C Financial Management QSMO, EBS-MFCT functional ops support BPA
• US Navy: Joint Strategic Technologies and ProSphere JV beats out 5 to win I MEF G6 Tech Support task on 8(a) STARS III
• US Navy: WOSB AERMOR beats out 9 to win $38M Off-Ship Information Assurance Services ACAS & ESS Support contract

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

• Zenius Corp Awarded ED Contract to Transform Grant Performance Reporting Ops
• Outside Analytics wins $215M Deneir Analytics & Visualization Ecosystem IDIQ Contract & Task 1
• Sentar Receives 2024 HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion Award from DOL
• TCG JV Portmanteau Secures Slots on OASIS+ and Polaris GWACs
• BigBear.ai, U.S. Navy Exercising Maritime Domain AI Orchestration at Mission Autonomy Proving Ground
• CACI Completes Acquisition of Azure Summit Technology
• Noridian and HTG Join Forces to Ease the Medicaid Provider Enrollment Experience and Improve Access to Care

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• CBP OIT Field Support Directorate to award sole-source Microsoft Consulting Services contract
• VA Sources Sought: VEText Messaging Services
• NIH NCI Pre-Solicitation: Biomedical Data Computing Support Services
• NIH NIAID RFP: Professional, Scientific and Technical Support Services (PSTSS)
• HUD RFI: Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Accounting Business System
• GSA Sources Sought: Ticketing Platform Customer Service Automated Learning tool (AI)
• DOE Sources Sought: Energy Information Administration (EIA) AI Code Generation
• DOI USGS RFP: Technical Support Services Contract IDIQ
• DISA Sources Sought: Mobility Enterprise Services (MES)
• Army Sources Sought: Command Post Decision Support Tools
• Navy Sources Sought: Maritime Operations Center (MOC)
• Navy Sources Sought: Automated Data Processing (ADP) Support Services
• Navy RFQ: COSMOS FedRAMP Penetration Testing