USCG COMPASS/OASIS+ WOSB/CMS PaaS/DHA Call Center/325M DTRA TRLS II/Navy MSOFS 2/947NGA CLOVER Protest📰; 44M DHA FADS/ED Digital In/ NLRB ITESS wins⚡

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🍦Podcast: Doing Good By Doing Well – Sharon Heaton talks with M&A advisor and software expert Shaunna Balady – a woman who has completed more than 100 transactions totaling over $20B in enterprise value across 5 continents. Topics include how government acquisition of software is changing and what large strategic buyers seek when they look for smaller software companies as targets. Listen here.

🐝The Morning Buzz:

• Protest forces GSA to halt OASIS+ Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Set-Aside awards (for now)
• Shot Across the Bow: Protest Filed on US Coast Guard Agile C5ISC Operational and Modernization Pipeline for Application Support Services (COMPASS) Multiple-Award BPA
• New Administration Priorities forces USCG to cancel JRIMS Program Management and Technical Support Services IDIQ
• Bill Elliott: Teaming Opp – AGovX pursuing Army Research Laboratory opp – seeks partners with Program Management; Admin & Tech Support Capes; and more…
• US Army focused HUBZone small businesses to know – Meet them here.
• Five Good Reads for those Closely Tracking FAR revamp and new Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement EO:
  • Katie Helwig on why new EO may have silver linings for mid-tier businesses
  • Steven Koprince: The Pending FAR Overhaul: Some Initial Answers
  • Nicole Pottroff: EO Mandates “FAR 2.0” & Deep Dive Into Federal Procurement Efficiency
  • Jason Miller: Two EOs continue biggest overhaul of federal acquisition since 1990s
  • and Three senior Trump officials explain why revamping the FAR, and the $1T in gov spending is now a top priority.

💲#DOGE Scoop – Avert your eyes if you don’t want to watch – we get it:

• HHS to be asked to absorb a $40B cut – Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cut
• Joshua Frank: SBA set to close approximately 50% of District Offices across the US
• GovWin: DOJ Preliminary Reorganization Plan Centralizes Multiple Agency Functions
• ICYMI: Entire Pentagon defense tech unit to leave by May

⚙️ It’s all about Community – Resources Page for Affected Feds and Industry: Check it out here.

The Juice🥤: These firms and agencies are gearing up to make big impact in 2025 and beyond:

• Under attack, former CISA Director Chris Krebs stepping away from SentinelOne
• CMS IT Security SME tapped as Acting Deputy Director
• Acting acquisition chief Brett Seidle to ‘perform the duties of’ Under Secretary of the Navy
• Acuity International recruits Felecia Younger to drive Business Development
• ValidaTek recruits Kameron Turner to drive State Department Business Development
• Jeff Haberman recruited to serve as VP of Growth at Integrated Data Services

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🔍 ⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• Protest Denied: $10.5M DOE Office of Secure Transportation Support Services contract
• Protest Filed: Naval Special Warfare Command (NSW) Enterprise-wide Maritime Special Operations Forces (MSOFS) 2.0
• Protest Filed: US Coast Guard Agile C5ISC Operational and Modernization Pipeline for Application Support Services (COMPASS) BPA – Multiple Award
• Protest Filed: Defense Health Agency Call Center and Switchboard Operator Support
• Protest Withdrawn: DOI Business Integration Office ECC Archiving and Decommissioning support contract
• Decision released: CMS Platform as a Service (“PaaS”) requirement protest denial
• Protest Decision Posted: $325M DoD DTRA Threat Reduction Logistics Services II IDIQ

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• New party jumps in mix on $50+M DHS OCIO Cybersecurity Governance & Compliance Services contract challenge
• Zolon PCS challenge of $947M National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency CLOVER management support IDIQ dismissed
• The Silent Shred⚡– Today’s contract terminations at HUD, FDA, HRSA, USCIS and many at IRS OCIO. See the List here.

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🍊The Peel Podcast: Innovating Government Operations with Digital Solutions – David Blackburn chats with Lisa Wetzel, President & CEO of VIKINT. With a track record of success at the IRS, DoD, and NASA, Lisa and her team are redefining efficiency, innovation, and collaboration in the Federal sector. Hear insight on how this rapidly emerging WOSB and SDVOSB has been positioning for growth. Lisa also unveils Essence, a powerful digitalization tool designed to revolutionize government operations using Microsoft 365. Listen here.

• National Labor Relations Board: HunaTek subsidiary scores $25M IT Enterprise Support Services (ITESS) IDIQ
• Education Department awards StudentAid.gov Digital Delivery Integrator support contract to Jazz Solutions
• FTC: KMRG beats out 30 to win eTrain2 Learning Management System (LMS) Systems Administrator Support contract
• NASA: Cepeda Systems lands $39M Marshall Space Flight Center Technical and Engineering Support BPA
• VA inks $14M contract for PACT Act Pyramid Analytics Enterprise Licenses and Support
• DHA: AGovX and 22nd Century JV beats out 7 to win $44M TSB Flexible Agile Development Services (FADS) contract
• USDA short term sole source award for Conservation and Price Systems Support to SAIC
• Navy: GStek lands $10M Shipboard Electronic System Evaluation Facility (SESEF) sites support task on SeaPort NxG
• Navy: R3 Strategic Support Group lands Materiel Commodity Manager Support Contract
• Navy: STARGATES wins Chief of Naval Ops Information Systems Analyst Support contract
• USAF: Fuse lands $35M Line of Site Mesh Networks and Tactical Edge Networking Targeting Demonstration contract
• DOD: Linchpin Solutions scores JID Academic Support Services IDIQ
• USSOCOM: AIT Synergy scores USAI Test and Integration Support contract

• E. Darlene Bullock: DHS Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization will host a business to business Virtual Vendor Outreach Matchmaking Event 
  VA Industry Happy Hour sponsored by Connected Logistics and Canopy Health, LLC, a VA T4NG2 IDIQ SDVOSB Prime
• The 2025 Federal Excellence Program: Hear from CXOs and Current/Former Fed Leaders who have a proven track record of driving high performance organizations

• Re: Empower. Measure. Modernize. How Federal Agencies Can Lead the Next Chapter of AI – A timely and insightful read Jim. Empowering federal agencies to lead responsibly in AI requires not just modernization, but a culture of …More here.
• Re: Does NITAAC still exist? Website and key tools go dark for CIO-SP3 / CIO-CS Acquisition shop – This does not appear to be an eGos replacement for contractors. More here.

• Anduril gets green light from Army to take over Microsoft’s IVAS project
• Amivero welcomes Melissa Myette as Senior Vice President of Growth
• APV named 2025 ACT-IAC Innovation Champion Award Winner
• Delviom achieves Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 Level 2 requirements
• Nava introduces pilot with Imagine LA: testing an AI chatbot for navigating public benefits
• Arlington Consulting Group (ACG) announces OFFICIAL LAUNCH of its platform – SAMwiseAI
• Booz Allen Invests in Scout AI to Advance Physical AI for Defense Missions
• Brigadier General Paul Craft, U.S. Army (Ret.), Joins Appgate Federal Advisory Board
• Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:
• USCIS Forecast: FIRE Flexible Innovation For Rapid Engineering (formerly Digital Innovation & Development DID (it)) moves from CIO-SP3 SB to GSA MAS
• USCIS Long-Range Forecast: Information Assurance Security Services III (IASS3)
• DHS RFI: Information Analysis Directorate Advisory and Assistance Services
• DOE RFI: Advanced Light Source (ALS) – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Web Based Software Application Development
• NATO RFI: White Box Vulnerability Assessment (VA) Services
• DOD Pre-Solicitation: Continuous Process Improvement Support Services
• DOD WHS: Joint Data and Analytic Support Services
• DISA RFI: Project Manager Support Services for Defensive Cyber Operations
• Army RFP: Base Realignment and Closure Financial Module (BRAC) Service Support
• Navy RFP: NAVIFOR N4 Directorate Program’s Support Services IDIQ

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