WOSBs nab DOI PMOSS IDIQ/CMS SCA/TSA 508/State IRM Sppt wins; CIO-SP4 Chatter; VA T4NG/Cyber Protest 📰; DHS cancels Cyber req; IRS IDRM Funds pulled

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PROGRAMMING NOTICE: In recognition of Martin Luther King Day, the Fresh Squeezed Daily will not publish on Monday, January 15. We’ll be back fresh and ready Tuesday to catch you up.

Digital Transformation Summit 2024 – The focus of this Summit will be on where Digital Transformation is today and how we can accelerate transition from existing legacy applications to new innovative technologies. Details here.

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 new year.🎇

🔇 AND, two are on the move, but are keeping their landing spot under wraps … for now

  • Seasoned Health Growth SME Robert Hicks will begin a new season in his career. More here.
  • Growth Strategy Leader Sabrina Ballard Puleo is on the move. Details “Coming Soon”. More here.

🌟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.

📢The #CIOSP4 Chatter continues: 

  • “NITAAC said today they are expecting Phase 2 & 3 awards announced by Feb 1st and they have no intention of extending CIO-SP3, so here we go, everyone will know during AFCEA HITS.” More here.
  • and “… The lack of clear instructions in the RFP and the use of a single contract number for all set asides are causing confusion here. My attorney’s response “The RFP does not clearly speak to how task order competitions will be conducted amongst CIO-SP4 contract holders within…” More here

 ⚖ SDVOSBs take notice: Is this the year of big changes for the Rule of Two? There’s a gaping hole in this rule related to task order procurements. The SBA is planning to bring some clarity to the situation soon. More here from Stephen Bacon.

✏Two events to pencil into your calendar right now!

  • Free Webinar: Alliant 3: A session dedicated to Q&A – Red Team Consulting will provide a brief update on GSA’s $75B Alliant 3 GWAC. Details here.
  • If DOT is your jam, this 2024 Loudoun “Advancing the Mission of the DOT” event will feature @Josh Jordan @Loni Chinn @Barakat Shakir –  Details here

 ☔The steady downpour of RFI and Sources Sought notices continues. Included here are just a few that seem to be drawing a lot of interest

🛑 And we should note that DHS just announced that they have canceled the USCIS Zero Trust Cybersecurity and Operational Improvement support requirement. More here.


Fresh off a year that included key wins at DOJ, DOL, DOD, and a $36M HHS ACF win, we caught up with Zolon Tech Inc. Dan Abernathy to hear about this rapidly expanding Federal IT and managed services firm, and what 2024 has in store. Read on here.

The OS AI Fresh Squeezed Daily News partner for January:

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Contract Award: Multiple-award DOI FMD Project Management Office Services & Support (PMOSS) IDIQ
Awardees are starting to be named for this heavily competed 5-year Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center, Financial Management Directorate Management Multiple-award IDIQ.

Antean scores CMS Security Controls Assessment (SCA) contract win
This 8(a) Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned IT consulting firm providing simplistically scaled cyber compliance, IT services, and program management solutions was awarded a new 5-year contract with CMS.

🍊OS AI Premium: IRS pulls funds for OCIO Digital Rights Management (IDRM) Consulting Services contract
The Department of Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service recently pulled nearly all funding for this recently awarded Internal Revenue Service IDRM support task order.

Stop Work Order lifted/Decision details posted for $331M VA Cybersecurity Ops Center protest denial
VA officially announced yesterday that the stop-work order had been lifted for this 5-year CSOC NG II support task, and shared the details related to the protest and the rationale for the denial decision.

WOSB nabs TSA Shared Development and Delivery Services (SDDS) and 508 Compliance and Survey contract win
We have a rare woman-owned small business sole source action sighting, with this WOSB provider of enterprise strategic services and solutions securing a new contract win with DHS TSA.

Protest Denied: Department of Veterans Affairs T4NG-0708
The lone known active protest filed in relation to this Department of Veterans Affairs requirement has been denied.

Contract Award: TSA Application Programming Interface Center of Excellence support
We cannot speak to why TSA delayed posting these details, but we share here information about a recently awarded Transportation Security Administration contract that went to this 8(a) SB who specializes in cloud implementation.

Protest Dismissed: $149M FDA Business Operations, Optimization, and Modernization (BOOM) BPA
At this point, this is a procedural action to close out the books, as the protest was successful with the challenger being awarded a Prime spot on this five-year multiple award BPA which will support optimizing and modernizing FDA business operations.

Contract Award: State Department IRM Information Technology support services
This 8(a) STARS III Prime 8(a) HUBZone and EDWOSB who specializes in providing IT solution strategy and execution, was just awarded a new two year task order in support of the DOS Bureau of Information Resource Management.

Nationwide IT Services beats out 6 to win a $150M US Air Force SAF/AQ support services task
Nationwide IT Services, an 8(a) SDVO IT and Management consulting company beat out a slew of other bidders to be awarded this 5-year contract to support the Assistant Secretary for the Air Force for Acquisitions (SAF/AQ).

Comment of the Day:
  • Re: Partner Request: HHS TANF Data Portal (TDP) Software Development Services RFP – My firm, Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc. is interested in teaming on this opportunity. Please contact…More here. 
  • Re: 22nd Century Technologies – Great information regarding this JV. Looking to enhance their service offerings. More here. 

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Department of Defense

Nationwide IT Services beats out 6 to win a $150M US Air Force SAF/AQ support services task

DOD taps new Acquisition Division Chief – AFSC Software Directorate

Senior Industry and Federal Leaders on the move – Week ending January 12, 2024

U.S. Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center taps Chief, Enterprise IT Management Office

Sentar Awarded DLA SBIR Contract to Enhance Operational Resiliency with Digital Twin Technology

Air Force Presolicitation Notice: Technical Coordination Group (TCG) Web-Enabled Database IDIQ

Army Sources Sought: OLIVE RATS Installation and Support Services

Army Sources Sought: ISO 9001:2015 QMS Auditing Services

U.S. Army Reserve Awards SAIC $156 Million Contract for IT Service Management

8(a) EDWOSB scores U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) IM/IT Support Services contract

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