WOSBs nab TSA Cyber/BIS AppDev wins; Ex-CMS Exec now Cerner Chief; 100M HRSA MS/USAF ELFF/USAGM ZT Protest 📰; 641M NASA ☁/NIH IT wins; CDC SB Summit

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Defense IT Summit – Next week’s event brings together speakers from DOD, Marine Corps, DHS, Air Force, and Navy to discuss shifting needs around AI, CJADC2, data innovation and workforce development. 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.

☑ Who’s Hiring: Savvier firms will try to influence who applies for these roles:

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seeks Deputy CIO Details here.
  • DOD DCSA seeks Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) Details here.

🌟CDC focused 8(a) Small Businesses to know as you plan for 2024 – Here are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focused 8(a) firms drawing interest and that you should get to know. Meet them here.

⏰CDC Small Business Engagement Summit– Registration is open but not for long for this CDC-hosted event with in-person and virtual options. Save your spot here.

💉Get your Daily Dose of #CIO-SP4 Scuttlebutt here, to include debrief timeline and one group whose stance is that they are “going to go to federal claims court”. Follow and join in the conversation here.

🔎Four Opportunity Updates Drawing Interest Yesterday:

🏈 Empowering Federal Missions: Gridiron IT’s Impactful Journey – Looking into the journey of this WOSB that leverages more than 25 years of tested Professional Staff Augmentation excellence and federal subcontracting, OS AI met with this Top-Secret Cleared firm to understand how, in 2024, they plan to support industry and government clients in unique ways. 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.

Comment of the Day:
Re: Niyam IT – Niyam stands out as an exceptional employer that goes above and beyond in its commitment to its employees’ professional growth, work-life balance, and well-being…Niyam… actively promotes from within … covers 100% of the employee’s medical… More here.

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8(a) SBs eye $20M+ DHS CBP Privacy and Diversity Office support, FOIA division support contract
While this work may not be considered the most interesting, the opportunity to actually compete for this 5-year contract to provide the DHS CBP with support services to address the surge in all types of FOIA requests received will draw a lot of interest.

Contract Award: $23M NIH NIDA IRP IT and VM support services
A late 2022 acquisition continues to pay off as this health IT and digital services company was awarded a new 5-year task order on CIO-SP3 SB to provide a range of support services to the NIH NIDA Intramural Research Program.

WOSB beats out 5 to win $15M DHS TSA IT Security Support Services task
This 8(a) WOSB provider of security systems and solutions beat out 5 bidders to win a DHS Transportation Security Administration information technology security support services task on 8(a) STARS III.

Protest Filed: U.S. Agency for Global Media OCIO Zero Trust Architecture services
A formal protest has now been filed in relation to this recently awarded 4-year contract to support the USAGM Office of the CIO.

Contract Award: Commerce BIS Technical Architecture and Application Development support
This Woman Owned small business pioneer of Digital Services, and newly added Digital Services Coalition member, beat out 8 other bidders to win a three-year contract with the Bureau of Industry and Security.

Protest Denied: $100M HHS HRSA Wide Marketing Services BPA
The lone known active GAO protest filed in relation to this multiple-award enterprise-wide Health Resources and Services Administration BPA has been denied.

Contract Award: U.S. Coast Guard NPFC Claims Surge Support Services BPA
This leading Woman-Owned consultancy recently beat out 7 other bidders to score a new single-award BPA in support of the National Pollution Funds Center (NPFC).

Protest Dismissed: $23M US Air Force eFinance, LeaveWeb, FMSuite and FMDQS (ELFF) Support contract
The lone known active GAO protest filed by this JV in relation to a recently awarded 5-year Department of Defense US Air Force support contract has been dismissed.

$641M NASA Cloud Services award goes to Four Points Technology
This value-added reseller and leading provider of Cloud and Hybrid Datacenter Solutions beat out three other bidders to win a 5 1/2-year contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Contract Award: DOI Bureau of Reclamation CARMA 2.0 Maximo Application Suite implementation
This small business consultancy that specializes in integrating market leading Enterprise Asset Management and Asset Performance Management digital technologies beat out two bidders to win a 4-year DOI support contract.

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Department of Defense

Protest Dismissed: $23M US Air Force eFinance, LeaveWeb, FMSuite and FMDQS (ELFF) Support contract

Agile Defense taps rising strategic programs and operations leader Eric Richards to be VP of Defense Growth

CDAO’s top acquisition executive departs to lead new Pentagon-wide review

Longtime NSA SES Cybersecurity leader hangs out a shingle

US Army PEO Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) taps new Program Executive Officer

GoldenTech awarded Naval Reserve Forces Command IT services contract

Concept Plus awarded $30M Air Force Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Program Management Office Contract

Protest Denied: Defense Intelligence Agency Solicitation HHM402-22-Q-0015

USTRANSCOM posts Acquisition Plan Update for Integrated Computerized Deployment System (ICODES) need

DOD Sources Sought: George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies Cloud Migration

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