????56M CFTC Cyber/VA CBS/DOS OPERAS/DHS CM/103M Navy CANES IT/USAF AFSAC Agile IDIQ/FTA TrAMS wins; NOAA FSS/90+M NIH IT Protest; DOJ/DHS Exec Moves

• #DOGE – Contracts terminated recently at NIH, IRS, NOAA, SBA
• Shauna Weatherly asks: Is IBM’s ETSNext contract about to get “FAS’d”?
• John Mayes: Enterprise-wide 10-year $151B multiple Award IDIQ called SHIELD
• USAF’s Bethany Medina shares need for groundbreaking commercial solutions to revolutionize our Human Capital Management, dubbed Project Taj Majal
• OPM tries again to modernize HR systems with new RFP
• ICYMI: In response to recent federal actions, these former Fed employees are seeking to identify and try to find funding for innovative Public Health project ideas
• CMS setting targets: Stephanie Broderick: By 2030, beneficiaries will be in value-based payment models and Lauren Flynn Kelly: CMS to complete RADV Audits by ’26
• Tris Carpenter: SmallBiz providers should monitor proposed reforms to DoD #SBIR program, set to expire on September 30th
• US Department of Agriculture focused Service-Disabled Veteran-owned small businesses to know – Meet them here.

• DHS Financial Systems Innovation/ Component Lead Erin Downey departs, open to work
• ICYMI: Mason McDaniel, former ATF CTO has joined SAIC
• FDIC Risk Management Leader Lisa Arquette set to exit
• Digital Transformation SME Nicolas Ojeda joins Element as VP of Digital Services
• and several Growth-Minded Execs take on new challenges: Apogee recruits Pete Brady as Vice President of Growth | Sue Siettmann to drive Proposals at Integrity Management Services | Suzanne Charleston to drive Federal Accounts at Wellpoint Federal | Jennifer Dougherty to drive DHS Business Development Executive at PCI Federal | Shannon Ripley now VP of Federal Solutions at Healthcare IT Leaders

• NIH halts work on $90+M IT support task
• US Navy gets green light on $69M MSC Worldwide Logistics Services contract

• Protest Dismissed: U.S. Army Materiel Command | W91RUS25RLBRY | Vision Information Technology Consultants
• Protest Dismissed: $10M NOAA Financial System Support contract win
• Protest Dismissed: Naval Special Warfare Command (NSW) Enterprise-wide Maritime Special Operations Forces (MSOFS) 2.0

⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• CFTC: NR Labs beats out 3 to win $56M Cybersecurity Support Services BPA
• State Dept: eSimplicity beats out 3 to win $14M Online Passport Enhancement, Renewal and Application Services (OPERAS) contract
• DOT: Groundswell subsidiary wins FTA TrAMS app on TrIAD platform support contract
• DOT: AvMet Applications scores FAA ATM Operations Automated Data-Driven Weather Impact Analysis task on eFAST
• DOT: Strongbridge beats out 2 to win PHMSA Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) UI to Angular Conversion task
• Coast Guard: Akima subsidiary scores Configuration Management Support task
• ICE: Contract Award: Informatica / IICS Software License Maintenance for Analytics and High-Performance Platform for Data Engineering (AHPDE)
• CFTC: Cyber Security Innovations scores contract to provide Executive Assistant Support for Commissioners and Executives
• VA awards bridge task to CBS to avoid lapse in services during acquisition development for recompeted services
• NASA: ASRC Federal Awarded $98M Financial Support, Project Planning and Control Services Bridge Contract
• DOD: NSI lands $65M Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) program support IDIQ
• Army Enterprise Marketing Office (AEMO) to Award Data Engineering and Analytics Support Contract to Serco –W9124D25CA021
• Navy: Sigma Defense subsidiary wins $103M Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific CANES IT Support IDIQ
• Navy: Metronome wins Naval Graduate School Network Infrastructure Services contract
• Air Force: Cape Fox subsidiary scores $25M AFSAC Agile Central SME Support IDIQ
• Air Force: HII subsidiary scores $12M Integrated Defensive Cyber Systems Data Fabric (IDCS-DF) support contract
• Air Force: Brilliant Solutions lands SAF ISSO ‘Project Mahogany’ support contract
• Air Force: Nalu Federal and Elevate Group JV lands Cyber Infrastructure Support contract
• Space Force: Centuria Secures Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Support Contract

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