Jump headlong into the New Year with the latest BUZZ in the Fed Health IT & Consulting sector.

??2025 is here!?Big Change and Big Opportunity is coming! OrangeSlices is thrilled to peel back the curtain on the next edition of this recurring newsletter designed for the busy Federal Health IT and Consulting Exec.

Let’s get to it!?

?? Top Fed Health Events to get a quick start in 2025 :

• ? It's Next Monday! FDA, VA, CMS and DHA IT leaders + KippsDeSanto's Marc Marlin, Red Team's Jeff Shen and GSA on OASIS + are at Vanguard FedCiv 250 event which will feature Acquisition Leaders, Federal CXOs, and industry disruptor discussing emerging trends, challenges, and opps in the New Year and with a New Administration. Details here.???
• The 2025 AFCEA Health IT Summit is right around the corner. This is a #MustAttend event for Federal Health leaders Register today.
• Save the date:?CDC Small Business Engagement Summit: Ignite and Inspire
• The Inaugural HHS Industry Summit promises to connect each of the HHS OpDivs with industry. Details here.
• Engage FedGov: AI, Automation, Acquisition, Data & Digital Transformation day with CMS and NIH? Details here.
• HHS ARPA-H PROactive Solutions for Prolonging Resilience (PROSPR) to host Proposers' Day Details here
• Start the year off year: HHS and CMS Virtual Happy Hour in late January - Sponsored by MagPie
• ??Save the Date: ?The Children’s Inn at NIH - An Evening for Hope Gala Details here.

?? OS AI launches new?GovCon Events Calendar! - Track More Federal Health GovCon Events Here.

??These seasoned Fed Health leaders are on the move in early FY ’25 and are drawing a lot of interest. Big investments do not guarantee big results, but they do signify intent!?

• NIH recruits ODNI IC CIO Adele Merritt to serve as Chief Information Officer
• NIH formally announces appointment of Ricky Clark as Acting Director of NITAAC
• NASA Digital Transformation Office recruits recent NIH and VA Innovation leader Sarah Moffat
• HHS ASPR recruits Dennis Papula from NIH to serve as CIO
• HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) recruits NARA's Nicole Willis to serve as CIO
• CMS CMMI leader takes new challenge driving Platforms Divisions at CDC
• CMS OIT Enterprise Architecture & Data Group names Agile Transformation SME a new leader
• New COR for CMS Centers for Clinical Standards & Quality, Information Systems Group
• CMS taps leader to drive Office of Healthcare Experience & Interoperability
• CMS Digital Services Advisor takes role as Deputy Director for Delivery of the AI Corps at DHS
• CMS names new ACO Finance & Data Analytics leader
• MEDCoE (US Army Medical Center of Excellence) adds longtime DHA/MHS IT Modernization leader
• VA taps longtime FinTech leader to drive Corporate Portfolio in Austin
• VA taps Acting Executive Director, Financial Services Center (FSC), Financial Technology Service (FTS)
• VHA Diffusion of Excellence Director?to serve as Digital Health Office Digital Experience & Strategy lead
• VA Executive Director, Human Capital Management, Lisa Thomas, retires
• VA Executive Director, Pension & Fiduciary Service, Dr. Nilijah E Carter, retires
• VA Executive Director, Health Information Governance leader retires
• Longtime VA MDEO and LGY Executive Director exits, takes new role with Maximus
• Ibility welcomes Clive Ballard as VP of Veterans Affairs
• ?? Ready, Set, Liftoff - rockITdata recruits top Oracle Fed Health (ex-Cerner) Execs - Thode and Andry - as President and CHIO
• VA-focused growth SME Rudy Martinez to take new opp in 2025
• RIVA Solutions recruits Priscilla Johnson to drive Federal Health Growth
• Don Borchert promoted to Vice President, Military & Veteran Health at Tria Federal (Tria)
• LMI adds Ricken Shah as Vice President, Public Health
• Army Veteran Brandon Coggins joins ITC as a Director of Service Delivery for key VA programs
• Cherokee Federal recruits Karen Kimbro to drive HHS account success
• Former NIH NCI CBIIIT Director Dwayne Forquer takes COO role with Essex
• Engage FedHealth 150 honoree Krista Yager takes new challenge as VP of Healthcare Accounts at Peraton

?? Included below are some BIG Fed Health wins since December 12 that are driving conversation and action:

• VA: Booz Allen Hamilton beats out 7 to win $317M Transformation Support Services 2.0 contract
• VA: MO Studio wins again, adds $10M SPRUCE Agile Product Design & Delivery task
• VA: Booz Allen wins $27M Veterans Experience Services Eligibility and Enrollment contract
• VA: Blue Water Thinking wins Biomedical Engineering Technical and Professional Support IDIQ task
• VA awards VBA MDEO Business Advisory Support Services contract to Blue Phoenix Solutions
• VA: Centeva beats out 7 to win $8M OPAL Tier 1 Acquisition Systems Support contract
• VA: CATHEXIS wins VAAA Supply Chain Management School (SCMS) Support Task on VECTOR
• DHA: UIC Government Services subsidiary scores $80M Administrative and Technical Support IDIQ
• DHA: WOSB TMCI nabs $9M Data Quality Reconciliation and Helpdesk Support contract
• DHA: Inalab beats out two to win $30M Business Support Office Oversight & Strategic Planning task
• DHA: TDMK Digital beats out 9 to win IT Support Services contract
• DHA: Nationwide IT Services beats out 21 to win Information Management/IT Support task on 8(a) STARS III
• DHA Contract Award: $25M USAARL WPG, ECG and ROG RDT&E Support Services IDIQ
• DHA: Kijik Corporation subsidiary nabs SocioTech Pilot Management and Support Services contract
• DHA: Edera L3C beats out 2 to win PEO DHMS Workforce 3.0 Transformation and Services Task Order
• CMS: Skyward and GDIT led JV beats out 5 to win $143M CCW and VRDC support contract
• CMS: Williams Consulting adds another win to serve as CERT Accuracy Contractor
• CMS: Dobson DaVanzo & Associates awarded Medicare Part D Data Analysis contract
• CMS: Comagine Health awarded $45M support task on NQIIC IDIQ
• CMS: Koniag subsidiary scores $81M RAC Data Warehouse (RACDW) IT Support task on 8(a) STARS III
• CMS: Advize Health wins $35M Medicare Advantage, Prescription Drug Plan, and PACE Oversight contract
• CMS: Acumen wins $57M Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) Implementation contract
• NIH: LCG beats out 5 bidders to win $17M NIDA Infrastructure and End User IT Support task on CIO-SP3 SB
• $1B NIH PICS III IDIQ Update: Official awardee list posted
• NIH inks order for Palantir Evaluation License to support LLM4DMS Pilot
• NIH: CyberData beats out 6 to win $17M National Eye Institute (NEI) IT Ops Support task on CIO-SP3 SB
• NIH: Axle Informatics beats out 5 to win NCATS Scientific Specialized Service Desk Support contract
• NIH: Strategic Analysis beats out 3 to win $162M Professional, Technical, and Admin Services task on STATS IDIQ
• NIH: WOSB Concrete Goals beats out 2 to win NINDS ProActive Navigator Program Consulting Support contract
• FDA: BOOM: Duty First and Rios CTA scores another BPA task win to support OPERM FY25 strategic planning
• FDA: A-TEK awarded Joint Administration Application Development Environment (JAADE) 2 O&M contract
• FDA: DMI scores FISMA and CFSAN Rubrik Support Services contracts
• FDA: Woman-Owned Eagle Hill scores $12M DHC/DPS/DMPA and Center Op Support task on BOOM BPA
• CDC: Goldbelt subsidiary awarded $16M SAP-Based Solutions Technical Business Analytics Services contract
• HHS Contract Award: $40M USPHS Integrated Personnel and Payroll (IPP) IT and Data Services
• HHS OIG: Mayvin adds BWC/DEMS System Program Support contract
• HHS: Dynamo and Credence JV beats out 15 to win $12M? Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) PMO task on 8(a) STARS III

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?? Check out these recent insights from several Federal Health IT & Consulting Industry Leaders:

• ??Elev8 Spotlight - Ibility – Building on Exciting News over the Past Few Months, Watch for More to Come - Having watched this team’s recent awards (VA, DHA, NASA and Oasis+), hires and recognition, there was a lot to discuss in catching up with Ibility LLC ’s Danielle Krakora . What’s ahead? Read on.
• ??The Peel Podcast: Strategies for small businesses working with larges - Shelley McGuire interviews?Lisa Rosenthal, VP of BD at OptumServe, discussing the importance of strategic collaboration, especially within the CMS space, between large and small partners, and the values that lead to successful partnerships. Listen here.
• ??RELI Group - Customer Experience Management: The Key to Efficiency and Cost Savings for Federal Agencies - Agencies are under increasing pressure to deliver efficient, cost-effective programs that better meet the needs of all Americans. The answer to meeting expectations lies in a proven approach: customer experience (CX) management. Read on here. Angela Mercado

?? Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• NIH RFP: Clinical Research Operations and Management and Pre-Proposal Conference
• NIH RFQ:?NINDS PROACTIVE Navigator Program Consulting Support
• HHS Sources Sought:?Office of Director (OD) Project Management Office (PMO)
• HHS ARPA-H Solicitation: ImagiNg Data EXchange (INDEX)
• HHS IHS RFI: Division of Program Management and Budget (DPMB) program support services
• HHS ARPA-H: PROactive Solutions for Prolonging Resilience (PROSPR) and Proposer’s Day
• HHS ARPA-H:?Innovative Solutions Opening supporting Emerging Health Innovators (EHI) Initiative / Proposer’s Day
• HHS ARPA-H: Performance and Reliability Evaluation for Continuous ModIfications and uSEability of AI (PRECISE-AI)
• CMS Sources Sought: Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Product Development
• CMS Sources Sought: Part C Program Integrity Contractor (CPIC)
• CMS Sources Sought:?Medicare Drug Integrity Contractor (MEDIC)
• FDA RFI:?Food Applications Regulatory Management (FARM) System
• FDA’s Office of Digital Transformation announces new precisionFDA Challenge
• VA RFI:?Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
• VA RFI:?Agile Center of Excellence (ACOE) Technical Development & Support
• VA RFI:?DaVINCI Data Services
• VHA RFI:?Office of Finance (OF) Recovery Audit (RA)
• VA RFQ:?FY25 Q2 Enterprise Mail Management (EMM) Program Support Services
• VA Sources Sought:?National Data Systems (NDS) Health Information Access (HIA) Services
• VA RFI: VBA Office of Business Integration (OBI) software applications and systems support
• DHA RFI:?Science Technology and Research Team (START) IDIQ
• DHA RFI: Acquisition Support Services
• DHA RFP:?Health Care Operations and Other Program Management Support

?? We are off and running in 2025 – Here is some of the Fed Health BUZZ drawing a ton of interest:

• CMS January Opp Forecast is out – Cloud RMS/ICAM/Data Collection System/HIOS/HITECH Opps Added. More here.
• ??Déjà vu: NITAAC announces plans to extend CIO-SP3 contract, while $50B CIO-SP4 GWAC protest saga worsens. More here.
• GAO: Veterans Affairs: Action Needed to Address Continuing IT Management Challenges
• FDA’s Office of Digital Transformation calls on AI Innovators: announces new precisionFDA Challenge
• FDA/DHS published White Paper: A Stronger IT Partnership Between the FDA and CBP: Opps to Share Tech, Data, & Resources
• Not so Fast! Post-Award Protests Filed on $10B Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool

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• Protestor of CMS requirement feels "entitled"
• VA said to be on schedule to address T4NG2 concerns!?

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