With fiscal year-end closing in, Arctas activity accelerated today. Large homeland security awards, competitive takeaways, AI work, and federal health wins all pushed companies into focus.
Homeland security dominated the early activity. Business Technology Integrators secured USCIS OSI and OI Technical and Mission Support, while Sprinklenet beat out five competitors for a $7M USCIS OneStream Financial Management Support task. JCS topped four for a $19M USCIS GCACS IV Cybersecurity and Operational Support award. At CBP, Centrifuge secured a $19M AI-Enhanced Surveillance Data Platform contract, MANTECH beat out two competitors for a $307M Business Intelligence Support task, and Unissant landed a $166M IT Support Services contract. Arete also beat out 19 competitors for Coast Guard Integrated Program Management and IT Support, while Steampunk leveraged SBIR Phase III to secure a $19.5M Coast Guard BEACON contract.
Federal health brought another wave of engagement. INSI Cloud beat out four competitors for the HHS AGID Data Portal contract. Mathematica added a $13M AHRQ Quality Indicators Analytic Support award, while APV secured two FDA Integrated Services BPA tasks. Hendall landed a $42M ACF ORR National Call Center and Sexual Abuse Hotline contract. Corbalt beat out 11 competitors to secure a $23M CMS Operations and System Reliability Engineering contract. Guidehouse added a $17M NIH NHLBI Clinical Data Management Support Services award, while innoVet Health secured a $55M VA FMBT IV&V contract and PFS beat out eight competitors for VA Office of Suicide Prevention Elevated Risk Care Management work.
Civilian modernization stayed highly competitive. Booz Allen added a $77M FAA Enterprise Information and Data Integration Platform task. Pyramid stacked two wins, securing a $50M HUD Single Family Home O&M task and beating out 34 competitors for an $11M Pretrial Services Agency CMS Next Gen project. Arch Systems topped 10 competitors for a $15M USDA IT Portfolio, Financial, and Program Management contract, while ICMS beat out eight for a $33M USDA ARS BARC O&M award. BreakForth Solutions stood out after beating out 38 competitors for a $10M NTIA Agile Mission Support Services task. RIVA Solutions added a Commerce MEIS task on CATTS.
AI and cybersecurity kept building. Swingtech secured a $10M DOL Enterprise AI Solution Delivery and Support Services contract. eSimplicity beat out 39 competitors to win SBA OIG Data Scientist Engineering Support Services. vTech Solution topped nine competitors for OPM Penetration Testing Support, while Sylver Rain beat out 11 for SBA 508 Compliance Testing Services. Summit Consulting also added NIST CHIPS portfolio and financial management support.
Talent and organizational growth rounded out the activity. Ibility continued expanding its team with several hires, including former VA High Reliability Organization lead Chris Dykstra. Ignite IT also generated interest with an expanded leadership team. D&G Solutions surfaced supporting the Secretary of the Air Force’s Infrastructure and Energy mission.
Year-end pressure is showing. Bigger awards, deeper competition, and AI moving directly into operational missions. The market is moving fast.
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