With the fiscal year clock nearly out, Arctas activity is accelerating in every direction. AI, digital health, cybersecurity, cloud, and mission modernization all drove major awards, while repeat winners made some of the strongest moves.
VA and federal health dominated the early activity. The Ansible and CVP joint venture stacked two IHT 2.0 wins, beating out eight competitors for AI-Enabled Digital Health Pipeline Support and adding an AI Citizen Developer Services task. The Gritter Francona and Accenture joint venture beat out five competitors for Elizabeth Dole Act Section 129 support, while ReefPoint Group added Data Analytics Service Line work. Eleven09 DSS beat out eight competitors for Data Consolidation, Reporting and Technical Support. Blake Willson Group also landed a $5M VA Enterprise Procurement Office Acquisition Support BPA and added HHS Procurement Management Review Program support.
Health IT momentum extended across agencies. An APV-led joint venture secured HRSA IT Support on Polaris, while Global Alliant added HHS USCDI+ Cancer Health IT work. DLH secured NIH CIT RMF and Cybersecurity Operations Support, Computercraft landed a $58M NLM Integrated Research Library Services contract, and iVision beat out eight competitors for a $15M NIH IT Centralization Execution Management and Transition Support award. DMI topped five competitors for a $71M CDC Customer IT Support task.
Homeland security brought serious scale. GovCIO secured a $238M TSA IT Field Operations and Customer Support contract. Leidos beat out two competitors for a $129M ICE Electronic Health Records BPA, while Procentrix added a $35M ICE T-III Applications task on SWIFT. The Artemis Arc and Aptive joint venture beat out seven competitors for CISA Critical Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Resilience Communications Support. MetaPhase added CBP OHR work, while a Niyam IT-led joint venture secured FEMA Preparedness Grant Systems Decommissioning Support.
Civilian modernization remained highly competitive. Accenture added a $124M Education Department FSA Cloud Infrastructure and Operational Support task and an $82M Air Force Algorithmic Warfare Analysis, R&D Operations II award. Flexion secured an $11M GSA USAI Support Services contract, while Amivero added eRulemaking Docket Center support. i360 beat out 10 competitors for Education Department Oracle Projects and G-Invoicing implementation. The Makpar and NuAxis joint venture topped three competitors for a $10M DOL WHD Web Modernization contract, and CODEplus added NRC Legacy Electronic Information Exchange Support.
AGovX had an especially active day, beating out three competitors for USDA ARS ITSD Support Services, securing a DIA Defense Intelligence Threat Library Enhancement task on 8(a) STARS III, and adding USINDOPACOM C4ISR Architecture and IT Support. An OMNI-led joint venture beat out 13 competitors for DHA PEO DHMS Theater Blood Program Support. Concept Plus added DAU Learning System and Authoring Tool work, while the Swingtech and Aretum joint venture beat out six for National Guard Readiness Center support. And, an Amyx and VivSoft joint venture added a DLA OneStream Functional Integrator and Technical Services task.
Defense Unicorns brought scale to the software side, landing a $350M DoD contract to provide an open-source platform designed to enhance software delivery.
Leadership and market perspective closed out the activity. Aamir Saleem stepped back into the CEO role at Emagine IT, while Vibrint COO Jim Robb was named President. GovEagle’s Akash Mandavilli also launched a new podcast focused on what leading growth executives actually think about AI.
The fiscal year finish is here. Repeat winners, AI moving into production, and major modernization awards are setting the stage for FY27.
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