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, Micah. Three things need you this week.
DUE IN 4 DAYSVA CYBER ATO · $4.9M
Approve the §M.4 Staffing & Surge draft
Drafted overnight from your T4NG sub surge (2 → 5 cleared staff in 3 weeks). Approving moves compliance 84% → 97% and closes the exact weakness that cost you both losses.
Review & approve~6 min
SIGNATUREDISA SUB · $850K WORKSHARE
Sign the DISA teaming agreement — prime needs it
Redlines are settled: $850K workshare as a sub to Leidos on GSM-O II — ACAS / STIG event triage on a DODIN task order for DoD Cyber Defense Command. Your CMMC L2 self-assessment + SPRS 88/110 clears the eligibility gate. Counsel summarized the final draft on the thread.
Open thread~10 min
GATE REVIEWTREASURY/IRS · $990K
Bid / no-bid: the IRS takeaway
Patch & vulnerability management, RFP expected Q1. P-win 20% as a non-incumbent — but your new §M.4 surge story answers the incumbent's flagged weakness. Team is ready when you are.
Schedule 15 minby Fri
Signal feedSAM.gov · FPDS · agency forecasts — triaged for you4 NEW
SAM.GOV · AMENDMENT6:40 AM
VA Cyber ATO — Amendment 002 posted
What changed: page limit 25→30; §L.3.2(e) now requires a quantified risk register. Your compliance matrix is already re-shredded — one new requirement folded in and assigned, 26 of 31 green.
Open on the thread →
FPDS · AWARD WATCH6:31 AM
DHS Help Desk recompete — award decision expected this month
Why it matters: your first real contract, defended as the incumbent. Submitted at $340K/yr — kept under the $350K SAT so it stays a fast FAR Part 13 buy.
Open on the thread →
SAM.GOV · SOURCES SOUGHTYESTERDAY
NAVFAC CECS (~$1.2M est) — RFQ now expected
Follow-up: you responded to sources-sought 47QFHA25Z0003 in March arguing the FAR 19.502-2 “rule of two” for an SDVOSB set-aside. A forecast update pushes the RFQ to — I am keeping the capture warm.
Open on the thread →
SAM.GOV · MIS-CODED CATCHYESTERDAY
2 opportunities your keyword search would have missed
Posted under NAICS 541519 but the work is endpoint security — exactly your 541512 profile. One is a $180K HHS buy closing — inside the small-business set-aside band.
Triage both →
Pipeline pulse
$8.4M
ACTIVE PIPELINE · 6 OPEN THREADS
22%▲11
WIN RATE · NEW-BIDDER AVG ~3%
2
PROPOSALS IN FLIGHT
$1.6M
TRAILING REVENUE · YEAR 3
Deadlinesnext 30 days
AFWERX SBIR Phase I — window closes
$75K · AFWERX Open Topic · reopened Apr 13
VA Cyber ATO — proposal due
Technical volume 84% · §M.4 pending you
DISA teaming agreement — signature
Prime needs it back
HHS endpoint security — bid decision
Mis-coded catch · $180K
‹ TODAY
VA Cybersecurity Assessment & ATO Support PROPOSAL DUE
36C10BQ0173 · VA TAC · SDVOSB set-aside · HACS SIN under FAR 8.4 · NAICS 541512 · $4.9M · base + 2 option yrs · challenger (Veritas incumbent) · AI-enabled A&A — agents assemble eMASS evidence packages · under the $5.0M sole-source ceiling
SIGNAL
QUALIFY
CAPTURE
PROPOSAL
NOW · DUE
TODAY ·
MeridianNEEDS YOU6:40 AM
Amendment 002 posted — I re-shredded it overnight. Page limit moved 25→30. §L.3.2(e) now demands a quantified risk register Amd 002 · p.2. One new requirement added to the matrix, assigned to Bo. The §M.4 staffing draft is still waiting on your approval — it's the last red section.
Technical volume shall not exceed 25 pages
+Technical volume shall not exceed 30 pages
+§L.3.2(e): quantified risk register w/ likelihood × impact
Approve §M.4 draftSee the amendment diff
BW
Bo Whitaker8:12 AM
Risk register table drafted against the new L.3.2(e) — likelihood × impact on all 11 risks, using the ISO 31000 framework from our T4NG sub work PP · T4NG sub 2024–26. In your review queue behind §M.4.
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Meridian11:40 PM
Drafted §M.4 Staffing & Surge overnight — the section scored separately at 15% §M.4 · p.16 and flagged in both of your loss debriefs (“insufficient corporate experience” at VA, thin staffing at Army). Built from the T4NG surge: 2 → 5 cleared staff in 3 weeks, retention letters attached PP · T4NG sub Win Theme #2. Approving lifts the section 31% → 78%.
AK
Aisha Khan3:35 PM
CO's top concern in the Q&A was continuity of ATO support during transition Q&A #14 — made sure §3.2 leads with our zero-gap transition on the DHS help desk PPQ · DHS 5/26. @Bo the risk register is yours.
EARLIER ·
Milestone
Pink team passed. Technical volume 76% → 84%. Price locked at $4.62M — under the $5.0M Vets First ceiling and 6% below the incumbent task's run-rate from FPDS FPDS · 36C10B23.
Meridian
Competitive read: Veritas (incumbent, ~80-person SDVOSB) will lead with continuity; their CPARS shows staffing-turnover weakness on this task. Your §M.4 + named key personnel attack it directly. Of the 4 likely SDVOSB bidders, two lack the required FedRAMP assessment past performance.
Post
WIN PROBABILITY
35%
P-WIN · TRENDING UP
▲6 this week — pink team pass + price locked under the incumbent run-rate. Honest odds for a size-class-up bid.
THE ONE GAP
⚠ §M.4 Staffing & Surge — 15% of score
Still 31% complete — and “thin staffing / corporate experience” sank both of your losses. Draft is ready — approving takes ~6 minutes and moves the volume to 97% compliant.
Review & approve
KEY FACTS
Proposal due ·
Compliance84% · 26/31 reqs green
EvaluationBest value · Tech 40%
Our price$4.62M · locked
Ceiling$5.0M Vets First cap
IncumbentVeritas Federal
ASK THE THREAD
Q: “Why is our P-win only 35% if we're under their price?”
This is one size-class above your past performance — the same reason you lost the $1.4M VA test-environment bid. Veritas holds incumbency. Your path to 45%+: close §M.4 (15% of score, still red) and land the two named key-personnel letters.
§M · p.14–16Debrief · VA 2/26FPDS · 36C10B23
ON THIS THREAD
AKAisha KhanCapture lead
BWBo WhitakerVolume lead
JCJordan ColePricing
DGDana GreenePast perf
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11 threads · 6 open pursuits · $8.4M open pipeline · every card is a living thread — the strip is its lifecycle
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QUALIFY3
SAM-7421TREAS
Treasury/IRS — Patch & Vuln Mgmt ($990K)
AKGate review TueP-win 20%
SAM-7388NAVY
NAVFAC CECS (~$1.2M est) — sources sought
RMPushing rule-of-twoP-win 15%
SAM-7502HHS
HHS endpoint security ($180K) — mis-coded NAICS catch
DGTriage · closes NEW
CAPTURE2
SAM-6920DISA
DISA endpoint sub to Leidos ($850K workshare)
JCTA signature P-win 40%
SUB-T4NGVA
T4NG cyber sub ($420K/yr) — option year exercise
DPPrime confirms LIVE
PROPOSAL2
SAM-7012VA
VA Cyber Assessment & ATO ($4.9M) — THE BIG SWING
AKDue · §M.4 pendingP-win 35%
SAM-7104USAF
AFWERX SBIR Phase I ($75K) — AI-driven zero-trust evidence toolkit
DPWindow closes · final readP-win 12%
SUBMITTED & LIVE4
SAM-6877DHS
DHS Help Desk recompete ($340K/yr) — incumbent defend
AKAward expected P-win 65%
SAM-6310GSA
GSA MAS — security assessment order ($184K) — WON · delivering
JCSame thread, post-awardLIVE
SAM-5840ARMY
Army A&A task order ($735K) — lost on price to a peer SDVOSB
AKDebrief minedLOST
SAM-5612VA
VA test env ($1.4M) — lost: corporate experience · feeds §M.4
BWLesson → the big swingLOST
Radar
Every thread on one timeline — deadlines, recompetes 6–18 months out, and award windows
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AUG
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OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
SBIR $75K · window closes
DUE
VA Cyber ATO $4.9M · due
DUE
DHS defend · award expected
AWARD
DISA sub $850K · TA signed → prime bids Sep
BID
NAVFAC CECS $1.2M · shaping rule-of-two → RFQ
RFQ
IRS takeaway $990K · capture → RFP expected Q1
RFP
T4NG sub $420K/yr · option year →
OPT