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Monday Brief · Acme · Week of Apr 27

Three picks for week of Apr 27 — VA recompete + NIH corridor opening, $9.5M-$31M range. The DOJ pre-sol isn’t worth your week.

Delivered 2026-04-27 06:01 ET · Pipeline v2.0.0 · Sample

This week — three picks ranked
  1. Pick 01

    Submit Sources Sought responseVA Digital Service — DA01 — Network Infrastructure Modernization

    $48.0M–$120.0Mgrounded
    SAM.govUSAspending

    The VA posted a Sources Sought on 2026-04-17 for a network infrastructure recompete with a response deadline of 2026-05-11.

  2. Pick 02

    File task-order bidNIH Center for Information Technology — NIH CIT — EHR Integration Support

    $8.5M–$22.0Mgrounded
    SAM.govUSAspending

    NIH CIT posted a Task Order RFQ on 2026-04-25 under the GSA MAS SIN 54151S vehicle, with a response deadline of 2026-05-15.

  3. Pick 03

    Send teaming introDISA Joint Force HQ DODIN — DISA JFHQ-DODIN — DevSecOps Lift, prime teaming intro

    $1.2M–$4.5Mgrounded
    SAM.govUSAspending

    DISA posted a Sources Sought on 2026-04-21 for a five-year DevSecOps lift contract under CIO-SP3-SB.

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Walk away from the DOJ JMD cybersecurity pre-solicitation

The DOJ Justice Management Division pre-sol [5] is in your NAICS, set-aside coded Small Business, and reads relevant on the surface. Walk away.

7 numbered citations · every $ traceableNext brief — Mon 2026-05-04 06:01 ET
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