SEWP/DHS CSS/VA MCS/95M GAO ISTS/350M USGS EROS/100M DAU E-ITSS/DOJ & Army AI/111M Navy PMA/USAF AppDev/USMC COLS/FAA SSD News; SSA & FBI OCIO moves

????Space, Innovation, and What Comes Next – Mandy Peckham sits down with Muon Space’s Paula Trimble, former SDA Director of Small Business Programs. They explore what acquisition reform really means for the industry, insights for entrepreneurs and newcomers entering the field, the challenges of supply chains and budgeting, and more. Listen here.

????The Morning Buzz:

• ????8(a) ALERT: Steven Koprince: SBA issued letters to All 8(a) Program participants requiring wide range of financial documents | Robb Wong: ask came from General Counsel. This is now a legal and compliance investigation, not an admin refresh
• VA pulls funding on Acquisition Support Services contract
• Heard at ELC: GSA acquisition leader Larry Allen: SEWP will move to GSA “sooner rather than later”
• FAA’s Deborah Hemphill: FAA exploring acquisition model to replace Software Solution Delivery acquisition expected to be issued/awarded this fiscal year
• Monica Padron Harris: USCIS has release date update for Contact Center Tier 1 opp
• Ezekiel Russell breaks down DOJ BOP Communication Analysis Artificial Intelligence RFI
• M&A: Industry leader Manish Malhotra announces public launch of Opulentia Ventures
• Army North and South will combine to form Western Hemisphere Command
• ????OS AI Insider Scoop: New protestor jumps in the mix on $700M US Coast Guard COMPASS BPA | Challenge for DHS OCIO Geospatial Capabilities and Infrastructure Support task goes next level Not Yet an Insider? Plans start at $295 annually

????⚖ GAO and the Courts

• GAO Protest Denied: $95M ISTS IT Support contract
• Navy Protest Denied: Naval Surface Warfare Center | N0017825R3009-0003 | Tactical Engineering & Analysis
• Navy Protest Denied: $111M NAVAIR PMA 299 PM Support Services task

????OS AI Insiders can Track all the latest protest activity here.

The Juice????: 2026 is almost here and these firms and agencies are gearing up:

• SSA OCIO names Ben Gurga as acting Executive Director of Analytics
• FBI Information Management Division leader Shannon Parry takes new Ops role
• NIST Applied Cybersecurity Division leader Rodney Petersen to retire from federal service
• Accenture recruits Army CPE IEW&S AI & Ops SME Bharat Patel
• KMI recruits former DHA/MHS CFO/COO Jayme Hansen
• General Dynamics taps Danny Deep to serve as President

and several more Growth leaders are on the move: Geoff Crowe joins Oasys as Chief Growth Officer | BridgePhase taps Capture/Proposals leader Ava Gottschall to drive Mission Solutions | REI Systems recruits Megan Smith to drive Health Growth | LCG announces two Delivery & Tech Exec promotions – Carlene Carter and Saqlain Tahir | Leidos taps Heather Carr to be Sector Campaign Lead for the State Dept within the Digital Modernization Sector and Brian Wimmer takes position as CTO, Army  &  Mission Partners
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