VA CCN NG/49M CBP TSD/87M FAA I&O/HHS Grants/Army E-ICAM & NBIS AI/DHA MIS & DMLSS/NIH CIT/455M USAF Cloud One/DHS EN Tier III/GSA Polaris Scoop

????The Morning Buzz:

• ????Deal reached advancing spending bills to avert government agencies shutdown
• SAIC bows out of $455M USAF Cloud One (C1) ACSS contract protest
• FAA’s Deborah Hemphill: FAA Integrated Service Center enterprise IT support RFI posted
• DHS OCIO and OPO host Department-Wide Cloud (Cumulus) Industry Engagement event
• USSOCOM’s Ashley Farrier: Join us 10 Feb for our next virtual small business roundtable featuring PEO Tactical Information Systems (TIS)
• Jaime Gracia: Ready or not. 31 DFARS deviations go live Feb 1 … industry feedback collected now
• Brittany Winkler: Army MAPS acquisition strategy signals major incumbent displacement
• Alfredo Ramirez offers Army MAPS Industry Day takeaway: New “Commercial Sector Vendors” category for those with no recent fed contract experience
• Christian Robles offers takeaways from interview with CMS Advisor Amy Gleason
• DoW launches LYNX platform to help small businesses better navigate defense markets
• and new Olympus cloud management platform to support Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability
• CDAO’s Elizabeth Chirico: SUNet Modernization CSO AI/ML experimental environment open!
• Veteran-founded Defense Tech company Reveal Technology acquires multi-domain intelligence company, Anomaly Six???? Like M&A News? Track the latest here

????OS AI Insider: Big Day coming in Battle for $60.7B VA T4NG2 IDIQ | More details related to delays for $10B Polaris Small Business GWAC Protest (think May) | VA clears hurdle in fight for $150M VA CMOP Staffing Services IDIQ | Protest scoop on $18M FBI Insider Threat Analytical Support contract Not Yet an Insider? Plans start at $295 annually

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

• Todd Cox tapped as acting NIH CIT Deputy Director for Office of IT Services
• Michael McGuire named Deputy Director, Cyberspace Ops & Technology at Air Force Materiel Command Integrated Development Office
• Former VA VHA COO Steven Braverman now consulting
• Former USAID Division Chief Adil Khan rejoins Guidehouse Supporting State Dept 

and several growth-minded Execs take on new challenges to kickstart 2026: Rachael Sutler now President at Timeguard Solutions, a Division of Goldschmitt and Associates | Michael Arendt now COO at JEDI Cybersecurity | BGS makes multiple promotions – Maria Elena Crespo to VP Energy & Environment; Darrell Graddy to COO; Karen Harris to Chief Strategy Officer | Andrew Borkoski joins Atlantic Union Bank | Commence recruits John Cruse to drive CMS Account success

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Most Viewed Comments:

• Terminated Treasury Booz Allen Hamilton tasks – They were reporting $21M in terminations, but this seems a lot higher than that. More here.
• 8(a) EDWOSB/WOSB HUBZone Seeking Elite Teaming Partners & Subcontractors for OASIS+ – Triumf has the capabilities and is interested in further discussions. More here.

????⚖ GAO and the Courts

• ICE Protest Dismissed: $281M ERO Nationwide Skip Tracing Services IDIQ
• VA Protest Dismissed: Ability One WNY Switchboard Support
• Air Force Protest Dismissed: FA8622-25-R-B006 | Mainsail Oasis JV
• Air Force Protest Dismissed: $455M Cloud One (C1) ACSS contract
• USTRANSCOM Denial Decision Posted: $1.6B Joint Transportation Mgmt System IDIQ

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