CIO-SP4 Canceled/33M CMS/VA Acq/IRS IT-T/22M HHS & 67M USAF Cyber/561M DoW ODCAPE/USMC WLab Ops IDIQ/51M DOE PMATS BPA/CDC eHARS/New Veteran NL scoop

???? ICYMI: OS AI launched our inaugural Veteran First Market Brief. A distinct bi-weekly newsletter highlighting veteran owned/led businesses winning, investing and with insights to share. Check it out here.

????Running the Full-Court Press on Growth – David Blackburn sits down with Krystn Macomber, Founder/CEO of Summit Strategy to dig into the fundamentals she wishes every new GovCon-curious business owner understood, and patterns she has seen across hundreds of companies that either fuel growth or hold teams back. Listen here.
And Krystn shares the contract vehicles she is paying close attention to right now.

????Last call for Federal excellence. Nominations for the 2026 FXP Federal Excellence Program Awards have been extended to Feb 13. This is your final window to recognize a Federal program that’s leading with impact, innovation, and accountability. Don’t let exceptional work go unnoticed. Nominate here.

????The Morning Buzz:

• NITAAC to cancel $50B CIO-SP4 solicitation
• Scott Semple: Trying to do business at VA? ARCA is poised to change the game at VA
• What to know about the partial government shutdown
• Rob Murtha Partner need: Adjective seeks very small SDVOSB for digital services work
• Arthur Runno: Turingon and Capture Pilot ready for another Proposal Bakeoff. Any challengers?
• DHA OMNIBUS IV On-Ramp Solicitation Delayed to Late February 2026
• Tris Carpenter: PEO DHMS released a CSO for Innovation Solutions
• Eileen Brewer: NIWC Atlantic RCO Announces Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
• Nicole Tripputi: Under Phase III authority, you are allowed to use technical expertise to help define SOW…What’s allowed; what’s not…
• Sam Le: SBA has started lifting the suspensions of 8(a) firms
• Tris Carpenter: ACC-APG issued a MAPS special update following the industry event
• Federal CIO outlines ‘one government’ blueprint for overhauling digital services
• Arctas: These GovCons are Moving the Needle – MetaPhase, CVP, Elevate, Skylight, Gunnison. METAS and Goldschmitt, Commence, HRS, Aretec , RIVA, Evans, Areeva, Trilogy Innovations

????OS AI Insider: DLA clears hurdle in fight for $130M ERP and SAP Support Services award Not Yet an Insider? Plans start at $295 annually

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

• Jennifer Dupee tapped to be CMS Deputy Director, Center for Program Integrity
• ARPA-H has its first Chief Medical Officer and Senior Advisor – Rafid Fadul
• Zack Schwartz shares update on new role as VA OIT Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
• VA taps familiar face as DAS for Office of Finance
• DOL taps Sridhar Godugu as Division Chief, Enterprise Architecture & Artificial Intelligence
• Alycia Yozzi takes position as Chief of Staff at GSA
• Marine Corps taps new AI & Automation Program Manager
• FEMA taps David Gudinas to be Dep Assistant Administrator (A), Grant Programs Directorate
• NGA Deputy Director – Source Operations and GEOINT SME Frank Avila exits
• Longtime GSA IT lead Joseph Novak retires
• Former DHS Cyber leader is now Co-Founder and CEO at Threat Zero Cyber
• DHS Counterterrorism Center Chief Jessice Ferguson joins LexisNexis Risk Solutions as Government Agency Head for DOD
• GDIT recruits CIA Strategic Advisor Angela Alexander

and several growth-minded Execs take on new challenges to kickstart 2026: Andrew Keene now Head of Partnerships at OpenAI for Government | Courtney Conroy to drive Fed Health growth at ThunderCat Technology | Neil Sethi to drive Federal sales at Splunk-Cisco | Minga Lee now CEO of Open Eye Innovations | Terrell Russell launches SDVOSB ABR Consulting | Mark Guiton to drive growth with NVIDIA | IBM recruits Robert Cadena to drive Navy & Marine Corps growth | Veteran founded Defense company Reveal Technology makes 4 key hires; adds Niko Hughes as Chief Growth Officer

Missed OS AI industry moves? ????Insiders can see the full report here. Did we miss highlighting your key hire? Message us at support@orangeslices.ai

????Catching up with D&G Solutions’ Ryan Bakazan, Former Air Force Supply Chain Leader – Following the news that this USAF combat veteran and retired Colonel, had taken a new role, we caught up with Ryan to learn more. Read on here.

Most Viewed Comments:

• Terminated Booz Allen Hamilton tasks – So the dept in charge of determining how much in taxes we pay is reporting that $21M in total obligations terminated. A single contract has obligations of ~$28M More here.
• ????OS AI Insider: VA clears hurdle in fight for $150M VA CMOP Staffing IDIQ – The way they did the evaluations was not fare. Shenanigans behind the scene for sure! More here.
• Axle wins NIAID VCR/CIS, DIR/LID & DAIDS tasks – Whatever they are doing – it is working More here.

????⚖ GAO and the Courts

• VA Protest Dismissed: Acquisition Support Services | Veterans Management Services
• NSF Protest Dismissed: Admin & Program, Strategic Comms, Events, Digital & Writing Support
• VA Protest Denial Decision Posted: Ability One WNY Switchboard (call center) Support
• Army Decision Posted: Gov sides with challenger in fight for TPLM Express BPA task

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