Polaris/CMS CPS/FDA FURLS/CBP Opps/VA TAP/1.4B Army Cyber/DHS FPS/Coast Guard SA/USDA Puppet/DOI DM BPA/FEMA SARCOP/NASA GLOMAS/HHS LAMS IDIQ Scoop

???? Meet the 2026 Arctas GovCon Vanguard FedCiv 250 – This list, produced with HigherGov data, spotlights the 250 most successful firms with a proven track record of securing services contracts in FY25 across FedCiv, excelling in the fiercely competitive federal market. Meet them here.

Note: Join the Vanguard GovCon Gamechangers event on Feb 24, to learn why these firms have been so successful! Register here.

???? One Event Not to Miss. It’s tomorrow: Trying to get ahead of all of the changes at GSA (CIO-SP4/SEWP/Polaris/OASIS)? – NVSBC hosts Laura Stanton, Deputy Commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service. OS AI will be there. Register here.

????Inside Chevo’s Rebrand – Founded to help federal clients Change and Evolve, we caught up with Phil Sahady, Chevo Co-founder and President, to discuss the company’s recent rebranding and how it builds on a long-standing people-first culture, while embracing the new possibilities emerging. Read on here.

????The Morning Buzz:

• GSA names 55 WOSB apparently successful awardees for Polaris GWAC
• Protest challenges $1.4B Army CASTLE-NET Services award to Accenture
• A Dozen+ CBP Expiring Tasks Expected to Draw a Crowd in FY2027
• VA Chief AI Officer Charles Worthington: AI Use Case Inventory tells story of a maturing program
• VA competes Trillion Dollar services contract (biggest ever). Congress found out when the vendors did
• Monica Padron Harris: GSA TTS NextGen IT Solutions (NEXT) BPA RFI posted (TOTAL replacement) 
• DOE Launches Genesis Mission Consortium to Accelerate AI-Driven Scientific Discovery and American innovation
• CIA announces new acquisition framework to speed tech adoption
• OPM posts opening for Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer 
• CDC focused Veteran-owned small businesses to know – Meet them here.
• Arctas: GovCons Moving the Needle: 45PRESS, InterImage, ResolveSoft, ASSYST, Tharros, ICF, Peraton, ERP International

⚡Innovating for Impact: Why Trust Is the Missing Link in Healthcare Innovation – Mandy Peckham, CEO of BSR Consulting, chats with former VA Innovation Fellow Lori Murphy about why social determinants of health are still underestimated in patient outcomes and what lessons siloed systems teach about interoperability and cross-sector collaboration. Listen here. 

????Lots of Events and updates:

• Update: Navigating VA Acquisition: MDE and Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Director of Contracts now slated to speak! See what else makes this event stand out.
• Update: 2026 Military Health System Conference moves from Minneapolis to Dallas with new date
• Save the Date: AFCEA Greater Monmouth: Future of GSA and VA TAC Insights (in-person)
• DAF PAE C3BM hosting a classified TS/SCI Industry Day
• CPE IEW&S Intelligence Systems & Analytics hosting an Army Intelligence Data Platform-Next (AIDP-Next) Virtual Industry Day
• Air Force New Horizons event to focus on software acceleration
• PMIS & Analytics hosts Army Intelligence Data Platform-Next (AIDP-Next) Virtual Industry Day this Thursday
• SOFWERX & ICWERX, with USSOCOM’s S&T & CIA DS&T, host Rapid Capability Assessment event

Track More GovCon Events on OS AI Calendar (Sponsored by FHAS and Procurement Sciences)

????⚖ GAO and the Courts

• CMS Protest Filed: RFQ-CMS-2026-260007J | Octave Technologies
• HHS Protest: $55M IHS Hospital Leadership and Management Support for Readiness IDIQ
• DHS Protest Filed: FPS Region 1 Administrative Support Services
• GSA Protest Withdrawn: Federal Acquisition Service | B-424226.1 | Abacus Technology
• NASA Protest Filed: Global Modeling & Assimilation Support (GLOMAS)
• Army Protest Filed: $1.4B Cyber Automation Systems Technology and Lifecycle Enterprise Network (CASTLE-NET) Services
• Air Force Protest Filed: FY26 ACC/A22C Managed Attribution

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

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

• CMS taps Jennifer Shapiro in acting role driving Program Ops & Local Engagement
• Samantha Rosenthal takes role with CMS in the Innovation Center
• Peyton Rollins tapped as DHS Digital Communications Director
• Rebecca Hodson now Chief of Strategic Initiatives for the US Army at the Pentagon
• NAVWARS’ Eric Dang tapped as Contracts Lead at Defense Health Agency
• COL Hill tapped to drive Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate / Army T2COM Pathway for Innovation and Technology
• Sonia Mundra joins EnProVera as COO
• Karnita McElveen promoted to COO at Flatter
• IntelliDyne Appoints Matt Bringman as Chief Operating Officer
• Kentro Promotes JT Robinson to CTO
• Joe Diamond tapped as Interim CEO at Axonius
• Peerless Technologies names Brent Gerityas president of QED Systems

and several growth-minded Execs take on new challenges: Gary Stegman now VP of Federal Markets at FHAS | ERT recruits Denise Schuh to drive Space BD | Charlie Speno joins Capstone | Summit Sampat to lead Federal Health Growth & Innovation at PCI Federal | Trevor Alexander to drive Public Sector Sales at District | Caroline Devlin joins Wilcore Technologies
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