VA TOSAB BPA/CISA ITOMSS/MDA AI PS/CDC Informatics/DOL RANPA/468M Army DEVCOM & USSOCOM ISS IDIQ/FTC Web/EPA RPS/Commerce AI Center Scoop

• Mary Womack: What the VA’s RISE Initiative Means for Federal Health Contractors
• Protest of $79M VA Consolidated Corporate Support Services 2.0 task on T4NG is Denied
• Homeland Sec shutdown grows more likely as congress cannot agree on ICE demands
• Contractors Take Note of CISA Mandate. Agencies Will Need Help Meeting BOD 26-02 Timelines
• Steven Koprince: Tearing down the 8(a) Program…will harm hundreds of VOSBs and SDVOSBs
• Venable: GSA Proposes Adding “Illegal DEI” Certifications to SAM.gov
• Taxpayers for Common Sense: Golden Dome could cost as much as $3.6T over 20 years
• Ab Vand: USSOCOM SOFGSD IDIQ to provide professional/management consulting svcs
• Steve Delahunty reminds us that a SeaPort NxG Transition is Underway
• Arctas: A few GovCons Moving The Needle – Flatter, TJFACT, Tetra Tech, TekSynap, MetTel, GDIT, The Simple Vue, Sierra7
• M&A: Woven Solutions Announces Acquisition of Apira Technologies ???? Like M&A News? Track the latest here

????OS AI Insider: Army Ordered to Revisit Redstone Arsenal Logistics Proposal Evaluations | Fight escalates (again) for $66M Army Test & Evaluation Technical Support IDIQ | VA pulls back on Veterans Experience Office (VEO) Human Centered Design (HCD) Support contract Not Yet an Insider? Plans start at $295 annually

⚖ GAO and the Courts

• VA Protest Denied: $79M Consolidated Corporate Support Services 2.0 task on T4NG
• VA Protest Dismissed: 36C10B25Q0375 | Four
• FTC Protest Filed: FTC-0208-25-CA-0025 | CTAC

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

???? Key Events: Because it’s Friday and it’s 5 o’clock somewhere:

• Pre-OAGM HH is back on More here. And Post CMS Industry Day HH too! Details here.
• GovWin IQ: Women-Owned Small Business Contracting in a Changing Federal Landscape
• GovWin IQ: SDVOSB Contracting Outlook: Trends Shaping Tomorrow’s Opportunities
• Flash Forward Friday: Groundhog Day is about looking for an early signal of what’s ahead. So are these upcoming events

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

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

• Rob Walther tapped as (Acting) Chief Information Security Officer at DHS S&T 
• Bryton Shang now Founder & Exec Director at Commerce Dept National AI Center
• Ronald Kemker now a PM in the Golden Dome for America (GDA) Program Office
• Retired Vice Admiral Trey Whitworth Named President of National Security at r4 Federal
• Former CBP Strategy Exec Tobin Ruff Joins SimIS as BCR Chief Strategy Officer
• DirectViZ Solutions appoints John Epperly as CEO
• Valkyrie Enterprises names Josh Jackson CEO

and several growth-minded Execs take on new challenges: Matthew Radomski takes role as Regional VP of FedCiv at Harness | ATSC recruits Chris Lawrence to drive National Security/Defense growth | Brandon Marek joins ThunderCat to drive Fed Health growth | Axle taps Vishy Mahadevan as VP Enterprise Technology | Tom Banks joins Cloudflare to drive Fed Growth | ISI recruits Jody Stoehr to drive Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem

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