VA VEOCC/CMS CC/100+M GSA gXCC/NCUA IT Ops/USADF Terminations/IHS and USAF ITSS/Army C4IM Sppt/OASIS+ Forecast/VA CCN Trillion Dollar Pivot Scoop

• Congress ends shutdown, approves $1.2T in funding — and sets up DHS cliff
• ❄️Katie Helwig brings early GSA OASIS+ forecast: DHS, EPA, USAF, Army, CDC, DOT & OSD opps
• GSA Selects Maximus for $100+M Gov’t Experience Contact Center (gXCC) Services BPA
• CMS Tests Small Business Market for Medicare Contact Center Training and Content
• Mary Womack on Trillion-Dollar Pivot: Why CCN Next Gen is the “MOSA-fication” of Fed Healthcare
• Des Daniels breaks down HUGE VA TAC  spending trends and ICYMI: TAC’s Jeffrey Neill to headline VA Acquisition & SB Opps event
• Tris Carpenter: Army Futures and Concepts Command Intelligence Discovery Experiment BAA released
• Former DoD/GSA CO | USAF Maj (Ret.) Nicole Tripputi shares How to Sabotage a Phase III Award
• #DOGE: New Administration targets African Development Foundation: Multiple Tasks Terminated
• FEMA focused Veteran-owned small businesses to know – Meet them here
• Arctas: A Few GovCons are #MovingTheNeedle – Dynanet, MAPPS, Ad Hoc, Virtual Technologies Group, PingWind, Flatter, EnProVera, HPC Solutions, ReefPoint Group, Snowbird Agility, ITegrity, IntelliDyne
• ????OS AI Insider: Timetable revealed in fight for $708M NGA AI/ML Data Labeling-as-a-Service IDIQ Not Yet an Insider? Plans start at $295 annually

⚡Strategic Partnerships and M&A continue as companies position for 2026

• 2026 Elev8[X] finalist Nava acquires Beam, accelerating gold standard program delivery
• Auria Announces the Acquisition of BCubed – expands Space Force, SOC & Intel footprint
• ????OS AI Insider: M&A Impact Snapshot: Auria Announces the Acquisition of BCubed

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• Flatter awarded Federal Protective Service Region 2 contract – We’re honored to continue supporting Region 2, including NY and Puerto Rico… More here.
• DOL taps Division Chief, Enterprise Architecture & Artificial Intelligence – Congratulations, Sridhar Garu! A well-deserved milestone…More here.

⚖ GAO and the Courts

• Protest of VA Veterans Experience Office Contact Center recompete, forces extension
• VA Protest Dismissed: NCO16 Acquisition Support Services
• National Credit Union Administration Protest Dismissed: OCIO IT Operations Support
• GSA Protest Filed: RFQ-1794425 | Minburn Technology Group
• Air Force Protests Dismissed: $865M AFCENT A6 Comms Tech Support Services IDIQ
• Army Protest Dismissal Decision: Directorate of Simulation Constructive Gaming Support
• ????OS AI Insiders can Track all the latest protest activity here.

???? Two Events and updates:

• Just Announced: Vanguard 250 GovCon Gamechangers – How the Best Are Winning Into 2026: Register for this free event to hear directly from top leaders as to why some firms consistently win in today’s federal IT and consulting market. Details here.
• AFCEA NOVA Naval IT Day 2026: Enabling the Naval Force: Data, Digital, and Decision Advantage

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

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

• Nacy CMIO John de Geus joins DHA as Senior Advisor
• VA Executive Director, Office of Patient Advocacy, Ann Doran, exits
• CDC Acting Chief, Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch leader Temeika Fairley exits
• Steve Tolbert takes the helm as CEO of Decision Lens – John Saaty now Chairman of the Board
• Intel 471 appoints Michael DeBolt as President
• HumanTouch Appoints Kelly Bent as President

and several growth-minded Execs take on new challenges to kickstart 2026: Michael Schaefer now Chief Growth Officer at OBXtek | Mary Barnes joins Box supporting VA and Treasury | Tom Kennedy Transitions to Strategic Advisor, Axonius Federal Systems | Joe Perrino joins UiPath as Public Sector VP | Kevin Pence to drive National Security at MongoDB | OMNI recruits Tim Coffin to drive Growth for Space | Kirsten Ebersole tapped to lead ICF’s Enterprise Proposal Center | More key moves at Concept Plus – Willis Vann to drive proposal ops

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