CISA Opps; NIH Dev/IRS EDP/DOL EOA BPA/USSTRATCOM & EPA IT wins; FDA RSS BPA/NIH/USAF Cyber Protest📰; DOGE cuts at HHS, HUD, DOL, VA – CFPB hit hard

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Magpie Health Analytics helps federal health agencies transform program challenges into actionable insights by applying deep expertise in data, programming, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, empowering them to make informed decisions. Learn More.

🍊Growing to Serve You – OrangeSlices adds Experienced GovCon Research Lead Andréa Leichtman to help deliver what members want – more reports, more forecast analysis, more content for what’s important to them – growing and maintaining their pipelines. More here.

🎯 DHS CISA FY ’26 Recompetes: A dozen expiring tasks expected to draw interest – To help you stay ahead of the curve, Andrea shares this curated list of a dozen high-impact CISA recompete opportunities—designed to spark teaming conversations and help you capitalize on emerging cybersecurity and GovCon contracts amid administrative changes. More here.

🐝The Morning Buzz:

• VA seeks support services providers as they leverage HHS CMS iQIES GOTS solution
• (William) Jay Huie shares Federal domain data from Jan 17 to Feb 13
• M&A: Dynamic Integrated Services Expands Federal IT Services with Vital Edge Solutions Acquisition
• Alisha Kelly announces creation of Women for Outreach and Leadership networking group for those who serve the National Security, Tech, and Public Sector
• Brad Kraay shares his take on why the 8(a) program is NOT among the programs and initiatives in the crosshairs
• SoKat’s Jim Kyung-Soo Liew shares: Meeting the new EO and Measuring AI’s Value in Rapid AI Adoption era
• Blooomberg: Trump’s DEI Order Creates Dilemma for Federal Contractors
• New White House EO : Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission

💲#DOGE Scoop – Avert your eyes if you don’t want to watch – we get it:

• Musk wants to ‘delete entire agencies’ from US government
• US government begins wave of mass firings – purge federal workers at VA, GSA, SBA, CFPB, and ED
• Industry laying low as DOGE digs into agencies

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🔍 ⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• FDA Protest Filed: $100M Regulatory Review Support BPA
• FDA Protest Dismissed: Solicitation Number 75F40124Q00100 | A-Tek, Inc.
• NIH Protest Filed: NIEHS | Solicitation Number C-118925-SB | Tantus Technologies
• USAF Protest Dismissed: $48M OCIO Cyber, IT Governance. Workforce Dev contract
• US Army Updated: GSA dismissed Protest Entitlement on $65M Test & Evaluation Technical Support IDIQ

Been heads down working on a proposal? Track all the latest protest activity here or see this report with all protest actions over the past week.

🔥Former Fed Friday: Rebranding Yourself After Government with Mark Wigginton – Shelley McGuire sits down with this experienced career transition coach as he breaks down the challenges former feds face, how to translate “gov-speak” into industry language, and why consulting or gig work might be your best next step. Listen here.

The Juice🥤: These firms and agencies are gearing up to make big impact in 2025 and beyond:

• Senate confirms RFK Jr. to lead HHS
• CMS CCIIO Operations leader Jeff Grant announces retirement
• CDC CISO Dr. Joe Lewis resigns
• Michael Lauer, who oversaw NIH grant awards, resigns
• ShorePoint promotes James Pittiglio to Executive Director & Chief Solutions Architect 
• ISN welcomes Asya Smith as new Chief Operating Officer
• ECS Names John Lau Vice President of Defense and Intel Solutions

🔍   This is a dynamic marketplace with a lot of comings and goings. To help you keep up with all of the action, check out this report highlighting top Senior Industry and Federal Leaders on the move from this week.

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• NIH: In advance of ITAC BPA task competition, PoP extended on NHLBI Software Development contract
• IRS OCIO inks $8M EDP SNAP Program Task Order with Palantir
• DOI Contract Award: USGS Digital Services, Hydra Database Development
• DOL: Two more Primes names to $60+M Multiple-award ETA Education, Outreach & Analysis BPA
• DOL: JV wins OCIO Job Corps Regional Office App Assessment Process Support task
• NOAA: INNOVIM beats out 30 to win Logistics Management Support task on ProTech Weather
• FEMA to award non-competitive EDAMI Data Exchange (FEMADex) Independent Test Agent (ITA) Support task on 8(a) STARS III
• EPA awards Region III IT Services Bridge Contract
• DoD: In advance of EVERGLADES award, NGA to issue bridge GEOINT AI Models T&E sole source contract
• DSS: Intecon beats out 27 to win DCSA Support task on OASIS SB
• Army Contract Award: $25M Logistics Product Data BPA
• USSTRATCOM award: ISPAN Systems, Engineering, IT and Procurement Support (SIPS) Contract

🔍Looking for a specific award or other news? Check out OS’s Advanced Search Function here Did we miss highlighting your key win? Message us at support@orangeslices.ai.

🔥 Hot Off The Presses – Announcements posted recently that are drawing interest:

• Box brings Intelligent Content Management to Federal markets with major Box Sign enhancements
• Koniag Subsidiary Awarded $49M USDA Task Order to Support FEMA Salesforce Development
• ServiceNow Launches Gov Transformation Suite, Uniting High-Impact Solutions to Administration Priorities

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• CBP Pre-Solicitation: $100+M Cargo Systems Application Development and O&M task
• VA RFI: Internal Quality Improvement and Evaluation Systems (iQIES) support services
• HUD RFI: Infrastructure Operations Office (IOO) Cloud Service Provider
• DISA Pre-solicitation: EMBM-J Situational Awareness (SA) Recompete
• DARPA RFI: Enterprise-Wide Dashboard and Analytics Solution with Legacy System Integration Capabilities
• USAF RFI: Information Technology Services – Maxwell AFB
• USAF update: ADCP Security Cloud Engineering Network Development (ASCEND)

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Magpie Health Analytics: Telling Stories, Connecting Data, & Building Trust to Transform Healthcare – Looking back on a decade’s worth of experience focused on CMS, Bil Westerfield shares some insight into how this team has become a trusted advisor and partner, advice for others who may wish to follow suit, and what’s ahead for this growing firm as it looks to expand its reach, and relationships. Read on here.

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