⚡CMS ISG/IRS IT HD/DHS OpenFEMA/USDA FPRS/USAF Analytics & IVV wins; VA/DHA/Army CCSA IT Partner reqs; VA/DOL/GSA TTS Exec Moves; Top FY26 IRS Opps🎯

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📢 It’s Out! OS AI’s bi-weekly Fed Health Insights Newsletter, sponsored by Maximus – Catch up on all of the latest happenings in the Fed Health IT & Consulting sector across DHA, VA, CMS, HHS, and more.  Read it here.

🍦Win More Podcast: Cracking the Code on NAICS 541330 Federal Engineering Contracts – In this episode, BidExec’s Steve May and guests Reena Bhatia and Montserrat Rodríguez explore contracting trends, key agency spending, and strategic opportunities within NAICS 541330, helping businesses navigate and win. Listen here.

🐝The Morning Buzz:

• Luke Nascimento: Public beta launch 2 weeks ago, daily active companies in Arctas has more than 100x’d. Check out some favorites.
• Greg Wilska shares that latest iteration of Treasury Contract Opps Forecast tool sees big improvement
• GovWin: Congress Passes FY25 Appropriations – See their take or read the official Appropriations Act here
• Redhorse Corporation Acquires Mannakee Group | 🚀 Have you checked out OS AI’s GovCon M&A Page? 
• Dwight Deneal: Not too late for today’s Doing Business w/ NASA Science & Agency Resource Centers webinar
• Federal Emergency Management Agency focused women-owned small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the FEMA focused firms drawing interest of late. Meet them here.
• 🎯 Internal Revenue Service FY ’26 Recompetes – The top expiring tasks expected to draw interest – Andrea shares this curated list of recompete opportunities—designed to spark teaming conversation. Check it out here.

🌟 Seeking Partners:

• SDVOSB with proven record at VA seeks partners experienced with DoD, particularly Defense Health Agency
• Jeni Hunniecutt seeks Collaborators for proposal focused on Veteran transition and suicide prevention support
• Bill Elliott shares AGovX lining up partners for a GSA OASIS+ Army CCSA IT and engineering support opp

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

• Veterans Affairs Contracting Chief launches consultancy
• TTS director tapped to serve as Labor CIO
• Former Treasury Data Act leader Amy Edwards Holmes to drive data strategy, AI, and digital transformation with Holmes Consulting Group
• GSA Office of Customer Care $100B Portfolio leader Kevan Kivlan shares that resignation was officially accepted
• For People welcomes USDS Product Lead Hannah Pyper to drive Product Management
• Sprezzatura welcomes longtime VA PM Bill Porter as Director of Platforms and Business Administration
• Ipsos recruits industry leader Sarah Brewer Procaccini as new Senior VP
• Leidos Makes 3 Key Appointments – Gregory Pejic, John Pierce and Josh Hill 
• DecisionPoint welcomes Cody Quist as Principal Functional Lead
• Luke Baldwin takes new position driving Growth & Program Strategy at ECS
• Cognizance Technologies recruits Chirag Shah as Senior Vice President Delivery

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• 8(a) fight delays competition for $30+M NLM OCCS Software Dev/IT Support need
• Protest forces Treasury back to drawing board on $25M Office of Critical Infrastructure and IT Security contract
• Army to revisit PEO C3T – Systems Engineering and Program Management Support IDIQ
• The Silent Shred⚡– Today’s contract terminations at DOT, OPM, DHS/FEMA, CDC & NIH. See the List here.

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

• US Army Protest Filed: Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) SETA Support

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• CMS: Flexion lands Information Systems Group (ISG) support contract
• IRS: ABBTECH scores OCIO IT Helpdesk Support contract
• FEMA: Trillion and ERP JV scores OpenFEMA Service Technical Support task
• DHS ICE: The Nakamoto Group awarded National Detention Standards Compliance Support contract
• USDA Contract Award: FNS Food Programs Reporting System & National Databank Support
• USAF: BryceTech lands USSPACECOM Industry Engagement Analytics & Tech Portfolio Management contract
• USAF: Goldbelt subsidiary beats out 2 to win $35M Aviation Squadron Administrative Support task on OASIS 8(a)
• USAF: SIS nabs FMS Configuration Management, SAMIS and AFSAC Online IV&V Support contracts
• DSS: Heartland Consulting beats out 14 to win NISS SETA Support Service on OASIS SB
• DLA: Electrosoft scores J8 Audit Support Services task on JETS
• USSOCOM: Sugpiat Defense lands $29M Joint Headquarters/Joint Task Force support contract
• Army awards Operational Research and Strategic Analysis PO for the Air National Guard pending new award
• DIU Awards Three Contracts To Streamline Budget Execution and Project Management – CORAS, GovSignals, Pryzm Dynamics

🔍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.

🎉 Events to put on your schedule now:

• NOAA to Host Industry Day on Planned Space Weather Observations Contract
• San Antonio IT Networking Group event sponsored by Compendious IT Solutions and Alesig Consulting
• Tribal Edge Summit to feature matchmaking between community of tribal organizations and GovCon
• AFFIRM Up Lift – From Disruption to Transformation: Embracing Change in the Federal Workforce

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

• Trump administration reinstating almost 25,000 fired workers after court order
• SSA head’s 3-month plan touts workforce reductions while calling for identity and AI investment
• Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs -about a third of took voluntary resignations
• JDSupra: The EPA’s New Funding Hurdles: What to Expect
• Stephanie Alexander: Now What?? A Call to Action for CEOs Post DOGE

⚙️ It’s all about Community – Resources Page for Affected Feds and Industry: Check it out here.

📢 Most Viewed Comment:

• 🍊OS AI Premium: Three Dozen DHS FEMA Opps to draw interest in FY’25 – AIMC LLC has significant past performance at FEMA, both as a sub and a prime. If you’re looking for a WOSB/8(a) teaming partner, please reach out …. More here.

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

• Tria takes next in a series of big moves: launches brand-new homepage at triafed.com
• Wiz to Join Google Cloud: Making Magic Together
• cliexa and BDR Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance AI-Powered Efficiencies
• Turingon Charts Secure Innovation Roadmap with Plans for FedRAMP and CMMC Compliance
• Rapid Cycle Solutions Earns Prestigious FinOps Certified Service Provider Status
• Sentar, Inc. Appraised at CMMI Level 3 for Development and Services
• Omni Federal Awarded Spot on OASIS+ Contract
• V2X Picked for Navy’s WEXMAC 2.0 Contract, Improving Global Readiness
• Booz Allen and Shield AI Partnership Brings New Autonomous Airborne Solutions to U.S. Military
• FedPartners awarded VA Office of Procurement, Acquisition, and Logistics (OPAL) contract

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• USSS Pre-Solicitation: IT Governance Management to be released on 8(a) STARS III
• DHS ICE Pre-Solicitation: Operational Systems Development & Management Information Systems (OSDMIS)
• SSA RFI: Office of Legal and Policy (OLP) EDiscovery Support Services
• USAF RFI: Implementation of Advanced Government Simulation Capabilities IDIQ and Industry Day
• USAF RFI: Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC) Data Analytic Services

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Tria Federal: Transforming How Federal Health Agencies Approach Their Critical Missions 
Leveraging 25 years of industry experience, Tria Federal CEO Tim Borchert shares his perspective on what he calls “the healthcare trilemma” – the constant struggle balancing the trade-offs between cost, quality, and access – and the unprecedented challenges and opportunities in federal modernization, particularly as agencies face growing pressure to transform their digital operations. Read on here.

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