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VA restarts Oracle EHR rollout at 4 Michigan sites — 9 more in 2026, $37B lifetime cost
After a three-year pause, the VA resumed its Oracle-Cerner electronic health record deployment in April 2026, starting with four Michigan health care systems. 9 additional sites scheduled for 2026 — total 13 live by year-end. Lifetime cost now estimated at $37B.
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Policy
Trump's March 13 Made-in-America EO — FTC enforcement + contract-level origin verification
The March 13, 2026 executive order directs the FTC to prioritize enforcement against false 'Made in America' claims and requires federal agencies to verify Made-in-USA and Buy American Act claims at the contract level. Online marketplace verification rule forthcoming.
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Policy
Trump's January 7 Warfighter EO — stock-buyback ban for 'underperforming' defense primes
The January 7, 2026 EO 'Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting' directs DoW to identify underperforming primes, prohibit their stock buybacks and dividends until performance issues cure, and link future executive compensation to performance metrics.
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OASIS+ Phase II goes live — rolling open season for the $60B services GWAC
GSA launched OASIS+ Phase II on January 12, 2026 — a continuously-open on-ramp solicitation model for the $60B services GWAC. 1,300+ small businesses already on the vehicle. No more 5-year wait between onramps.
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DHS kills EAGLE II — next-gen IT buying flows through GSA and NIH vehicles
DHS won't recompete the $22 billion EAGLE II IT contract. Instead, EAGLE Next Gen routes IT procurement through GSA's Alliant 2, Alliant 2 SB, 8(a) STARS II, VETS 2, plus NIH's CIO-SP3. Small-business commitment continues.
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VA's $60B T4NG2 cleared to launch — court denies all remaining protests, 33 vendors authorized
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims denied all remaining protests of the VA's $60 billion Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation 2 (T4NG2) IDIQ in April 2026. 33 authorized vendors; primary VA IT-services vehicle for the next decade.
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Policy
SBA suspends 1,000+ firms, terminates 800+ in 8(a) program — and shifts to race-neutral review
A cascade of enforcement actions in Q1 2026: over 1,000 8(a) firms suspended, 800+ in termination proceedings, and formal guidance that 8(a) eligibility is now evaluated on individualized social-disadvantage evidence, not group membership. New-firm admissions dropped from ~525/year to 65 in 2025. What current participants actually need to do.
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OTAs hit $18B/year — and the FY26 NDAA opens them up further
Other Transaction Authority agreements grew from $1.8B in FY16 to over $18B in FY24. The FY26 NDAA expands Commercial Solutions Openings to all commercial products and services, and eliminates the written-determination requirement above $10M. A real non-FAR path for firms that find FAR procurement impossible.
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VA's $700B Community Care Network rebuild — the largest federal services contract ever contemplated
The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing Community Care Network Next Generation — a single IDIQ with a 10-year potential value of $700 billion. Existing CCN contracts expire in 2026. The competition pits a handful of payer-capable firms against each other for what would be one of the largest services awards in government history.
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VA awards $14B IHT 2.0 to 9 SDVOSB primes — a rare big-ticket set-aside in healthcare services
The VA's $14 billion Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 IDIQ is a ten-year multiple-award set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Nine awardees now share the vehicle — unusually strong SDVOSB representation at this contract scale.
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Protests
GAO: failure to acknowledge IFB amendment is fatal — even when the price impact is 1%
Morrish-Wallace Construction (Ryba Marine) succeeded in protesting the Corps' second-low award after E.C. Korneffel failed to acknowledge a third amendment specifying larger steel pile-cap requirements. B-423796.2, decision published April 13, 2026.
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DHS Cumulus: non-competitive cloud awards to AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle — what's in scope
The Department of Homeland Security moved to its Cumulus centralized cloud vehicle with non-competitive block-one awards to the four major hyperscalers. Contracts have 1-year base periods and up to four option years. Financial details redacted. Small firms should pay attention to the downstream services layer.
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