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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

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Savi Only Contractor on Final Option for DoD RFID-IV ContractSavi says it will continue to be the single provider for the Defense Department’s RFID-IV contract in the final option year, which ends on April 7, 2019. Savi says that for the final option year of the award, it is introducing a lighter, easier-to-maintain, portable, deployment kit with state of the art electronics. Under the original $102 million RFID-IV contract, Savi provides DoD, other agencies and allied partners with hardware, software…

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