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DHS Cancels Solicitation For Financial Management System Amid New Requirements

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, May 16th, 2011

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last Thursday canceled a solicitation for a financial management system that it had awarded to CACI International [CACI] last fall that was overturned by the Government Accountability Office in March. CACI’s win of the potential $450 million contract under the Transformation and Systems Consolidation (TASC) Program was protested by Global Computer Enterprises, Inc., whose protest was sustained, and Savantage Financial Services, Inc., whose protest was dismissed. The TASC program was the latest in a…

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