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Homeland Security

DHS Expects to Issue FirstSource III Solicitation in Early 2020

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 20th, 2019

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DHS Expects to Issue FirstSource III Solicitation in Early 2020

DHS Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa. Photo: DHS

After deciding to stick with its FirstSource contracting vehicle to continue procuring information technology commodities, solutions and services from small companies, the Department of Homeland Security expects to release the solicitation for FirstSource III in early 2020, says the department’s procurement chief. “DHS expects to release the FirstSource III solicitation on or around the January 2020 timeframe,” Soraya Correa says in an Aug. 19 letter to Industry Partners that was published on the government’s business opportunities website. “As we continue…

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