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DISA’s $17.5 Billion ENCORE III IT Suite Ready For DoD Use

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, March 16th, 2018

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DISA’s $17.5 Billion ENCORE III IT Suite Ready For DoD Use

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The Department of Defense’s information systems agency has finalized a potentially $17.5 billion deal with 20 companies for its ENCORE III information technology suite.The Defense Information Systems Agency’s ENCORE III is now available to DoD and its federal partners to utilize a full range of open large business IT suites, ranging from engineering develop to full sustainment services.The 20 companies included as contractors in ENCORE III are 22nd Century Technologies, AASKI Technology, Ace Info Solutions, ActioNet, AECOM [ACM] XNet, Booz…

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