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DoD Cancels RFP For $475 Million Cyber Command Support Contract

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

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DoD Cancels RFP For $475 Million Cyber Command Support Contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency last week cancelled a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued in April seeking upward of $475 million in support services for U.S. Cyber Command and the Cyber National Mission Force, saying the acquisition strategy is being reassessed.“The Government has determined it is necessary to reassess the needs of USCYBERCOM and to consider whether another acquisition strategy could better meet those needs,” DISA said in a May 21 post on the FedBizOpps.gov site.The RFP in April for…

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