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Homeland Security

Marine Corps Partially Terminates AS&E’s ZBV Mil Trailer Contract

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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

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The Marine Corps has partially terminated for convenience a $67.4 million award it made in January to American Science and Engineering [ASEI] for 66 Z Backscatter Van Military Trailers, leaving the company with $39.3 million of the original contract for production and delivery of 34 of the trailers. The Marine Corps will conduct a competition for the remaining 32 systems. The partial termination follows a protest by Rapiscan Systems, a division of OSI Systems [OSIS], which had protested the Marines'…

Congress

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