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Homeland Security

DHS Releases Draft Scope for FirstSource III Contract

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

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DHS Releases Draft Scope for FirstSource III Contract

The Department of Homeland Security this month released a draft scope for its forthcoming multi-award contract for small business to provide a range of information technology (IT) products and services although unlike a notice the department provided last August the latest announcement doesn’t say when the solicitation will be issued. Last August in a letter to industry partners, DHS Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa said that the solicitation for the FirstSource III contract would be released in the Jan. 2020…

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