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DHS Set To Request Bids For Next Biometric System Procurement

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 24th, 2020

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DHS Set To Request Bids For Next Biometric System Procurement

The Department of Homeland Security in July plans to release a solicitation for the next procurement step for its enterprise biometric repository, the Homeland Advanced Recognition System (HART), which is currently being developed and deployed by Northrop Grumman [NOC]. The July 7 solicitation for the Mission Support Lifecyle Service (MSLS) support services contract will be open to contractors on the General Services Administration’s Alliant 2 contract vehicle. The request for bids will be followed on July 16 with an industry…

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