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TASC Wins IDIQ Contract To Support Air Force Medical Services

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The U.S. Air Force has awarded TASC, the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Consultant, Advisory and Technical Services (CATS) contract to support the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) within the continental United States and U.S. territories. The one-year contract has four one-year options and a ceiling value of $985 million for all awardees.

Under the CATS contract, TASC is one of 13 companies eligible to bid on individual task orders to deliver management and professional support, engineering and technical services, and studies, analyses and evaluations.  To meet the program objectives, TASC has assembled a team from eight partner companies.

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