2008 contract has led to millions of dollars in damages, says suit.
By Deepak Chitnis
WASHINGTON, DC: Orange County has filed a lawsuit again the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) company for allegedly making promises and deals it had no intention of keeping.
The lawsuit, which was filed in April of 2013 in California’s Central District Court, claims that TCS made “a series of false promises” and “misrepresentations” in regards to a contract it won in 2008 to develop a software system for Orange County that would help it collect and manage taxes.
The constant delays and lack of progress on the project have led to “millions of dollars of damage,” alleges the lawsuit. Replacing the existing system will now supposedly cost millions more, according to some reports. “A modernization of tax collection system – that was supposed to take three years and cost less than $8 million – will cost twice that amount and take twice as long.”
TCS has decided not to comment on the matter, saying that it’s a pending legal case and therefore should not be talked about until the litigating is fully done.
“As a matter of policy we don’t discuss pending legal matters. We stand by the quality of work and commitment to customer success as demonstrated by the fact that over 98% of our business comes from repeat clients,” said a spokesman for the company.
Orange County, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the US, is also the country’s sixth-most populous county (as of 2009), with a population of well over 3 million citizens. It has been featured extensively in movies and TV shows, such as “The O.C.” and the 2001 remake of Ocean’s Eleven.
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