Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- CGI Group Inc., the company that builtthe main Obamacare website, will be replaced next month when itscontract with the U.S. federal government expires, a personfamiliar with the decision said.

The Obama administration intends to sign a contract withDublin-based Accenture Plc to complete unfinished work onhealthcare.gov and run the site, said the person, who asked not tobe identified because the decision isn’t public. Montreal- basedCGI fell in New York trading.

The Oct. 1 debut of the insurance exchange serving 36 of the 50U.S. states was plagued by delays, error messages and hang-ups thatprevented people from completing applications. Accenture, thesecond-largest technology-consulting company, led construction ofCalifornia’s better-performing state system.

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