According to an article on ArmyTimes and a few other sources, it appears it's not a done deal yet: a recommendation was made to the secretary of the army, who still needs to make a decision and announcement.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/0...ision_021710w/
Every source reporting this has also seemed to stress this was for troops in Afghanistan, so it seems UCP isn't becoming a collector's item just yet. This seems to be a result of the (late) John Murtha push to issue more effective camo to troops in Afghanistan. As quoted on one site:
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The lawmakers directed the Pentagon to “take immediate action to provide combat uniforms to personnel deployed to Afghanistan with a camouflage pattern that is suited to the environment of Afghanistan.”
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IMO this may be a stop gap measure to accommodate the need for a better camo in Afghanistan, using what's pretty much COTS product, until a more definitive "replacement for UCP" is adopted (again, I'm thinking of A-TACS and AOR1/2)