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  • EIS Vendors Test Business Support Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EIS Vendors Test Business Support Systems

    A new General Services Administration report says vendors that won spots on a potential 15-year, $50 billion contract for telecommunications services have made progress in testing back-office systems they will implement in support of that contract, FCW reported Thursday. GSA released an update Wednesday on each company’s effort to perform Business Support Systems tests as […] More

  • ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract

    The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council has formed a working group to help federal agencies and contractors transition to the General Services Administration‘s new governmentwide acquisition vehicle for telecommunications services. GSA awarded the potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract in August of last year as a replacement to Networx and at least 80 other federal telecommunications […] More

  • Bob Fortna: Fortinet Aims to Help Federal Clients Address IT Security Challenges With Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Fortna: Fortinet Aims to Help Federal Clients Address IT Security Challenges With Tech

    Bob Fortna, president of Fortinet’s federal business, has said the company offers security platforms designed to help customer agencies address mission requirements and challenges associated with information technology modernization efforts. Fortna said in an interview published Monday that Fortinet Federal‘s portfolio of security tools for agencies features the Fortinet Security Fabric as a “foundational element.” […] More

  • Raytheon, MetTel Forge Comms Network Cyber Defense Partnership; John DeSimone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, MetTel Forge Comms Network Cyber Defense Partnership; John DeSimone Comments

    MetTel and Raytheon have formed a partnership to offer cybersecurity platforms and services designed to help government and commercial organizations safeguard their communications networks from cyber vulnerabilities and other threats associated with the adoption of internet-connected devices. The companies will provide technology platforms, consulting and managed security services to help detect and counter potential breaches […] More

  • Hughes to Offer Managed Network Services to Agencies Through Level 3 Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes to Offer Managed Network Services to Agencies Through Level 3 Partnership

    Hughes Network Systems has received a subcontract from Level 3 Communications to offer a suite of managed network services to federal customers through the General Service Administration‘s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. Hughes said Tuesday it aims to help customer agencies modernize legacy information technology networks with the HughesON managed services offering as partner of Level 3. Level 3 is one of 10 companies […] More

  • VA Posts Sources Sought Notice for Software Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Posts Sources Sought Notice for Software Mgmt Platform

    The Department of Veterans Affairs wants information on potential industry sources of a software management platform that can aid VA’s use of the General Services Administration‘s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. VA said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice that proposed software management tools system should be able to provide telecommunications asset management such as ordering, billing, […] More

  • Harris to Offer Federal Agencies Network Services Under $50B GSA Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Offer Federal Agencies Network Services Under $50B GSA Contract Vehicle

    Harris has won a position under the General Services Administration‘s potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle to offer network services to federal agencies. GSA selected Harris and nine other companies to compete for task orders to deliver information technology, telecommunications and infrastructure services through the EIS contract. Harris said Tuesday it plans to offer network […] More

  • CenturyLink Secures Spot on GSA's Potential $50B EIS Vehicle; Erich Sanchack Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Secures Spot on GSA’s Potential $50B EIS Vehicle; Erich Sanchack Comments

    CenturyLink will be able to offer information technology and telecommunications infrastructure services to government customers through its position on the General Services Administration‘s potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multi-award vehicle serves to facilitate the delivery of CenturyLink services that include cybersecurity, cloud and managed hosting, the company said Wednesday. Erich Sanchack, senior […] More

  • AT&T Eyes Telecom Support Task Orders Under GSA’s $50B EIS Contract; Kay Kapoor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Eyes Telecom Support Task Orders Under GSA’s $50B EIS Contract; Kay Kapoor Comments

    AT&T will compete for task orders to provide telecommunications services and technologies for federal agencies under the potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract the General Services Administration awarded Tuesday. The EIS contract aims to meet the technology requirements of approximately 53 federal agency clients and replace GSA’s Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 3, Networx and […] More

  • Coast Guard Plans New Single-Source IDIQ Award for Software Engineering Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Plans New Single-Source IDIQ Award for Software Engineering Services

    The U.S. Coast Guard plans to award a single-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for software engineering services to support current and future enterprise information systems at USCG and the Department of Homeland Security. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday that services covered under the Application Product Lines Enterprise Services II contract include application development, data […] More

  • GSA Posts RFI on Planned EIS Transition of Small Agencies, Tribal Gov'ts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Posts RFI on Planned EIS Transition of Small Agencies, Tribal Gov’ts

    The General Services Administration has issued a request for information on plans to transition small agencies and tribal government customers from expiring telecommunications and network services contracts to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. GSA said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice it has created an approach to help small agencies and native American tribes complete their shift from […] More

  • DOI Wants Info on Voice Comm Service Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOI Wants Info on Voice Comm Service Offerings

    The Interior Department has asked industry for ideas on how to maintain voice communication services across DOI facilities as federal agencies prepare to transition to the General Services Administration‘s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. DOI seeks ways to continue voice services that are currently provided through GSA’s Networx, Washington Interagency Telecommunications 3 and Local Services Agreement contracts, according to a request […] More