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  • 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

  • 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

  • GSA Extends Verizon's Federal Network, Communication Services Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Extends Verizon’s Federal Network, Communication Services Contracts

    Verizon has been awarded a pair of contract extensions from the General Services Administration to continue to provide federal agencies access to the company’s network and communications service offerings. GSA extended by three years the company’s Networx Universal contract through March 2020 and its Networx Enterprise contract through May 2020 as customer agencies wait for the government to launch the Enterprise […] More

  • Tim Meehan: CenturyLink Adds GENBAND Application Server to Networx Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tim Meehan: CenturyLink Adds GENBAND Application Server to Networx Offerings

    CenturyLink has added GENBAND-built application server products to its General Services Administration Networx telecommunications contract. GENBAND’s Experius server works to provide multimedia communications applications and integrate voice, video, instant messaging, presence, mobility, conferencing and collaboration tools networks and devices, CenturyLink said Thursday. Tim Meehan, senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLink’s federal government unit, said the companies aim […] More

  • CenturyLink to Offer Government Cloud Service Via GSA Networx Vehicle; Tim Meehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Offer Government Cloud Service Via GSA Networx Vehicle; Tim Meehan Comments

    CenturyLink will offer its cloud infrastructure-as-a-service product to federal agencies through the company’s position on the General Services Administration‘s Networx contract vehicle. CenturyLink Government Cloud works to help agencies move their data workloads to the cloud through the VMware-built vCloud Government Services IaaS platform, CenturyLink said Tuesday. Tim Meehan, senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLink’s federal business, said the […] More

  • David Young of Level 3 on GSA's Telecom Contract Transition and Internet Connectivity Trends at Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Young of Level 3 on GSA’s Telecom Contract Transition and Internet Connectivity Trends at Agencies

    David Young oversees sales activities in the federal government market for Level 3 Communications in his role as a vice president at the multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company. Broomfield, Colo.-headquartered Level 3 operates a Tier 1 network worldwide and its work for federal agencies includes network security, Internet connections for large enterprises and cloud […] More

  • Report: GSA to Issue EIS Vehicle RFP Oct. 16 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: GSA to Issue EIS Vehicle RFP Oct. 16

    The General Services Administration plans to issue a request for proposals on the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle on Oct. 16, FedScoop reported Friday. Billy Mitchell writes that the EIS contract vehicle will replace the Networx vehicle and expand its offerings with cloud, voice, video and other products and services. GSA issued the EIS presolicitation notice on […] More

  • GSA's Mary Davie: Regional Telecom Contract Extension to Coincide with Networx - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA’s Mary Davie: Regional Telecom Contract Extension to Coincide with Networx

    The General Services Administration intends to extend Regional Local Service Agreements with multiple government telecommunication service providers to coincide with a planned 2020 extension of Networx contracts. Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of GSA’s office of integrated technology services, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the agency also plans to add current regional telecommunication offerings […] More

  • Michael Maiorana: Verizon Includes Cloud Platform on Networx, WITS Contract Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Maiorana: Verizon Includes Cloud Platform on Networx, WITS Contract Vehicles

    A Verizon cloud computing suite has been added to two contract vehicles that U.S. government agencies use to procure telecommunication products and services. Verizon said Wednesday its Enterprise Cloud: Federal Edition offering can now be purchased by agencies through the General Services Administration‘s Networx Universal and Enterprise program and the Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 3 […] More

  • GSA Seeks Proposals on NS2020 Telecom Acquisition Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Proposals on NS2020 Telecom Acquisition Strategy

    The General Services Administration has released a draft request for proposals on the Network Services 2020 strategy that covers voice, data, cloud, wireless, contact center, colocated data center, commercial satellite communications and managed services, FCW reported Sunday. NS2020 would replace the Networx contract and would serve as a strategic sourcing vehicle for telecommunications and information technology services, the report said. The Enterprise Infrastructure […] More

  • CenturyLink to Offer Cloud IaaS Through GSA Networx Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Offer Cloud IaaS Through GSA Networx Contract Vehicle

    A CenturyLink infrastructure-as-a-service offering has been included on a General Services Administration contract vehicle that federal agencies use to acquire telecommunications services. CenturyLink said Thursday its cloud IaaS is now available for purchase through the Networx Universal program as well as the agency’s IT Schedule 70. The data center service offering is designed to help […] More