This is continuing their work as the contracting agency of choice for government-wide telecommunications services.” “Any time you have a with a 15-year period of performance, it’s a big deal,” he said. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a five-year base period with two five-year options and a contract ceiling of $50 billion.Īlan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel of the Professional Services Council, said EIS presents GSA and federal agencies “a huge opportunity” following a litany of telecommunications contracts that proceeded the massive contract vehicle. This contract is essential to our customer agencies as they improve operations and citizen services into the future.”įour of the awarded contractors - AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink and Level 3 Communications - had previously provided services through the Networx contract vehicle. “I applaud the great work the EIS team did to get us to the finish line. “The award of EIS is a major milestone that demonstrates GSA’s continuing commitment to giving federal agencies forward-leaning and flexible contract solutions that are designed in collaboration with our industry partners and provide streamlined access to mission-essential, cutting-edge services,” GSA Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Alan Thomas said in a statement. Initial requests for proposal for the contract emerged in 2015 to develop a replacement for Networx, which provided agencies more than $1.79 billion in telecommunications and network services in fiscal 2016. The 15-year Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract will serve as GSA’s premiere telecommunications contract beginning in 2020, following a transition from the Networx contract vehicle, which has been in place since 2007. GSA officials said on FedBizOpps that the mega-contract was awarded to 10 telecommunications companies, including: After almost two years in development, the General Services Administration has awarded its $50 billion contract that will impact the way agencies buy network and telecommunications products and services for the next decade and a half.

Networx contract edge