Verizon wins $2.5B award from DISA

The Defense Information Systems agency has tapped Verizon Business Network Services Inc. for network support.

The Defense Information Systems agency has tapped Verizon Business Network Services Inc. for a 10-year contract valued at $2.5 billion.

Under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, the Verizon business unit will provide end-to-end transmission services and other capabilities to the Defense Information System Network-Pacific, the Defense Department said March 9.

DISN- Pacific is DOD's consolidated enterprise-level telecommunications infrastructure for the expanded Pacific region.

Verizon Business Network Services Inc., of Ashburn, Va., is a unit of Verizon Communications Inc. The parent company ranks No. 18 on Washington Technology’s 2008 Top 100 list of the largest federal government prime contractors.