VA expands $722M medical center telecom contract
By
Ross Wilkers
The Veterans Affairs Department doubles the number of wired telecommunication providers to medical centers under a $722 million contract vehicle.
The Veterans Affairs Department has doubled the number of providers of wired telecommunication services to VA Medical Centers under a potential 15-year, $722 million contract vehicle.
Three of those awardees are incumbents that will continue on the National Local Exchange Carrier - Next Generation contract covering telephone and data services around the clock.
All six who bid for the contract received seats:
- AT&T (incumbent)
- Granite Telecommunications
- Lumen Technologies (incumbent, formerly CenturyLink)
- MetTel
- Windstream (incumbent)
- Zayo Group
Providers will work at designated medical centers, Veteran Outreach Centers, VA business offices, community-based outreach clinics and other facilities in the continental U.S.
Under this contract, the VA aims to centralize local exchange carrier services including customer service and help desk support.