21 firms share $5B Connections II prize

Twenty-one companies have won a share of the General Services Administration’s $5 billion Connections II contract for telecommunications and other network support.

Nine of the companies are small businesses, the rest fall into the full-and-open category. The companies will compete for task orders under the 10-year contract, which has a four-year base and six one-year options.

GSA wants the contract to be the government’s one-stop shop for buying telecommunications, network and communications solutions. The agency will use the contract to help implement its Networx telecommunications contract.

Among the solutions are communications and networking, building/campus facility preparation, operations, administration and management, and customer service and technical support.

The 21 winners are:

A&T Systems Inc.
American Systems Corp.
Apptis Inc.
AT&T
Avaya Inc.
BAE Systems
Centech Group
Ciber Inc.
Concert Technologies
EPS Corp.
Futron Inc.
General Dynamics Information Technology
Government Telecommunications Inc.
Harris Corp.
Hewlett-Packard
Netcom Technologies Inc.
Nextiraone Federal
Qwest Government Services
Science Applications International Corp.
Vector Resources Inc.
Verizon Business