AT&T awarded $11.7M option to continue support of DHS communications office

AT&T Corp. has been awarded an $11.7 million option by the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue its support of the Homeland Security Office of Emergency Communications (OEC).

The option brings the total value of the contract to $39.5 million.

Under the option, AT&T will be supporting OEC’s Priority Telecommunication Service, which provides  communications under all circumstances, including crisis or emergency, attack, recovery, and reconstitution, the Defense Department said in a release.

Work is expected to be completed in March 2017.