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AT&T, Verizon Business, 57 other businesses land $50 billion GSA federal agencies contract
AT&T and Verizon Business are among 59 businesses that will provide IT and professional services to federal agencies for up to 10 years under a U.S. General Service Administration (GSA) contract award that has a total value of as much as $50 billion.
The Alliant program authorizes winners to negotiate with government agencies to serve as a services and solutions integrator and to provide a variety of services, including business process consulting and application development, communications applications and application management, data-center services, communication integration and management, networking, and secure-application optimization.
Alliant replaces the GSA ANSWER and Millennia contracts for individual IT task orders with a minimum value of $1 million. The contract has a five-year base and an additional five-year option.
Both AT&T and Verizon have extensive track records winning government business, but the two telcos will have to compete against the likes of each other and established IT powerhouses such as EDS, IBM, L-3 Services, and SAIC on a project-by-project basis moving forward.
For more:
- Verizon Business announces its GSA win. Release
- AT&T Alliant victory. Release.
- Federal Computer Week discusses the history of Alliant. Article.
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Posted by Richie | March 31, 2009 - 5:04pm
Once again it would seem the level playing field we heard so much about is being disregarded. The RBOC'S have the ability to overcome any of their competition! Why you are thinking is he trying to sell us this bill of goods. It is simple look at the stack of complaints at the FCC. Would it surprise anyone to know that the RBOC Coalition has entered into many waivers and various agreements which has enriched them and failed to live up to any of their agreements period. These companies have enough funds to tie you up in court till the day you die. So why should they follow any rule or agreement as the FCC/PSC or PUC will most certainly turn a deaf ear to you. Look at how the 1996 Tel-Com act was rewritten and the RBOC'S failed to live up to any of it. They were suppose to allow equal and fair competition flourish. Drown them is more what they decide to do run small companies down and out of legal funds as the FCC along with the same state commissions sat back and watched with a smile.
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