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Verizon, AT&T and Qwest share a huge contract, Sprint spurned

Posted Apr 2nd 2007 10:18AM by Tom Barlow (RSS feed)
Filed under: Good news, AT and T (T), Sprint Nextel Corp (S), Verizon Communications (VZ), Qwest Communications Intl (Q)

The General Services Administration announced last week that teams of companies led by AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) and Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) have won the Networx sweepstakes to provide the federal government telecommunications for the next decade. Noteworthy by its absence was Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), which has provided these services via the previous two 10-year contracts. Those companies winning the contract will be eligible to bid for federal telecommunications services currently estimated to be worth up to $20 billion, although some suggest the total worth may be twice that amount.

For AT&T Government Solutions, this builds on the many existing contracts it holds with departments of the government including Justice, Homeland Security, and the IRS. 4,000 employees already work for this division of AT&T. Its partners in this bid were Bechtel, Cingular Wireless, EDS, Global Crossing, GTSI Corp., Northrop Grumman IT, and SRA International.

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GSA to announce winner of Networx bonanza this month

Posted Mar 13th 2007 12:06PM by Tom Barlow (RSS feed)
Filed under: Deals, Products and Services, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), AT and T (T), Sprint Nextel Corp (S), Verizon Communications (VZ), Nortel Networks (NT), , Alcatel-LucentADS (ALU), , Level 3 Communications (LVLT), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Qwest Communications Intl (Q)

Two years ago, the General Services Administration issued a thousand-page RFP(Request for Proposal) for Networx, the contracts to provide communications services and technology to the government. The project was divided into two parts, Networx Universal and Networx Enterprise. Together, the two could be worth as much as $20 billion.

The winners of the bid for Networx Universal, to provide global telecommunications, are due to be announced this month, a year later than originally planned. The GSA delayed the decision due to the complexity of the 5,000-page bids.

Four teams of companies are in the running for the contract, although the government could, and many think probably will, parse the work so that all get a taste. The teams and their lineups:

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