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Company
Among Prime Contractors Selected for U.S. General Service Administration’s
Alliant Program, Valued at US$50 Billion
Verizon Business will provide information technology (IT) solutions
and professional services to federal agencies under a 10-year contract
that has been awarded by the U.S. General Services Administration.
Verizon Business, through its Federal Network Systems arm, was among
multiple awardees selected by the GSA to provide services under
the contract, which has a total value of as much as US$50 billion.
The
contract, for a program known as Alliant, authorizes Verizon Business
to negotiate with government agencies to serve as a services and
solutions integrator and provide a variety of services. They include
business process consulting and application development, communications
applications and application management, data-center services, communication
integration and management, networking, and secure-application optimization.
Alliant,
which has a five-year base with one five-year option, will replace
the GSA ANSWER and Millennia contracts for individual IT task orders
with a minimum value of US$1 million.
Susan
Zeleniak, group president, Verizon Federal, a sales organization
within Verizon Business dedicated to serving federal government
customers, said: “The Alliant award recognizes Verizon Business’
expanding IT and professional services capabilities. We already
provide the federal government with an unsurpassed portfolio of
advanced communications services. Alliant will allow us to bring
innovative IT and professional services to our government clients
over the next decade.
“We
have been providing IT and professional services, especially in
the security and call center areas, for the government under other
contracts. Alliant presents an opportunity for us to further meet
the needs of federal agencies under an easy-to-use vehicle provided
by the GSA.”
In
addition to Alliant, Verizon Business provides a wide array of advanced
communications and IT services through several federal government
contracts, including the Networx program, GSA Washington Interagency
Telecommunications System (WITS 3), GSA Local Services Acquisition
(LSA) contracts and GSA CONNECTIONS.
Verizon
Business is the largest provider of communications services to the
U.S. federal government and one of the largest providers of advanced
communications and information technology services globally. The
company offers local-to-global network capabilities coupled with
a broad range of telecommunications products and services -- including
advanced Internet protocol (IP) services, professional services,
managed network services and systems integration -- to all levels
of government. With this broad portfolio of services, Verizon Business
can provide federal agencies with one-stop shopping for their communications
or connectivity needs. The company has built the next-generation
services that are helping to transform the way government customers
-- and their constituents -- do business.
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