Concert Technologies lands part of $5B government telecom deal

Concert Technologies has landed a contract with the federal General Services Administration that could be worth up to $5 billion over the next nine years as it supplies U.S. government agencies with telecommunications, network and communications solutions to meet equipment, building and campus infrastructure needs.

Under the Connections II contract, the Dulles, Va.-based company and its partners, CDW-G, Dell, Telcordia, Johnson Controls, BCCP Consulting, Panduit, SuprTEK, Ventraq and Aquilent, will assist the federal government in acquiring and implementing technology to reduce costs and transform business processes.

The federal government has been aggressively reworking its mix of technology over the past decade. It has increasingly adopted cloud apps like Google Apps for Government and other collaboration tools in an effort to cut costs. It also has worked to close data centers, moving information to the cloud, to cut opex and capex.

"Connections II leverages the Concert team's nationwide and international deployment and support networks to address customer's challenges and to implement solutions with high quality, a secure supply chain and real efficiency," said Dennis Mazaris, President and founder of Concert Technologies.

The Connections II (CNX II) Program is a multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a three year and three month base period with six one-year options. Connections II complements and enhances GSA's Networx and regional telecommunications contracts. It can be used by federal agencies, authorized federal contractors, agency-sponsored universities and laboratories, and authorized state, local and tribal governments.

Concert Technologies, founded in 1995, is a privately-held small business, technology service company.

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