If anyone has any doubt about the recently awarded GSA NETWORX contract living up to expecations, all they have to do is look at Verizon. Verizon Federal was awarded over $678 million in task orders from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a world wide IP network.. GSA awarded the omnibus Networx Universal contracts in April 2007 to Verizon Business (then MCI Communications Services), AT&T and Qwest Government Services. One month later it awarded the second round of contracts, Networx Enterprise, to Verizon Business, AT&T, Level 3 Communications, Qwest Government Services and Sprint Solutions. The contracts include more than 40 networking and communications services, and most agencies are breaking up the services into separate task orders rather than making a single large procurement as they did under the FTS2001 contracts, Zeleniak said. This has resulted in a slow take-off for Networx.
We are on the tip of the crossover from the FTS 2001 contract. One reason for the flurry of activity is a Sept. 30 deadline for selecting Networx service providers in order for agencies to qualify for GSA transition credits to help pay for capital expenses in switching from the old FTS2001 contract.
Chris Ballenger author of Government Contract Blog and CEO of APEX STRATEGIES reported that the military NETCENTS II contract RFP is scheduled for August. The current contract NETCENTS allows the military to buy a wide range of services and products to support communications and information technology. Ballenger added that wireless technologes are expected play a large role in the RFP.
Chris Ballenger, CEO of APEX Strategies and publisher of Government Contracts Blog reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has made available nearly $1.1 billion to continue assisting public health departments, hospitals and other health care organizations to strengthen their ability to respond to public health and medical emergencies as a result of a terrorism attack or naturally occurring event.
Ballenger further reports that contract grants consist of HHS' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding $704.8 million and $398 million through the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
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These $704.8 million in grants will be used for health departments in states, territories and metro areas of New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles County and Washington, D.C., through the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement.
For more information on these grants contact Chris Ballenger at cjballe@apexstrategies.biz
Chris Ballenger, CEO of APEX Strategies and Editor of GovernmentContractsBlog.com annonces that "The Navy has awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts to 340 contractors that will compete for a variety of command task orders that collectively could be worth $5.3 billion a year."
"This Government Contract, part of the SeaPort Enhanced Rolling Admissions solicitation, will have a one-year base period with one five-year award term and one additional four-year award term. They are in addition to the 1,265 contracts previously awarded under the SeaPort-e acquisition program," stated Ballenger.
Ballenger further adds that "This is a great contract program for companies to participate in due to its flexible structure and over 22 functional service areas and set aside provisions for small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, 8a business development program and Historically Underutilized Business Zone small businesses."
