AT&T Wins $120 Million Award From the Department of Veterans Affairs for Advanced Data Network
VIENNA, Va., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T Government Solutions, a business unit of AT&T Inc. , has won an award worth approximately $120 million from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a data networking solution for the agency. The award was issued via the General Services Administration’s Networx Universal program, a contract vehicle that allows AT&T to provide a full range of communications services to federal government agencies.
Selected by Veterans Affairs as its primary data provider, AT&T will deploy an Internet Protocol (IP) Wide Area Network (WAN) to deliver a wide assortment of data services to the Cabinet agency’s 240,000-plus workforce, and the company will manage the data network transition for approximately 1,300 VA site locations nationwide. The AT&T Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-enabled network, a fully managed, highly secure data network, will provide VA with the standardized technology infrastructure to support the IP-enabled WAN.
As the second-largest Cabinet department, VA is responsible for providing federal benefits to veterans and their families and operates nationwide programs for health care, financial assistance and burial benefits. Approximately 74.5 million people are potentially eligible for VA benefits and services.
“AT&T is honored to support the Veterans Affairs’ noble mission of serving the medical needs of America’s veterans and their families with dignity and compassion,” said Don Herring, senior vice president, AT&T Government Solutions. “As VA looks to continue to provide high-quality, seamless information in a secure manner to veterans, AT&T will deliver a network-enabled solution that not only addresses their security and bandwidth requirements but also takes into account the importance of controlling costs. We have a solid relationship with VA and are looking forward to serving as its data network provider.”
The AT&T Networx Transition Management Center will manage the data network transition for Veterans Affairs. The AT&T Transition Management Center, based in Oakton, Va., is a government-dedicated site with PMP-certified program managers and staff that will leverage different resources, inventory management and processes for the VA data network transition.
With the new VA award, AT&T has now announced more than $700 million in Networx awards with customers including the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security.
About AT&T Government Solutions
AT&T Government Solutions is a long-standing, trusted source of network-enabled solutions for the federal government, integrating unmatched network resources and IT and software engineering expertise with innovative technologies from AT&T Labs and industry-leading partners. With headquarters in Vienna, Va., AT&T Government Solutions is best known for network leadership in voice, data, video and managed services. AT&T Government Solutions is a proven solutions integrator, with expertise in areas such as education and training, enterprise resource planning and management, information assurance, knowledge management, modeling and simulation, network transformation and management and program management.
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