However, in December 2018, the GSA extended the deadline to 2023 to give agencies more time to switch.Īccording to the GSA, by March 31, 2022, 90 percent of agencies’ telecom inventory must be off current contracts and moved to EIS. Agencies had been required to transition away from the Networx contracting vehicle to EIS by the spring of 2020. Taken together, they represent momentum behind network upgrades to modern, IP-based technologies under EIS, though the agencies’ approaches to network improvements differ.ĮIS, which is designed to let agencies modernize their networks, especially via technologies such as software-defined networking and 5G wireless networks, replaces the existing Networx contract. Last week, the VA award was announced, worth $725 million over 12 years. In late May, the DHS award was revealed, and is worth $306 million over 12 years if all of the options are exercised. Over the past few weeks, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Veterans Affairs issued task orders under the General Services Administration’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract designed to spur network modernization. The deadline for federal agencies to switch over to their networks of the future is fast approaching, and several large ones are starting to get a move on.
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