AT&T Corp. filed a formal protest April 27 with the General Services Administration over that agency's award of the FTS2001 governmentwide telecommunications contract. The company charges that GSA relaxed the performance requirements outlined in the original request for proposal to accommodate contract winners Sprint Corp. and WorldCom Inc.
Symantec Corp. has shipped almost $10 million worth of information security products to fill an initial order as part of the $6.9 billion Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project.
The Social Security Administration will have to recompete a $100 million contract it awarded to WorldCom Inc. in October 2000, following a General Accounting Office ruling.
The Air Force has awarded a $192 million, five-year contract to Sverdrup Technology Inc. to provide a range of technical, engineering and acquisition support services at Eglin Air Force Base.
The Army selected Lockheed Martin Corp. to develop the common training instrumentation architecture for all its training ranges. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is worth about $25 million.
Federal telecommunications provider WinStar Communications Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection April 18, hoping to give itself breathing space to restructure its debts while continuing operations.
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $35 million, nine-year contract to Sentel Corp. for independent operational test and evaluation services of new acquisitions for the National Airspace System in the areas of communication, weather, navigational and surveillance systems.
Companies that serve the federal telecommunications market are eyeing opportunities to provide new outsourcing services to agencies, now that the transition to FTS2001 vendors is almost complete.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a request for proposal April 10 for information systems development and microcomputer support services.
The Forest Service's Meaningful Measures Coordination Center is looking for technical support for system implementation and related issues. The Meaningful Measures program measures asset management and accomplishments in national forest recreation areas.
SGI Federal has entered an agreement with World Wide Technology Inc. to sell its products and services on the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedule.
The Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Undersea Systems unit a five-year, $72 million deal.
The Navy has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for technical and software engineering services to Science Applications International Corp. and Titan Corp. to support satellite communications systems improvements.
The General Services Administration's contracts to provide local telecommunications services to federal agencies about to come under congressional scrutiny.
An influential House lawmaker has asked for an independent review of the troubled STARS air traffic control project, despite assurances from the Federal Aviation Administration and Raytheon Co. that the system is back on track.
