CenturyLink Inc Wins Two Federal Communications Commission Task Orders

CenturyLink Inc announced that it has won two task orders from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that could be worth a total of $9.6 million over the next five years. Both task orders were awarded under the General Services Administration's Networx Enterprise contract. GSA's Networx program is the telecommunications contract vehicle ever awarded by the federal government. CenturyLink won a task order to provide Wide Area Network (WAN) services to the FCC, including private line services and Network-Based Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network Services. This WAN task order was evaluated at $6.99 million over the next five years $1.23 million for the first year and $5.76 million over the following four years if all four one-year options are exercised. The Company also won a task order to provide Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Services (MTIPS) to the FCC. The MTIPS task order was evaluated at $2.64 million over the next five years $472,000 for the first year and $2.17 million over the following four years if all four one-year options are exercised.