The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Lumen Technologies a task order worth more than $1.2 billion to deliver a fully integrated wide area data transport service with secure remote access, contact center and cloud connectivity solutions to more than 9,500 USDA locations across the country and abroad.
“One of America’s largest cabinet agencies chose Lumen to securely modernize its network and IT services. We’re excited to help the USDA benefit from today’s digital technologies that are transforming farming into precision agriculture,” said Zain Ahmed, senior vice president, Lumen public sector. “Lumen is bringing modern technology solutions that will make it easier for the USDA to accomplish its mission of promoting the production of nutritious food that nourishes our people, providing economic opportunity to rural Americans, and preserving our nation’s natural resources through smart forest and watershed conservation.”
The 11-year task order, which has an initial term through September 30, 2022, with 10 one-year options, was awarded to Lumen under the General Services Administration’s 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program.
Lumen will provide the USDA with managed network, managed security and voice solutions that support speeds up to 100 Gbps including:
- SD-WAN;
- managed trusted internet protocol services (MTIPS);
- zero-trust networking solutions;
- edge computing and remote access solutions;
- virtual private network services;
- cloud connectivity;
- unified communications and collaboration solutions;
- contact center solutions;
- voice over internet protocol (VoIP), wireless and satellite services;
- Ethernet transport;
- optical wavelength solutions;
- related equipment and engineering services.
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