TeleCommunication Systems, TSYS, today announced it has been selected as one of eight
awardees of the Custom SATCOM Solutions (CS2) contract. This contract enables
the Department of Defense (DoD) and federal civilian agencies to purchase TCS
end-to-end, turnkey solutions which incorporate commercial satellite
communication services through both the General Services Administration (GSA)
and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). The multiple-awardee,
Indefinite Delivery – Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with an estimated
ceiling of $2.6 billion over five years, is part of the Future Commercial
Satellite Communications Services Acquisition (FCSA) strategy established by
the GSA and DISA to consolidate transponded capacity (satellite bandwidth),
subscription services (including terminal and bandwidth combinations) and
end-to-end solutions contracting vehicles into one program for procuring
custom satellite communication solutions from a select group of qualified
contractors.
Government and defense organizations are increasing their reliance on
commercial satellite technology to provide essential, secure communications to
the warfighter, command and control functions, and disaster recovery and
response teams. According to Northern Sky Research, the global market for
commercial government satellite equipment and services will grow from $4
billion in 2011 to $9.2 billion in 2019. The need for flexible, mobile
wireless services drives agencies toward industry leaders like TCS and its
partners for state-of-the-art solutions to reliably and securely transmit
voice, video and data across the globe. TCS has a 25-year history of providing
proven, reliable and cost-effective secure communication solutions for all
tiers of government, and this award will broaden access by government agencies
to that experience.
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