New U.S. Government Satcom Contract Expected To Increase Competition

摘要

The U.S. government is poised to purchase satellite communications services under a new contract vehicle that government and industry officials say will do a lot to improve market competition and save money.rnThe General Services Administration and Defense Information Systems Agency - the U.S. government's primary purchasers of commercial satellite services - soon will issue two draft solicitations for end-to-end managed network services. One solicitation will be structured as an open competition while the other will be for small businesses, said Kevin Gallo, the General Services Administration's satcom services program manager. He spoke on a March 16 panel at the Satellite 2010 conference here.