WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink,
Inc. (NYSE: CTL) announced that it was selected by the U.S.
Social Security Administration (SSA) as a key provider for its Wide
Area Network and related high-speed network services.
Under SSA's dual carrier network approach, CenturyLink won the
task order with the largest scope and is responsible for all single
and dual carrier requirements, including architecting and deploying
SSA's 100 gigabit business-critical data replication network.
The task order was awarded via the General Services
Administration's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program
and has a minimum value of $470
million over the 15-year life of the contract.
"Social Security's network, called SSANet, is the central
nervous system of all SSA operations, which touch every American
from birth throughout their entire life," said David Young, CenturyLink senior vice president,
public sector. "SSA continues to place its trust in CenturyLink as
a mission-critical network provider by extending and expanding its
relationship with us as we help the agency modernize its IT systems
that provide crucial services to the American public."
CenturyLink will provide Ethernet, virtual private network,
intrusion prevention and self-healing optical wave ring services
with speeds ranging from 100 Mbps to 100 Gbps at each of SSA's more
than 1,700 locations in the U.S. and around the world, including
data centers, field offices, foreign service posts, headquarters,
program service centers, regional offices, remote operations
centers and external business partner sites.
The award also includes secure high-speed cloud connectivity,
proactive distributed denial of service protections and a network
operations center that supports all SSA activities and its more
than 60,000 employees 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365
days a year.
In addition to critical core network services, CenturyLink will
provide dedicated program and operations management staff, as well
as lifecycle engineering services, in support of SSA's mission to
constantly evolve and improve a premier large enterprise
network.
CenturyLink has been helping SSA move to next-generation
networking services since the company was named the agency's
primary managed networking services provider in 2012 via GSA's
Networx program.
CenturyLink was the first supplier to receive authority to
operate under GSA's 15-year, $50
billion EIS program in March of last year. EIS is a
multiple-award contract vehicle for federal government agencies to
purchase information technology and telecommunications
infrastructure services. It gives federal agencies the flexibility
and agility to migrate to modern communications and IT services
that meet strict government security standards.
Key Facts
- Social Security has provided financial protection for America's
people for more than 80 years.
- SSA pays retirement, disability and survivors benefits to more
than 64 million people, including retirees, children, widows and
widowers.
- By supplying cybersecurity, cloud, managed hosting and IT
services over its carrier-class network, CenturyLink provides
government agencies with the security and reliability they need to
carry out their important missions.
- CenturyLink is ranked No. 29 on Washington Technology's 2019
Top 100 list of federal government IT contractors.
Additional Resources
- Learn more about CenturyLink winning an EIS task order worth up
to $1.6 billion to provide secure
network services and IT modernization solutions to the U.S.
Department of the Interior:
http://news.centurylink.com/2020-01-16-U-S-Dept-of-the-Interior-Awards-CenturyLink-1-6-Billion-EIS-Network-Services-Win
- Learn more about CenturyLink winning a task order to provide
secure connectivity to the U.S. Department of Defense Education
Activity's learning network via EIS:
http://news.centurylink.com/2020-01-22-CenturyLink-Wins-Department-of-Defense-Learning-Network-EIS-Award
- Learn more about CenturyLink winning the first EIS task order
to provide fast, secure connectivity to NASA:
http://news.centurylink.com/2019-04-08-CenturyLink-Wins-First-EIS-Task-Order-to-Provide-Fast-Secure-Connectivity-to-NASA
- Learn more about CenturyLink being named SSA's primary managed
networking provider via GSA's Networx program:
http://news.centurylink.com/2012-06-14-CenturyLink-Wins-Social-Security-Administration-Task-Order
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a
technology leader delivering hybrid networking, cloud connectivity,
and security solutions to customers around the world. Through its
extensive global fiber network, CenturyLink provides secure and
reliable services to meet the growing digital demands of businesses
and consumers. CenturyLink strives to be the trusted connection to
the networked world and is focused on delivering technology that
enhances the customer experience. Learn more
at http://news.centurylink.com/
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