Connections in the News
Not Your Father’s Connections Contract
Federal Computer Week Magazine – Issue January 2012. Connections II offers telecommunications infrastructure solutions that include – but are not limited to – four general solutions sets. This new approach is significantly different from the first Connections contract, reducing the confusion for agencies and contract holders.
Q&A about Connections II
Federal Computer Week Magazine – Issue January 2012. In this interview, Mary Davie, Assistant Commissioner for Integrated Technology Services within GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, discusses the advantages and benefits of the Connections II contract.
Connections II Delivers Infrastructure Support for Emerging Telecom Technologies
Federal Computer Week Magazine – Issue January 2012. The Connections II contract provides agencies with access to new telecommunications infrastructure solutions in areas such as security and sustainability, while also providing agencies with capabilities to better manage and exploit wireless, telepresence, and other maturing technologies.
GSA Expects Connections II Small Business to Thrive, Even Without Set-Asides
Federal Computer Week Magazine – Issue January 2012. The Connections II contract does not establish a separate category for small businesses in order to promote a fair opportunity to compete among all the contract’s industry partners. And yet, the small businesses, have held their own.
Experienced Telecommunications Industry Partners Support Connections II
Federal Computer Week Magazine – Issue January 2012. All returning contract holders express confidence that Connections II will be even more widely used than the first Connections contract, due in part to a good reputation among agency customers.
Connections II Web Portal Enables Self-Serve Ordering by Agencies
Federal Computer Week Magazine – Issue January 2012. The Connections II contract boasts a “one-stop shop” web portal providing agencies with the information and tools they need to issue and award task orders.
