U.S. Customs and Border Protection selects Lumen for network services contract
Zain Ahmed of Lumen
Washington, 26 July 2022 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently selected Lumen Technologies to provide the mission-critical communications, internet connectivity and network services that support the law enforcement agency’s systems and facilities across the nation and abroad.
“Customs and Border Protection’s 24/7 mission to protect the American people, safeguard borders and enhance the nation’s economic prosperity means they need a proven network provider that can deliver fast, secure and steadfast connectivity,” says Zain Ahmed, senior vice president, Lumen public sector. “CBP put its trust in Lumen to enable applications and data-driven operations in a world where the reliability and availability of the agency’s network and IT infrastructure must be always on.”
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- The 11-year task order, which has an initial one-year term with 10 one-year options, is worth $137 million (134.13 million).
- It was awarded to Lumen under the General Services Administration’s 15-year, $50 billion (48.95 billion) Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) programme.
- Lumen is honored to support government agencies with innovative adaptive networking, edge cloud, connected security and collaboration services using the company’s platform for advanced application delivery solutions.
- The company provides a platform for IT modernisation that delivers the security and reliability agencies need to carry out their important missions
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