Global Network Services

The Defense Information Systems Agency will hold a industry day next month for prospective companies interested in bidding for a leased telecommunications services contract:

The Global Network Services (GNS) Industry Day will take place on July 15, 2015 from 8:00 am to noon (EDT). It will be held at the Fort George G. Meade Post Theater in Ft. Meade, MD.

DISA plans to award GNS as a multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with a 5-year base, plus 5, one-year option periods. GNS will provide DISA with a vehicle to procure leased telecommunications services in support of the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) and DoD Information Network (DoDIN) worldwide.

The event is intended to provide prospective Prime Offerors an overview of GNS and for DISA representatives to understand industry's ability to meet GNS requirements with new technologies and solutions. Prospective Prime Offerors will have the opportunity to ask questions pertaining to GNS requirements.

The registration deadline is June 30, according to a DISA announcement on Federal Business Opportunities:

Following [the] Industry Day, individual vendor/government one-on-one sessions will be held on July 16 and July 17, 2014. Vendors must submit their request for a one-on-one session when registering for [the] Industry Day.