To provide Cloud and hosting services, the U.S. Department of the Interior has selected Verizon to participate in a $10-billion, 10-year contract. Each of the 10 agreements awarded under the Foundation Cloud Hosting Services contract has a potential maximum value of $1 billion.
The contract will enable the Department of the Interior to modernize the way it manages applications and stores data, and control costs through a reduction of its data center footprint.
A key component of the department’s IT Transformation initiative, the Foundation Cloud Hosting Services contract has an initial three year term that can be extended through April 2023.
The services covered by the contract will be available to all nine of the department’s technical bureaus and seven administrative offices covering more than 2,400 locations and 70,000 employees.
Verizon has a history of successfully providing advanced networking and security solutions to the Department of the Interior. The Foundation Cloud Hosting Services contract represents an expansion of Verizon’s engagement with the department and will enable it to leverage Verizon’s significant Cloud investments and expertise to help the department achieve its long-term objectives, said Susan Zeleniak, Sr. VP, Public Sector Markets, Verizon Enterprise Solutions.
With this agreement, the department also expects that other federal departments and agencies will use the contract to purchase Cloud services. The contract is expected to produce savings of $100 million a year from 2016 through 2020.
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