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Instead, bidders must be able to provide services in 25 of the top 100 core-based statistical areas or CBSAs. The contract also is structured different than Networx in that GSA dropped the requirement of providing services in any location in the United States. Meanwhile, the optional services such as contact centers, cloud services, managed security services and unified communications are services many systems integrators do provide The concern voiced by the integrator community is that these mandatory services are squarely in the wheelhouse of the telecom companies and not systems integrators. The mandatory services on the contract are virtual private network service, Ethernet transport service, Internet Protocol voice service, circuit switched voice service, managed network service, and access arrangements.

To date, they have declined to name their teammates. That goal has been met with some skepticism because of systems integrators will be challenged to provide the mandatory services on the contract without bringing on one of the telecoms as a partner. What remains to be seen is if GSA is successful in enticing other non-telecoms into the competition, a goal they set when they started developing EIS. The Networx contracts are held by major telecom companies – AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, CenturyLink and Level 3 Communications. The contract, known as Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions or EIS (which at least one GSA official wants to call Eyes), will replace Networx Enterprise, Networx Universal and a variety of other GSA regional telecommunications contracts. The General Services Administration has released the final solicitation for its massive Networx follow-on contract that carries a $50 billion, 15-year ceiling.