Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition (FCSA)

GSA’s satellite communications contracts support the joint GSA-Department of Defense Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition (FCSA).

Benefits:

Common marketplace for all government customers
Ongoing opportunities to add new competitors and technologies
Solutions that meet government information assurance and protection requirements

Program components:

Transponded capacity and subscription services through IT Schedule 70
Custom end-to-end satellite services through two new contracts

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

IT Schedule 70 features a wide variety of commercial satellite products and services:

Transponded capacity, which includes dedicated bandwidth on a commercial communications satellite
Subscription services, which include subscriptions to pre-existing, pre-engineered satellite solutions, including service plans and terminals

State, local, and tribal governments

State, local, and tribal governments can use the Cooperative Purchasing Program to buy from IT Schedule 70.

For industry partners

IT Schedule 70 is continually open to new offers from industry partners. Download the IT Schedule 70 FedBizOpps announcement for instructions on how to respond to the solicitation.

CUSTOM END-TO-END SOLUTIONS

Available now

Custom SATCOM Solutions (CS2) and Custom SATCOM Solutions - Small Business (CS2-SB) are available now for federal agencies.

Solutions include:

Satellite transport (bandwidth)
Fixed or mobile satellite service
Service-enabling components such as terminals, handsets, and tail circuits with engineering services to integrate, operate, and maintain the solution.

Examples include:

Emergency response and disaster recovery communications systems
Satellite-based backup communications network
Distributed distance learning network
Communications on the move solutions for DoD applications

For Department of Defense (DoD) customers

All Department of Defense customers should go through Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO), just as you did on the DSTS-G and Inmarsat contracts. DISA/DITCO uses eBuy to notify industry partners of potential and current requirements through synopses, requests for information, and requests for proposals.

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