DHS improves web security with EIS award to MetTel

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Dave Nyczepir
Sep 16, 2020 | FEDSCOOP

The Section of Homeland Protection awarded a $3 million data technology task order to MetTel, supplying it real-time visibility into internet obtain and safety throughout all its offices nationwide.

The Internet Protocol Provider-Principal Community job get addresses community bandwidth capability of up to 10 gigabits for each second, managed stability providers and accessibility to a portal for monitoring performance.

Awarded less than the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions deal, the undertaking buy represents motion by DHS to update its IT and telecommunications infrastructure ahead of the Networx contract’s expiration on March 31, 2023. DHS was only 26% of the way toward transitioning off Networx in August, according to the most modern Federal Data Know-how Acquisition Reform Act scorecard.

Contrary to most civilian agencies, which are transitioning with only a couple EIS endeavor orders, DHS is predicted to award upward of 5.

“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security experienced stringent prerequisites for this internet requirement contractually managed by the Defense Data Know-how Contracting Business,” Robert Dapkiewicz, standard supervisor of MetTel Federal, stated in Tuesday’s announcement. “MetTel was the least expensive price tag to the govt with a completely compliant specialized proposal, which is specially vital mainly because the authorities has an at any time-rising have to have to safe large carrying out communications technology at the very best price tag.”

New York Metropolis-centered MetTel is one of three modest business enterprise primes on the EIS agreement.

DHS’s task get represents MetTel’s third EIS award from a cupboard-stage agency and fifth over-all.