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IMTEC-93-26R 1 (1993-04-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOUnited States GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Information Management and 149275 Technology Division B-253031 April 28, 1993 The Honorable John Glenn Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to your September 11, 1992, request that we determine the status of the Department of Defense's replacement of the Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network (DCTN) contract, which expires in February 1996. This large and technically complex contract is valued at $1 billion and provides long-distance communications services (voice, data, and video) throughout Defense. Because many of the details of Defense's proposed acquisition strategy are procurement sensitive, we are including only summary-level information, which is not considered sensitive, in this letter. RESULTS IN BRIEF Defense's schedule for replacing its current telecommunications contract before it expires in early 1996 is optimistic. In an attempt to speed up the acquisition process and increase competition, Defense has divided its requirements into multiple procurements. It is focusing first on domestic switched voice services. However, based on the length of time involved in comparable federal telecommunications contracts, it is optimistic that a replacement contract for this service can be awarded and fully operational before the current contract expires. In addition, Defense has yet to decide on an acquisition strategy for its remaining requirements--primarily point- to-point transmission of integrated voice, data, and video. This raises uncertainty about whether contracts for these services will be operational by 1996. As a result, Defense may have to extend its current telecommunications contract on a sole-source basis. While GAO/IMTEC-93-26R, Defense: Telecommunications Management ek 550?(

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