Lumen Technologies Wins $73.6M Managed Network Services Contract With US Government Accountability Office

In its latest government customer win, Lumen Technologies will power the U.S. Government Accountability Office with secure managed network services, voice and videoconferencing services, according to the service provider.

Lumen Technologies, formerly CenturyLink, has landed a $73.6 million contract to transform the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) network, data, voice and video connectivity.

The latest contract has Lumen providing secure managed network services, virtual private network services, ethernet transport services, internet protocol services, videoconferencing services, and voice and toll-free services to GAO, the audit, evaluation and investigative arm of Congress.

Monroe, La.-based Lumen has been attempting to evolve its once telecom-focused business to zero in on more strategic service opportunities, including network as a service (NaaS). The company’s strategy has been landing well with government customers and has netted the company a handful of large contracts with various U.S. government agencies in recent years.

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Other large government customer wins for Lumen include a $1.2 billion network services deal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a U.S. Department of the Interior $1.6 billion network services award win.

Lumen’s latest win has a base performance period of one year, with eight additional one-year options. It was awarded to the company under the General Services Administration’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program, according to Lumen.

The service provider is being tasked with helping the GAO change its current network model to decrease capital expenditures, increase efficiency and improve service delivery, Lumen said.

“Lumen’s network strength is helping GAO transform how it connects and communicates using modern technology—an important move that will help the agency make timely recommendations to Congress that save taxpayer money and benefit the American people,” said Jason Schulman, Lumen’s national vice president of federal government sales in a statement. “GAO chose Lumen to guide the agency as it adopts, manages and leads through technology evolutions and digital transformation.”

Lumen has made extensive leadership changes over the last two years as the company focuses on its technology and fiscal turnaround. The most recent was in February when Lumen named networking tech mainstay Dave Ward as its new chief technology officer. Lumen last year brought on telecom veteran Kye Prigg as its executive vice president of the service provider’s enterprise operations, a business that accounts for more than three-quarters of Lumen’s overall revenue.

During Lumen’s most current fiscal quarter, the company reported total revenue of $3.52 billion, representing a decline of 7.3 percent compared to $3.80 billion in the year-ago period. The company reported non-GAAP earnings per share of 8 cents, an 81.3 percent decline compared with 43 cents per share in the final quarter of 2022. Overall, Lumen’s total business segment revenue slipped 7.2 percent, totaling $2.78 billion in the most recent quarter. The carrier attributed 39 percent of Lumen’s Business revenue decline came as a result of its recent divestures.