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Many systems integrators have expressed interest in bidding on this portion of Networx. The Enterprise portion will attract bidders offering new technologies and specialized telecommunications solutions. MCI and Sprint are the incumbents on FTS 2001, the contract that Networx is replacing. The likely bidders for the Universal portion of Networx are large nationwide telecommunications carriers such as AT&T Corp., MCI Inc. The minimum revenue guarantees will be small for both contracts, he said. The contracts will be for four years with three, two-year options, Krumholz said. Both portions of Networx will have multiple winners. In comments to GSA, industry complained that the winners of Universal would have an unfair advantage. Under the original strategy, Universal was to be awarded first and Enterprise awards were to follow in about nine months. GSA plans to award Universal and Enterprise contracts simultaneously, said Karl Krumbholz, Networx program manager. The contract is expected to have a ceiling of $10 billion.

Final RFPs will be released April 1, 2005. Universal is for companies that offer nationwide telecommunications services, and Enterprise, which earlier was called Select, is for other companies that offer specialized telecommunications services but don't necessarily have a nationwide reach. The agency is adhering to its original strategy of splitting Networx into two contracts: Universal and Enterprise. The General Services Administration has revamped its strategy for the huge Networx telecommunciations contract and expects to release a pair of draft requests for proposals on Nov.