This contract, awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to Level 3 Communications, LLC, a subsidiary of Lumen Technologies, Inc., provides for the installation and maintenance of a 100GB Ethernet circuit between two government facilities in California. The total contract value is $219,598.64, awarded on a firm-fixed-price purchase order basis without any set-aside designations. As a prime contractor, Level 3 Communications has extensive experience supporting critical defense and civilian agency telecommunications requirements, including the Global Information Grid (GIG) Fiber Expansion program. While the parent company Lumen Technologies has also received direct federal contract awards, this specific task was fulfilled directly by the Level 3 Communications subsidiary as the prime. The contract was awarded based on a competitive solicitation process that did not utilize any small business set-asides.