British Telecommunications Public Limited Company (BT), operating through its BT Global division under the Openreach brand, was awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $268,403.74 by the U.S. Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service (USAF DFAS) on October 1, 2019. The contract, designated GPO000040EBM, procures a 10 megabits per second commercial circuit for intra-Europe connectivity, with performance taking place in Great Britain, United Kingdom. This award was issued without small business set-aside and carries an ultimate completion date of January 7, 2026. The solicitation for this requirement was posted on July 31, 2018, with proposals due on August 22, 2019, utilizing a lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
BT holds an established position as a critical telecommunications infrastructure provider to U.S. Department of Defense operations throughout Europe, with over 80 prime contract awards spanning multiple years. The company specializes in delivering commercial telecommunications services including dedicated Ethernet leases, commercial circuits, and optical transport solutions that support secure voice, data, and video communications for federal government systems. This contract represents one component of BT's broader portfolio of European connectivity solutions supporting strategic military installations across the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, and other allied nations, with contract values and bandwidths tailored to specific operational requirements across the European theater.
Generated 3/10/26, 10:10 AM