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$309,248,791

Department of State·Department of State

to AT&T TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC

diplomacyexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-01-18·LATEST ACTION2026-06-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM21F0420_1900_GS00Q12NSD0004_4732
Award description

PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEMS, WI-FI, CABLING, ETC. HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SUPPORT AND OTHER ASSOCIATED SERVICES AT EXISTING FOREIGN POSTS AND NEW POSTS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Upgrade telephone systems, Wi-Fi, cabling, and IT infrastructure at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide.

Sub-sectors
embassy-infrastructuretelecom-modernizationstate-department-operations
Why this matters

Secure, modern communications infrastructure is critical to embassy operations and diplomatic security in an era of cyber threats.

Supply-chain signal

AT&T provides backbone telecom services; this contract sustains demand for enterprise networking hardware, cabling, and managed IT services across the federal footprint.

U.S.–China competition angle

Modernizing embassy telecom reduces reliance on legacy systems vulnerable to foreign surveillance; aligns with broader U.S. efforts to secure diplomatic communications.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002978.

Period of performance
Start
2021-01-18
End
2026-01-18
Status
expired163 days ago
Sources

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