EIS deadline extension still on the table, says top GSA acquisition official

Federal News Radio: As agencies fret over the 2020 deadline to transition over to the new Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) telecommunications contract, a General Services Administration senior acquisition official says the possibility of granting an extension remains on the table.

“We have had conversations with the senior procurement executive, who is ultimately the person in GSA that’s responsible for extensions,” Kay Ely, the deputy commissioner in the office of information category in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, said Tuesday at a FedInsider conference on the future of EIS.

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