FCSA is a new $5 billion, 10-year GSA Federal Supply Schedule 70 and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) joint contract vehicle which enables government agencies to establish contracts with the commercial satellite industry from a single source. It replaces multiple existing contracts including DSTS-G, Inmarsat, and SATCOM-II.

The FCSA program has created two new Special Items Numbers (SINs) under the GSA IT Schedule 70 Multiple Awards Schedule, both available from TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.:

• COMSATCOM Transponded Capacity (SIN 132-54) - Includes owning/operating or reselling dedicated bandwidth and power on a communications satellite in any available COMSATCOM frequency band.
• COMSATCOM Subscription Services (SIN 132-55) - Includes COMSATCOM Subscription Services consisting of pre-existing, pre-engineered Fixed Satellite Service and/or Mobile Satellite Service solutions, typically including shared or dedicated satellite resources, ancillary terrestrial components, and Contractor specified networks and equipment, in any available COMSATCOM frequency band. 
   

Contract type: Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

Contract period: 2011 - 2021

Contract ceiling: $5 billion

Task order pricing: Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Time & Materials (T&M), Cost Reimbursement (CR)

Eligibility: All Government agencies

Web site: http://www.gsa.gov/fcsa