
The State Department last Friday released a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its Evolve information technology services and solutions acquisition, which it estimates to be worth between $8 billion and $10 billion over a five-to-seven-year period. The final RFP is expected to be issued by the end of September. Under the Evolve program, State will acquire services to be used worldwide in five functional categories including IT management services, network and telecommunications services, cloud and data center services, application…