LGS Wins Prime Contractor Spot on General Services Administration Alliant Contract for Information Technology Solutions

LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) dedicated to serving the U.S. government community, announced today that it won a prime contractor spot on the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Alliant Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). LGS was one of 59 companies selected to compete for projects under the Alliant contract, which has a ceiling of $50 billion.

As a government-wide acquisition contract, Alliant offers a way for both civilian and Department of Defense agencies worldwide to purchase all components of integrated Information Technology (IT) solutions in three major areas including Infrastructure, Application Services and IT Management. LGS will compete for government projects over a five-year base period, which may be extended for one five-year period.

"LGS is extremely pleased to be selected by the GSA as a prime contractor for this award,” said Ron Iverson, CEO, LGS. "We look forward to working with our government customers to provide our wide-ranging capabilities including end-to-end communications and wireless solutions as well as offer our professional service capabilities.”

About LGS

LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, designs and delivers Transformed Communications and R&D-based technology solutions to the U.S. government community. Leveraging the world-class R&D of Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, with global reach and expertise, LGS challenges itself to solve the unsolvable and deliver secure, reliable, standards-based solutions to its customers. LGS, is headquartered in Vienna, Va., in the US and with offices in Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey and North Carolina. For more information about LGS visit www.LGSinnovations.com.