"The contract has a total ceiling value of up to $89 million and will ultimately provide the department - which has more than 50,000 employees across the country - access to Google Workspace's cloud-native apps like Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Meet and more, as well as popular AI tools Gemini and NotebookLM. Google declined to comment for this story and the Transportation Department was unable to comment due to the government shutdown."
"In early April, Google became the first company to negotiate an agreement with GSA through its OneGov strategy, which essentially treats government customers as a single large purchaser. Google offered a temporary 71% discount on Workspace through Sept. 30 for government customers, a discount Transportation took advantage of in this deal. More than a dozen tech companies followed Google's lead in negotiating OneGov deals and discounting billions of dollars' worth of software to government customers, many for a limited period of time."
Transportation awarded a five-year enterprise license agreement on Sept. 27 to deliver Google Workspace across the department via prime contractor Carahsoft. The contract has a ceiling value up to $89 million and will provide more than 50,000 employees access to Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Meet and AI tools Gemini and NotebookLM. Google negotiated a OneGov agreement with GSA in early April and offered a temporary 71% Workspace discount through Sept. 30, which Transportation used. More than a dozen tech firms followed with OneGov-style discounts, and officials said the approach can save taxpayer dollars and increase federal marketplace efficiency.
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