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GBS

Global Broadband Solutions, LLC

  • ABOUT
        • ABOUT GBS

        • Corporate
        • Capabilities
        • HUBZone Certified
          C5 OTA | NAICS Codes
        • NIST Compliance, CMMC 2.0, Privacy
        • MEET THE TEAM

        • Leadership
        • Team
        • GBS IS A HUBZONE CERTIFIED SMALL BUSINESS

  • PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
  • GBS SUBSEA
        • SUBSEA SERVICES

          View ALL GBS SUBSEA Services >

        • Take a Deeper Dive Into GBS Subsea

          Desktop Studies (DTS) and Marine Route Surveys (MRS) >

          Wet Plant – Dry Plant – O&M >

          Cable System Repair & Disaster Planning >

          Advanced Technology Equipment: Acquisition & Deployment >

        • RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

        • SMART Cable Systems>SMART Cables are an exciting emerging technology where environmental sensors are placed on the repeaters throughout a submarine cable system to collect important information. SMART Cables are instrumental for early tsunami warnings, tracking seismic activity, and other key oceanographic climate conditions.
        • Learn More about the Antarctic SMART Cable Project

        • GBS Global Capabilities >
        • 4D Cable Route Engineering Service >
  • USA Fiber
  • EQUIPMENT
        • Advanced Equipment


          ACQUIRE & DEPLOY EQUIPMENT FOR
          TERRESTRIAL – SATELLITE – RADIO – SUBSEA >

          Fully equipped vessels
          Fiber Optic Cable System Equipment
          Spares, Repeaters, Branching Units
          Terminal Equipment
          ROVs
          Specialized Equipment
          And More


          TECH REFRESH >
          Our pre-negotiated equipment pricing and cutting edge technologies keep your system up to date.

  • WIRELESS
        • Satellite and Wireless Services



          Expand Your Global Reach >
          Link up with GBS SatCom expertise.

          Inquire about our BW Services, Dark Fiber, Lit Fiber, IRU and other wireless services.

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HUBZone

HUBZONE
Supporting
Critical Infrastructure

As a HUBZone Company

Global Broadband Solutions

Let's Hit The Target Together

3 percent agency target

In our first year as a HUBZone Certified company, GBS received a HUBZone sole source award. 

Since 1998, GBS has supported government and commercial clients across 7 continents and 5 oceans.  We are pleased to provide a depth of information and maintenance for key communication systems, project managing more than $200M in just subsea acquisition and development. 

Global Broadband Solutions, LLC, has been serving the US Government for 27 years. We offer a proven range of services, solid past performance, and a contract vehicle to efficiently engage.

Let’s talk about a HUBZone partnership today!

Let's Talk HUBZone
3 percent agency target

We Help You Go the Distance

We Help You Go the Distance

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Increase Capacity & Bandwidth

Professional Services that help you achieve your goals. Acquisition expertise, feasibility studies, planning, surveys, acquisition support, risk assessments, business case analysis, telecom demand analysis, R&D network connectivity, disaster planning/recovery, Subject Matter Experts.

FIBER

Telecom Services Connecting Land, Sea & Sky

Leverage Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Systems, Terrestrial Cable Systems, SMART Cable and Sensor technologies, and Satellite Networks to achieve communictions goals.

Partnership with Military

Mission Critical Projects

GBS has nearly three decades of experience handling Mission Critical Infrastructure with sensitive and complex requirements.  Complex Project Management past performance across 7 continents and 5 oceans.

We Help You Go the Distance

Global network connection. World map point and line composition

Increase Capacity & Bandwidth

Professional Services that help you achieve your goals. Feasibility studies, planning, surveys, acquisition support, risk assessments, business case analysis, telecom demand analysis, R&D network connectivity, disaster planning/recovery, Subject Matter Experts.

FIBER

Telecom Services Connecting Land, Sea & Sky

Leverage Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Systems, Terrestrial Cable Systems, SMART Cable and Sensor technologies, and Satellite Networks to achieve communictions goals.

Partnership with Military

Mission Critical Projects

GBS has nearly three decades of experience handling Mission Critical Infrastructure with sensitive and complex requirements. 

Ask about our Project Management past performance completed across 7 continents and 5 oceans.

Why Choose GBS?

US Federal Agencies are required to award 3% of contracts to HUBZone Certified companies.  We can help you achieve that goal.

PROVEN DIFFERENTIATORS

GBS performs niche work on advanced communication systems for unique projects. Let our experience across 7 continents and 5 oceans work for you.

SEAMLESS LAND-SEA-SKY TELECOM

From undersea fiber optic cables, to terrestrial cable systems - wind farms to satellite networks, GBS can provide you with seamless telecommunication solutions. 

WE KNOW THE PROCESS

GBS can help you navigate the paperwork and requirements of utilizing the HUBZone contract vehicle to partner with GBS.

GBS Capabilities
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GBS is a HUBZone Certified Company

GBS is proud to participate in the Small Business Administration's Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program and support disadvantaged communities across 5 states.

  • UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER (UEI): MZ5QV6SB3Y95
  • CAGE CODE: 1KVX1
  • SPRS: YES/ENTERPRISE
  • CYBER: NIST 800-171 COMPLIANT Preparing for CMMC 2.0
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Proud Member of the HUBZone Contractors National Council

Proud member of the
HUBZone Contractors National Council

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HUBZone Certified

HUBZone Certified

Professional Services that help you achieve your goals. Feasibility studies, planning, surveys, acquisition support, risk assessments, business case analysis, telecom demand analysis, R&D network connectivity, disaster planning/recovery, Subject Matter Experts.

Serving US Government

C5 Other Transaction Authority (OTA)

C5 is a consortium composed of leading companies and institutions in the C4ISR and cyber technology sectors. For more information on this contract vehicle, click here.

NAICS CODES

Primary NAICS: 541715: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering,
and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Other NAICS Supported:
517111 Wired Telecommunications Carriers
517112 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (Except Satellite)
517121 Telecommunications Resellers
517410 Satellite Telecommunications
517810 All Other Telecommunications
518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, And Related Services
541330 Engineering Services
541360 Geophysical Surveying And Mapping Services
541519 Other Computer Related Services
541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, And Technical Services

Management Consulting Services
541611
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services
541618 Other Management Consulting Services

Manufacturing
334210 Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing
334290 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing

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GBS Helps Agencies Achieve Global Connectivity

GBS Helps Agencies Achieve Global Connectivity

  • Professional Services that enable you to connect to hard to reach locations around the world.
  • Increase to Maximum Bandwidth
  • Leverage Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Systems, Terrestrial Cable Systems, and Satellite Networks to achieve telecommunication goals
  • Handle Mission Critical Infrastructure with sensitive and complex requirements

Unique Arctic and Polar Expertise

  • Antarctica, Alaska, Northern Slope, Greenland, Svalbard, Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean

  • Horizontal Directional Drilling in the Arctic
  • 6 Arctic Cable Landings
  • Completion of an historic Desktop Study to explore feasibility of a SMART Submarine Cable System connecting Antarctica and Australia
The research vessel and icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer along the Antarctic Peninsula. Photo by Dan Costa June 16. 2022
The research vessel and icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer along the Antarctic Peninsula. Photo by Dan Costa June 16. 2022

Unique Arctic and Polar Expertise

The research vessel and icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer along the Antarctic Peninsula. Photo by Dan Costa June 16. 2022
The research vessel and icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer along the Antarctic Peninsula. Photo by Dan Costa June 16. 2022
  • Antarctica, Alaska, Northern Slope, Greenland, Svalbard, Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean
  • Horizontal Directional Drilling in the Arctic
  • 6 Arctic Cable Landings
  • Completion of an historic Desktop Study to explore feasibility of a SMART Submarine Cable System connecting Antarctica and Australia
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Mission Critical Locations

Across the world's oceans, GBS has helped agencies and businesses optimize connectivity. Supplying specialized optical equipment, fully equipped vessels, uniquely experienced Subject Matter Experts and industry-recognized project and program managers.

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Mission Critical Locations

Across the world's oceans, GBS has helped agencies and businesses optimize connectivity. Supplying specialized optical equipment, fully equipped vessels, uniquely experienced Subject Matter Experts and industry-recognized project and program managers.

HUBZONE
Differentiators

Security. Trust. Experience.
Differentiators

Security. Trust. Experience.
Differentiators

Security. Trust. Experience.
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Past Performance

& Current Contracts

  • Recognized Subsea Expertise: PMs; SMEs; Developers; Wet Plant Administrators
  • Developed and Project Managed more than $200M in Subsea acquisition and development

 Currently Providing Services

to US Government Agencies

  • Professional Services
  • Acquisition Planning
  • SFOC Design and Implementation
  • Subsea Studies & Marine Surveys, Wet Plant Administration
  • Tech Refresh of Optical Equipment

NIST 800-171 Certified

Preparing for CMMC Level 2

  • Actively engaged in maintaining NIST 800-171 Compliance for 2 years
  • Developed a specially designed Patented NIST Compliant Cloud Service for secure document management
  • Very few small businesses are compliant

READY TO MEET
YOUR 3%
HUBZONE
SET-ASIDE TARGET?

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Proud Member of the HUBZone Contractors National Council

Proud member of the
HUBZone Contractors National Council

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QUOTE

GBS is honored to have been granted SBA HUBZone Certification. We are very pleased to support job creation in HUBZone communities and look forward to expanding GBS services to many United States Government Agencies.

The GBS Team, consisting of GBS employees, contractors and suppliers, are also excited because we will all have greater opportunity to use our expertise to develop and deliver innovative and secure IT solutions to a much broader Government market."

- Nicholas Koopalethes, CEO

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