The Navy has pushed back the deadline to submit responses to a request for information (RFI) for the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) contract recompete.
The original Oct. 19 deadline has been extended to Oct. 23 to allow additional time for small businesses to respond, according to a Naval Enterprise Networks (NEN) program management office news release.
The winner of the NGEN contract operates the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, a large government-owned network that services more than 700,000 military, civilian and contractor employees. NGEN allows the Navy to compete hardware, software and computing services more easily than the legacy NCMI contract vehicle.
This RFI, as well as a second one due to be released by the end of December, will inform the acquisition strategy for the NGEN contract recompete.
Hewlett Packard [HPQ], the legacy NMCI vendor, was awarded the first NGEN contract in June 2013. Its contract will expire in 2018.