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Protests Lodged Against Navy’s Next Generation Intranet Award

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, July 16th, 2013

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Protests Lodged Against Navy’s Next Generation Intranet Award

Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] and Harris Corp. [HRS] filed protests Monday against the Navy’s decision to award the contract for its next-generation intranet known as NGEN to Hewlett-Packard [HP]. The two firms, who had partnered in their proposal for the Next Generation Enterprise Network program, filed separate protests with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) challenging the decision, said Ralph White, the head of GAO’s bid protest office. Photo by U.S. Navy GAO will make a determination on whether to uphold or…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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