
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims last Thursday denied a protest by losing bidder Perspecta [PRSP] over the Navy’s decision in February to award a $7.7 billion network management contract to Leidos [LDOS], freeing the Navy and its new industry partner to move forward with the work. Perspecta, which was the incumbent on the Navy’s Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN), can still appeal the court’s decision. Given delays in implementing the NGEN-Recompete (NGEN-R) Service Management, Integration, & Transport (SMIT) work…