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GAO Denies GD NGEN-R Protest, Info To Come

Friday, June 12th, 2020

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week denied General Dynamics Information Technology’s [GD] protest of Leidos’ [LDOS] win of a Navy Next Generation Enterprise Network Re-compete (NGEN) contract. A decision was due June 12 and GAO denied the protest on June 11. The office did not yet elaborate on the decision, noting the protest is covered by a protective order because “some information in the decision may require redaction before public release. A final redacted version of the decision will…

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