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GAO Rejects Protest Of Navy’s Next Intranet Award

Gally Articola

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said on Nov. 1 it has upheld the Navy’s awarding of the contract for the service’s next-generation intranet known as NGEN to Hewlett-Packard [HP]. Harris Corp. [HRS] had lodged the protest in July following the award to HP for the Next Generation Enterprise Network in a contract that could reach a total value of $3.5 billion if all annual options over five years are exercised. Harris partner Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] also filed a protest but withdrew it in August,…

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