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SAIC Protests DISA Global Information Grid Contract Award To Lockheed Martin

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

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SAIC [SAI] said yesterday that it is protesting the Defense Department awarding a $4.6 billion Global Information Grid (GIG) contract to Lockheed Martin [LMT]. SAIC spokeswoman Melissa Koskovich said in an email the company filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Friday over the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) contract award. GAO yesterday confirmed the protest was filed. SAIC was the incumbent for the GIG program. “We feel our solution is the best value for the customer and we…

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