Navy’s NGEN Recompete Could Go Out to Bid in January
A rigid hull inflatable boat transits alongside the U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship USS Typhoon during a vertical onboard deliver exercise in the Arabian Gulf. U.S. Navy/AP
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Frank Konkel
The next iteration of NGEN will allow the Navy and Marine Corps to acquire more commercial capabilities in addition to the 34 service areas under the current contract.
The U.S. Navy could recompete its $3.5 billion Next Generation Enterprise Networks contract as early as January 2017, according to one of its top tech officials.
Speaking at an AFCEA breakfast Wednesday in Crystal City, Virginia, Navy Deputy Chief Information Officer Janice Haith said the recompete of the NGEN could go out to bid in the beginning of next year, approximately 18 months before its existing contract with incumbent HP is set to expire.
The next iteration of NGEN will allow the Navy and Marine Corps to acquire more commercial capabilities in addition to the 34 service areas under the current contract.
Two separate requests for information to industry highlight the Navy’s wish to bring in more cloud-based services, mobility, data analytics as well as infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service offerings.
“We hope to recompete new services, Haith said. “It’s going to be a total change for us in the way we do our business line. We want to bring in a lot more commercial capabilities. We want to let you do the IT we don’t do that well all the time," she added, referring to contractors.
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