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Inside the Navy's push to broaden NGEN re-compete

As the Navy gears up to re-compete a massive networking contract, service leaders say they are looking to bring a broader group of players to the table this time around. 

The Hewlett-Packard Co. won the current Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) contract in 2013. With NGEN set to expire in June 2018, the Navy is considering dividing up the $3.5 billion contract among multiple vendors, whose efforts would encompass the government-owned Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), the Marine Corps Enterprise Network and the worldwide OneNet. 

“We are trying to align with industry best practices today and in the future,” said Naval Enterprise Networks Program Manager Capt. Michael Abreu. “The areas we are focusing on are intended to allow us more flexibility, more speed to outcome and potentially lower cost of ownership.”