HP to review NGEN RfP
HP has reaffirmed its interest in the US Navy’s Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) and the company says it will ‘thoroughly review’ the RfP released on 8 May.
According to officials, the company has had its bid ready since January, but is due to review the navy’s RfP over ‘the next few days’.
‘HP, along with its NGEN Alliance partners, intends to thoroughly review the Department of the Navy’s request for proposal for the Next Generation Enterprise Network [NGEN] contract,’ Bill Toti, Vice President for Navy and Marine Corps Programmes for HP told Shephard.
‘Having operated the navy’s largest
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