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“#Pentagon nixes contract that pitted Amazon against Microsoft<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that it\u2019s nixing the $10 billion cloud computing contract that it awarded to Microsoft in 2019 and that drew legal complaints from market leader Amazon.<\/p>\n

The JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, deal was meant to modernize the Pentagon\u2019s IT operations over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n

But the Pentagon said Tuesday that \u201cdue to evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy, and industry advances, the JEDI Cloud contract no longer meets its needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the shifting technology<\/a> environment, it has become clear that the JEDI Cloud contract, which has long been delayed, no longer meets the requirements to fill the DoD\u2019s capability gaps,\u201d officials said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon added that it will pursue a new multi-vendor contract called the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability.<\/p>\n

Unlike JEDI, that contract will be an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity award that could go to multiple vendors.<\/p>\n

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Amazon Web Services protested the Department of Defense\u2019s decision to award the $10 billion contract to Microsoft.<\/figcaption>
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The agency said it\u2019s still determining a ceiling value for the contract, but it expects it to be in the multi billions. It expects the contract to last up to five years, including a three-year performance base period and two one-year option periods.<\/p>\n

The department said it will solicit proposals from both Amazon and Microsoft for the contract, adding that it believes they are the only cloud service providers that can meet its needs. But it did leave the door open to other bidders.<\/p>\n

The department originally awarded the controversial contract to Microsoft in October 2019. A month later, Amazon Web Services protested the decision in the US Court of Federal Claims.<\/p>\n

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Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure alleged that former President Donald Trump\u2019s bias against Jeff Bezos influenced the Department of Defense\u2019s $10 billion decision.<\/figcaption>
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The company alleged that former President Donald Trump\u2019s bias against Amazon and its then-CEO, Jeff Bezos, influenced the Pentagon\u2019s decision on the $10 billion contract.<\/p>\n

Last year, though, the\u00a0Pentagon\u2019s inspector general<\/a> found those allegations to be erroneous. <\/p>\n

Toni Townes-Whitley, president of US regulated industries at Microsoft, moaned in a blog post that the past 20 months of delays to the contract could have been spent updating the Pentagon\u2019s infrastructure and helping US national security. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe 20 months since DoD selected Microsoft as its JEDI partner highlights issues that warrant the attention of policymakers: when one company can delay, for years, critical technology upgrades for those who defend our nation, the protest process needs reform,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft stock is recently down about 0.4 percent, while Amazon stock is up about 3.5 percent.<\/figcaption>
EMMANUEL DUNAND,GABRIEL BOUYS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clear the DoD trusts Microsoft and our technology, and we\u2019re confident that we\u2019ll continue to be successful as the DoD selects partners for new work,\u201d she added. \u201cTheir decision today doesn\u2019t change the fact that not once, but twice, after careful review by professional procurement staff, the DoD decided that Microsoft and our technology best met their needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

AWS did not immedia<\/a>tely return The Post\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n

Shares of Microsoft were last seen trading down about 0.4 percent, at about $276.60 per share, after touching a new all-time high earlier Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Amazon stock surged about 3.5 percent, to $3,635 per share, on the news<\/a>, also reaching a fresh all-time high Tuesday.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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