{"id":34988,"date":"2020-09-04T18:49:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T18:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/04\/pentagon-reaffirms-award-of-jedi-cloud-to-microsoft\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:08:58","slug":"pentagon-reaffirms-award-of-jedi-cloud-to-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks-battlefield-tech\/2020\/09\/04\/pentagon-reaffirms-award-of-jedi-cloud-to-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon reaffirms award of JEDI cloud to Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Department of Defense reaffirmed the award of its embattled enterprise cloud contract to Microsoft<b> <\/b>nearly 11 months after the contract was originally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/home\/2019\/10\/26\/amazon-or-microsoft-dod-picks-a-winner-for-its-controversial-jedi-contract\/\" target=_blank>awarded to<b> <\/b>the tech giant<\/a>, the department announced Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reaffirmation of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract to Microsoft, a potential 10-year contract with a $10 billion ceiling, comes after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/it-networks\/cloud\/2020\/03\/13\/the-pentagon-was-to-reconsider-its-jedi-award\/\" target=_blank>DoD asked a federal judge<\/a> in March for several months to reconsider a specific data storage evaluation of its award to the tech giant after Amazon Web Services alleged the department made six technical evaluation errors during the source-selection process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Department has completed its comprehensive re-evaluation of the JEDI Cloud proposals and determined that Microsoft\u2019s proposal continues to represent the best value to the Government,\u201d the DoD announcement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a blog post, AWS said it would continue to protest the JEDI award, which it called \u201cnothing more than an attempt to validate a flawed, biased, and politically corrupted decision\u201d after alleging that President Donald Trump interfered in the contract proceedings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThroughout our protest, we\u2019ve been clear that we won\u2019t allow blatant political interference, or inferior technology, to become an acceptable standard,\u201d the blog post said. \u201cAlthough these are not easy decisions to make, and we do not take them lightly, we will not back down in the face of targeted political cronyism or illusory corrective actions, and we will continue pursuing a fair, objective, and impartial review.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, a Microsoft spokesperson said that company is \u201cready to get to work and make sure that those who serve our country have access to this much needed technology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe appreciate that after careful review, the DoD confirmed that we offered the right technology and the best value,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JEDI cloud has faced delays for more than a year due to a handful of protests and court cases. Work on the JEDI cloud was originally scheduled to begin in February, but was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/it-networks\/cloud\/2020\/03\/08\/why-a-federal-court-halted-work-on-the-pentagons-enterprise-cloud\/\" target=_blank>temporarily halted by a federal judge<\/a> as part of a protest by AWS, who noted that Amazon was \u201clikely to succeed on the merits of its argument.\u201d Despite the DoD announcement, work will not resume on the contract due to the preliminary injunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, a federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/congress\/2020\/04\/17\/court-decides-pentagon-can-reevaluate-specific-aspects-of-jedi-procurement\/\" target=_blank>gave the Defense Department 120 days to review<\/a> revised data storage proposals from the two tech giants. However, AWS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/home\/2020\/03\/24\/amazon-opposes-pentagons-proposal-to-reevaluate-parts-of-its-jedi-award\/\" target=_blank>opposed that motion<\/a> because it argued that the DoD\u2019s reevaluation did not address all of AWS\u2019 six technical challenges and would only \u201cpreserve\u201d Microsoft\u2019s win, its lawyers wrote in court documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AWS later filed a protest of the DoD\u2019s revised solicitation in May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/it-networks\/cloud\/2020\/05\/07\/amazon-challenges-the-pentagons-revised-jedi-solicitation-directly-to-the-department\/\" target=_blank>directly with the department<\/a> because the company said the document had \u201cambiguous aspects\u201d that were not clarified by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract has been marred by controversy for years. In its protest in the Court of Federal Claims since the initial award decision, AWS has alleged that Trump interfered in the cloud contract due to his distaste for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post, which has published stories critical of the president in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AWS filed several statements by Trump that are critical of Amazon, dating from the 2016 campaign trail to the White House, including one where he allegedly directed then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to \u201cscrew\u201d Amazon. The cloud giant went so far as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/it-networks\/2020\/02\/10\/amazon-web-services-wants-to-depose-president-trump\/\" target=_blank>ask the court to depose the president<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DoD inspector general\u2019s investigation into the political interference allegations against the White House was unable to \u201cdefinitively\u201d determine the extent to which senior Pentagon and White House officials communicated. The inspector general explained that the Pentagon\u2019s office of the general counsel instructed department officials \u201cnot to answer our questions about potential communications between White House and DoD officials about JEDI.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As recently as early August, the Pentagon\u2019s chief information officer, Dana Deasy, denied that the White House influenced the final contract award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through all the delays, the DoD has maintained that the enterprise cloud contract is critical technology for the war fighter. Once operational, the enterprise cloud will store data across classification levels, with Pentagon officials also aiming to break down data silos across the department. 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