{"id":17405,"date":"2020-12-16T23:45:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T23:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/16\/amazon-web-services-challenges-pentagon-decision-to-stick-with-microsoft-for-cloud-contract\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:56:16","slug":"amazon-web-services-challenges-pentagon-decision-to-stick-with-microsoft-for-cloud-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2020\/12\/16\/amazon-web-services-challenges-pentagon-decision-to-stick-with-microsoft-for-cloud-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Web Services challenges Pentagon decision to stick with Microsoft for cloud contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 In new court arguments over the Pentagon\u2019s enterprise cloud contract, Amazon Web Services said the agency errored in affirming its pick of Microsoft, noting the AWS offer is cheaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft rebuffed the claim, saying that AWS only lowered its bid for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, known as JEDI, after seeing Microsoft\u2019s price tag, according to redacted court filings released Tuesday by the Court of Federal Claims. Microsoft argued that its technical advantages are superior, which AWS rejects, calling the contracting process biased toward Microsoft and asking the judge for an objective review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The long-disputed contract, potentially worth up to $10 billion over a decade, will provide cloud-computing capabilities to the war fighter in tactical environments and serve as an important platform for artificial intelligence development. Pentagon IT officials have said that the delay has hindered those efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/home\/2019\/10\/26\/amazon-or-microsoft-dod-picks-a-winner-for-its-controversial-jedi-contract\/\">Microsoft won the contract<\/a> in October 2019, and when AWS objected, a judge found that AWS\u2019 initial protest had merit and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/it-networks\/cloud\/2020\/03\/08\/why-a-federal-court-halted-work-on-the-pentagons-enterprise-cloud\/\">likely to succeed<\/a> based on only the first of six errors that the company alleged in the evaluation process. DoD completed a corrective action to review proposals again, reaffirming Microsoft as the winner in September this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AWS argued that the DoD made \u201ceven more egregious\u201d errors in its second-round review than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/it-networks\/cloud\/2020\/01\/14\/amazon-will-seek-to-halt-work-on-dods-jedi-cloud\/\">mistakes that the company alleged<\/a> during the initial award process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company also continued to raise its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/it-networks\/cloud\/2019\/11\/25\/here-are-the-trump-statements-amazon-cites-in-its-jedi-protest\/\">allegations of political interference<\/a> by President Donald Trump. AWS said that Trump tried to interfere to ensure AWS lost because of his distaste for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who owns the Washington Post, which has run stories critical of the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AWS argued the DoD\u2019s corrective action, which only amended the RFP for a specific data storage capability, led to a significant reduction in the price that AWS would charge for JEDI, making its proposal lower than Microsoft\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a result of the DoD fixing just one of many errors, the pricing differential swung substantially, with AWS now the lowest-priced bid by tens of millions of dollars,\u201d an AWS statement said. \u201cThe fact that correcting just one error can move the needle that substantially demonstrates why it\u2019s important that the DoD fix all of the evaluation errors that remain unaddressed, and ensure they are getting access to the best technology at the best price. We had made clear that unless the DoD addressed all of the defects in its initial decision, we would continue to pursue a fair and objective review, and that\u2019s exactly where we find ourselves today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amazon continued in the complaint to allege that the DoD tried to \u201cnegate many of the advantages\u201d AWS had over Microsoft. While the DoD corrected initial errors that AWS identified, AWS claimed in the court filing that the department also found \u201csome \u2018new\u2019 purported weakness in AWS\u2019 proposal, by identifying \u2018new\u2019 supposed technical advantages in Microsoft\u2019s proposal, or by ignoring the RFP\u2019s evaluation criteria entirely.\u201d The alleged errors require more scrutiny from the court, AWS argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft countered that it offered the best overall package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs the losing bidder, Amazon was informed of our pricing, and they realized they\u2019d originally bid too high,\u201d Microsoft spokesperson Frank X. Shaw said in a statement. \u201cThey then amended aspects of their bid to achieve a lower price. 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