Pentagon asks to reconsider part of JEDI cloud decision after Amazon protest
Source: Washington Post
The Pentagon has asked a federal court to give it 120 days to “reconsider certain aspects” of its decision to award an important cloud computing contract known as JEDI to Microsoft, according to a court document made public Thursday.
Amazon is suing the Defense Department over the decision, which it claims fell in Microsoft’s favor because of improper meddling by President Trump. The decision comes just days after U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith sided with Amazon on a motion to halt contract performance. (Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.)
The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, known as JEDI, is meant to create a powerful centralized computing system through which military agencies can harness data centers and technology from a commercial tech company. The Pentagon awarded it to Microsoft in late October, spurning a bid from Amazon’s market-leading cloud computing division.
The Defense Department said in the filing revealed Thursday that it “wishes to reconsider” one aspect of how it compared prices for the two competitors, which Campbell-Smith concluded had been a mistake. It also asked to reconsider its approach to online marketplaces that Defense agencies can use to select cloud-based applications.
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By Aaron Gregg
March 12, 2020 at 9:04 p.m. EDT
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/12/pentagon-asks-reconsider-part-jedi-cloud-decision-after-amazon-protest/
Source: Federal News Network
Pentagon says it wants to reconsider part of JEDI contract, ask for revised bids
By Jared Serbu | @jserbuWFED
March 12, 2020 9:25 pm 4 min read
The Defense Department is asking the federal judge that ordered a halt to its JEDI Cloud contract for a do-over.
In a motion the government filed with the Court of Federal Claims Thursday, attorneys asked Judge Patricia E. Campbell Smith to pause Amazon’s legal challenge to JEDI and remand the case back to DoD procurement officials for the next four months.
The Pentagon would use that time to reconsider the very aspects of the JEDI contract that the judge faulted in her decision last month to issue a preliminary injunction.
In the court filing, DoD said it now wants to reconsider the technical approach it used for the part of the contract at issue – “Price scenario 6.” Once it does so, it plans to ask Amazon Web Services and Microsoft to submit “limited” revisions to the bids they submitted last year that ultimately resulted in the award to Microsoft.
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Read more: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2020/03/pentagon-says-it-wants-to-reconsider-part-of-jedi-contract-ask-for-revised-bids/
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