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Amazon Opposes Pentagon’s Proposed Plan To Correct JEDI Cloud Solicitation

Amazon Opposes Pentagon’s Proposed Plan To Correct JEDI Cloud Solicitation
Jeff Bezos, Amazon chief executive officer, speaks with retired Gen. Larry Spencer, Air Force Association president, during AFA's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 19, 2018. ASC18 is a professional development conference that offers an opportunity for Department of Defense personnel to participate in forums, seminars, speeches and workshops. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

Amazon Web Services [AMZN] is opposing the Pentagon’s push to remand the company’s legal challenge of the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud program so the department can re-evalute bids on its own, calling the proposal an attempt to “gerrymander” the corrective action process. The company is calling on a federal judge to reject the Pentagon’s proposal, alleging it would not address errors in the competition and unreasonably favor current awardee Microsoft [MSFT] in the re-solicitation effort.…

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