Oracle Revives Charges That Pentagon Bid Was Tainted by Amazon Conflicts

Oracle appeal renews criticism of Pentagon’s cloud contract
Amazon may challenge loss of $10 billion deal to Microsoft

Oracle Corp. Cloud Infrastructure Office Amid Microsoft -Oracle Cloud Interoperability Partnership — Photographer: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg

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By Naomi Nix

November 4, 2019 at 6:25 PM UTC

Updated on

November 5, 2019 at 4:07 PM UTC

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Oracle Corp. opened its appeal in a legal challenge of a Pentagon cloud-computing contract valued at as much as $10 billion with a familiar argument: the procurement was unfairly tailored for Amazon.com Inc.

In in its opening brief, which was filed on Friday, Oracle said the cloud project violated federal procurement law and was tainted by relationships between former Pentagon officials and Amazon.