Amazon Plans Lawsuit Challenging Loss of Pentagon Cloud Deal
- Tech giant says JEDI cloud bid tainted by ‘unmistakable bias’
- Microsoft won $10 billion deal seen as favoring Amazon
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Amazon.com Inc. has given notice that it will file a lawsuit challenging the Defense Department’s decision to award Microsoft Corp. a cloud computing contract valued at as much as $10 billion over a decade.
The e-commerce giant plans to lodge its complaint against the contract in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Seattle-based Amazon confirmed. The company’s challenge was earlier reported by the Federal Times. A representative for the Defense Department said the agency wouldn’t speculate on potential litigation.