Pentagon Says Cloud Winner Must Stay Ahead to Extend Contract
- ‘The ability to stay current’ will be weighed after two years
- Pentagon doesn’t want to be ‘locked in,’ cost analyst says
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The winner of the U.S. military’s competition for broad cloud computing services will be evaluated after an initial two-year contract for how well it’s kept up with industry innovations including on cost, data transfer, security and compatibility among systems, Pentagon officials said.
“You have to be performing well, but what we want to be looking at is where is the market?” Pentagon Chief Management Officer Jay Gibson told reporters Monday. “If you haven’t kept up with the market then, arguably, how well are you performing?”