U.S. DoD scraps the $10 billion JEDI contract awarded to Microsoft
Abhay Venkatesh Neowin @abhay_venkat4 · Jul 6, 2021 14:34 EDT with 16 comments
Back in October 2019, Microsoft was awarded the $10 billion United States Department of Defense’s (DoD) JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) contract after the company affirmed that it was not going to step down from the bidding process amidst protests. However, not all was smooth as Amazon – a company that was in the running for the contract – filed a lawsuit in November 2019 to challenge the contract.
The DoD then re-evaluated the contract by inviting fresh bids in March 2020, before finally declaring in September of that year that the Redmond company will retain the contract. However, the legal challenges have since continued, with the likes of Oracle joining the list of companies bothered by the deal. Today, the DoD announced that it is canceling the JEDI contract completely, citing “evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy, and industry advances”. John Sherman, acting DoD Chief Information Officer, added in a statement:
