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Amazon ‘Evaluating Its Options’ After Losing DoD’s JEDI Cloud, Analysts Predicting A Protest

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Amazon ‘Evaluating Its Options’ After Losing DoD’s JEDI Cloud, Analysts Predicting A Protest
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 [AMZN] is “evaluating its options” after losing out on the Pentagon’s potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program, a source familiar with the situation told Defense Daily, with analysts predicting an immediate protest will be filed. The Pentagon said Friday evening Microsoft [MSFT] beat out Amazon Web Services for JEDI, following two years of program delays, allegations of conflict of interest, pre-award protests and congressional and industry pushback over the Pentagon’s decision to go with a single-award approach.…

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