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Pentagon Requests To Push JEDI Cloud Re-Award Decision To Mid-September

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

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Pentagon Requests To Push JEDI Cloud Re-Award Decision To Mid-September

The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force.

The Pentagon is seeking an additional 30 days to take corrective actions and announce a new award for its potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, according to court documents. The department is currently facing a deadline to issue a decision next week, but has filed a motion in federal court to push that back to Sept. 16 to “reopen limited discussions related to certain aspects of the offerors’ pricing proposals.” “The extension is a result of…

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