Amazon just made its first official challenge to Microsoft's $10 billion JEDI cloud-contract win over claims of 'unmistakable bias'

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
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Amazon has filed a protest in the US Court of Federal Claims in the Seattle-based company's first formal action against Microsoft's victory in the fierce battle for the $10 billion cloud contract with the Pentagon.

Microsoft was selected on October 25 for the controversial deal, called the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, to move the Department of Defense's sensitive data to the cloud. It's worth as much as $10 billion over a 10-year span.

"AWS is uniquely experienced and qualified to provide the critical technology the U.S. military needs, and remains committed to supporting the DoD's modernization efforts," an AWS spokesperson said in a statement. "We also believe it's critical for our country that the government and its elected leaders administer procurements objectively and in a manner that is free from political influence. Numerous aspects of the JEDI evaluation process contained clear deficiencies, errors, and unmistakable bias — and it's important that these matters be examined and rectified."



By Ashley Stewart.
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