Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud Procurement

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In the JEDI Cloud procurement, DoD is seeking an enterprise cloud services solution that will accelerate DoD’s adoption of cloud computing technology.  DoD concluded that a single award, IDIQ would best meet its needs.

On December 6, 2018, Oracle America, Inc. filed a pre-award bid protest.  Judge Bruggink of the the Court of Federal Claims issued his opinion on July 26, 2019.   It was posted on Wifcon.com's Home Page on July 29, 2019. Oracle's protest had three primary challenges. First, it argued that the decision to use a single award as opposed to multiple awards was a violation of law. This argument has two components because the decision to use a single award had to be made both by an Under Secretary of Defense and independently by the contracting officer (CO).  Second, it argued that the use of certain gate criteria, the application of which led to Oracle’s exclusion, were improper. Third, it contends that conflicts of interest on the part of DoD employees and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), one of the other offerors, prejudicially affected the procurement.  AWS intervened in the protest.

The procurement is valued at about $10 billion and has drawn lobbyists and politicians into action.  I won't say more.

I've added a poll to see if anyone is following this procurement and to what degree, if any.  All responses are anonymous.

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I found this article on Fortune Magazine about the JEDI procurement.  It is entitled:  Why Amazon wants to depose President Trump about cloud computing.  It may be of interest.

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I've found another article by Steve Schooner entitled:  Enhanced Debriefings: A Toothless Mandate?

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GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-05

GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2020-05

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Here is another article.  This one from Bloomberg entitled:  Inside the Nasty Battle to Stop Amazon From Winning the Pentagon’s Cloud Contract.

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Here is the latest article entitled:  Amazon wins injunction in US 'Jedi' contract fight.

She [the COFC judge] also ordered Amazon to set aside $42m for costs if future proceedings found she was wrong to have issued the injunction.

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U.S. judge says Amazon likely to succeed on key argument 

From Reuters.

JEDI Opinion.

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DoD sent a response to the Court of Federal Claims yesterday stating it "wishes to reconsider" the JEDI award.  

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I will post this on the Home Page tonight and here now DoD IG Report on the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud Procurement.  It's 313 pages.  The issue is in the courts.