Amazon blames Donald Trump for bias against the company and for improperly pressuring the Pentagon in the cloud computing contract.
Amazon.com
Inc said on Wednesday it filed a motion in court to pause the U.S.
Department
of Defense and Microsoft
Corp from carrying out an up to $10 billion cloud computing deal
until a court rules on its protest of the contract award.
Amazon,
originally considered to be the favorite to win the award, had
indicated last week that it would file a temporary restraining order
to require the Pentagon and Microsoft to hold off beyond initial
activities for the contract.
Known
as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud, or JEDI, the
contract is intended to give the military better access to data and
technology from remote locations.
In
a statement, Amazon's cloud division Amazon Web Services said, "It
is common practice to stay contract performance while a protest is
pending, and it's important that the numerous evaluation errors and
blatant political interference that impacted the JEDI award decision
be reviewed."
The
procurement process has been delayed by legal complaints and conflict
of interest allegations.
Most
recently, Amazon
has blamed U.S. President Donald Trump for bias against the company
and for improperly pressuring the Pentagon.
Defense
Secretary Mark Esper has rejected that there was bias and said the
Pentagon made its choice fairly and freely without external
influence.
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