Donald Trump pledged to 'take a very strong look' at the $10 billion cloud computing contract the Pentagon plans to award later this year after receiving complaints that the bidding process appeared to be tailored for Amazon
President Donald Trump pledged to "take a very strong look" at the $10 billion cloud computing contract the Pentagon plans to award later this year after receiving complaints that the bidding process appeared to be tailored for Amazon.
Trump told reporters Thursday that companies competing against Amazon lodged "tremendous complaints" with the administration over the contract. Oracle, IBM and Microsoft were among the players in an at-times bitter battle for the 10-year contract, known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI. Oracle and IBM were eliminated from bidding after failing to meet technical criteria earlier this year, while Microsoft is Amazon's sole remaining rival in the contest.
Oracle has been the most vocal about its issues with the contracting process and brought a lawsuit claiming the procurement team had a conflict of interest. That lawsuit was dismissed last week. Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz served on Trump's transition team and has been a business adviser since he entered the White House.
"I will be asking them to look at it very closely to see what's going on because I have had very few things where there has been such complaining," Trump told reporters. Trump has been a frequent critic of Amazon and its billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump expressed concerns about Pentagon cloud-computing contractPresident Donald Trump recently demanded more information about how the Pentagon crafted a massive cloud-computing contract it’s poised to award to Amazon.com Inc. or Microsoft Corp., in order to decide whether he should intervene.
Read more »
President Trump is reportedly taking a personal interest into the $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract that Amazon is widely expected to winPresident Donald Trump reportedly demanded more information about the $10 billion JEDI contract that could be awarded to either Amazon or Microsoft.
Read more »
Trump campaign announces 'Women For Trump' coalition to court female voters: Here are it's key membersLara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law and one of the key leaders of the campaign, launched 'Women for Trump' at a King of Prussia casino in the Philadelphia suburbs on Tuesday.
Read more »
NBC Obtained Trump-Epstein Footage After Trump Kissed an Anchor Without ConsentThe Trump-Epstein video showing Trump groping women came about because Trump non-consensually kissed NBC anchor Faith Daniels on the lips in public.
Read more »
Watch: Stephen Colbert takes down Eric 'dullest knife in the Republican drawer' Trump, adds bucktooth Mr Bunny routineEric Trump told Fox News '95 percent' of people support his father, President Donald Trump.
Read more »