<s>
The	O
Joint	B-General_Concept
Enterprise	I-General_Concept
Defense	I-General_Concept
Infrastructure	I-General_Concept
(	O
JEDI	O
)	O
contract	O
was	O
a	O
large	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
contract	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
reported	O
as	O
being	O
worth	O
$10	O
billion	O
over	O
ten	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
interested	O
in	O
the	O
contract	O
included	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
protests	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
employees	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
drop	O
out	O
of	O
contention	O
for	O
the	O
contract	O
because	O
of	O
conflict	O
with	O
its	O
corporate	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deal	O
was	O
considered	O
"	O
gift-wrapped	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Application
"	O
until	O
Oracle	B-Application
(	O
co-chaired	O
by	O
Safra	O
Catz	O
)	O
contested	O
the	O
contract	O
,	O
citing	O
the	O
National	O
Defense	O
Authorization	O
Act	O
over	O
IDIQ	O
contracts	O
and	O
the	O
conflicts	O
of	O
interest	O
from	O
Deap	O
Ubhi	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Application
both	O
before	O
and	O
after	O
his	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
weeks	O
before	O
the	O
winner	O
was	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
announced	O
,	O
President	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
ordered	O
the	O
contract	O
placed	O
on	O
hold	O
again	O
for	O
Defense	O
Secretary	O
Mark	O
Esper	O
to	O
investigate	O
complaints	O
of	O
favoritism	O
towards	O
Amazon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Media	O
has	O
noted	O
Trump	O
's	O
dislike	O
towards	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
founder	O
,	O
Jeff	O
Bezos	O
,	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
Washington	O
Post	O
,	O
a	O
newspaper	O
critical	O
of	O
Trump	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Bezos	O
,	O
Trump	O
"	O
used	O
his	O
power	O
to	O
'	O
screw	O
Amazon	B-Application
 '	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
JEDI	B-General_Concept
Contract	I-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JEDI	B-General_Concept
contract	I-General_Concept
was	O
awarded	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
on	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
DoD	O
announced	O
,	O
but	O
AWS	O
filed	O
documents	O
with	O
the	O
Court	O
of	O
Federal	O
Claims	O
on	O
November	O
22	O
,	O
2019	O
challenging	O
the	O
award	O
;	O
its	O
legal	O
strategy	O
included	O
calling	O
Trump	O
to	O
testify	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
federal	O
judge	O
,	O
Patricia	O
Campbell-Smith	O
,	O
halted	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
on	O
February	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
day	O
before	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
go	O
live	O
,	O
awaiting	O
a	O
resolution	O
in	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
suit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
said	O
that	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
claims	O
are	O
reasonable	O
and	O
"	O
is	O
likely	O
to	O
succeed	O
on	O
the	O
merits	O
of	O
its	O
argument	O
that	O
the	O
DOD	O
improperly	O
evaluated	O
"	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
offer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
that	O
reopening	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
has	O
filed	O
additional	O
protests	O
related	O
to	O
modifications	O
which	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
to	O
selected	O
sections	O
of	O
the	O
contract	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JEDI	B-General_Concept
contract	I-General_Concept
with	O
Microsoft	O
was	O
cancelled	O
on	O
July	O
6	O
,	O
2021	O
with	O
the	O
expectation	O
that	O
a	O
new	O
program	O
called	O
"	O
Joint	B-General_Concept
Warfighter	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Capability	I-General_Concept
"	O
(	O
JWCC	O
)	O
would	O
replace	O
it	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
involve	O
services	O
from	O
multiple	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2021	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
issued	O
formal	O
solicitations	O
to	O
four	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
JEDI	O
companies	O
:	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
;	O
notably	O
not	O
including	O
the	O
fifth	O
provider	O
consulted	O
,	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
