Amazon says bid for Pentagon cloud deal was cheaper, better

Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s cloud unit, filed a lawsuit in November 2019 alleging that political interference by President Donald Trump cost the company the deal. — Bloomberg

Amazon.com Inc said the US Defense Department wrongfully awarded a highly lucrative cloud computing contract to Microsoft Corp even after it proposed a cheaper and technically superior bid for the deal.

In an amended complaint that was filed Oct 23 and unsealed on Dec 15, the e-commerce giant claimed that during a re-evaluation of revised bids from both companies, the Pentagon underrated Amazon’s advantages and ignored key contract requirements. Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener said in a statement that it offered "the lowest-priced bid by tens of millions of dollars.”