New Amazon bias charge likely to delay Pentagon's cloud contract
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A new Pentagon investigation into whether a former employee’s connections to Amazon corrupted a $10 billion cloud contract is likely to delay the agency’s decision to choose a winner for the massive deal.
The Defense Department review of alleged conflicts of interests, part of an ongoing court battle, has prompted the government to backtrack on parts of the extensive procurement process, after having spent 18 months on it. The Pentagon previously had said it was planning to announce a winner by April.
Department of Defense spokeswoman Elissa Smith said Monday in a statement that the new probe and the underlying litigation “are expected to impact the award date.” She said she had no additional information about the timeline or anticipated award date.
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