Federal courts enter next phase of cloud transition

The federal court system is moving onto the next phase of transitioning its IT infrastructure to the cloud.

In a Tuesday posting to Sam.gov, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said it released a solicitation on the eBuy portal to procure a variety of cloud services through the Alliant 2 vehicle.

The office awarded a set of 10-year blanket purchase agreements in 2023 to Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Oracle. Deltek data indicates the courts have completed use case testing for each environment and now wants to buy professional and managed services to expand the use of the cloud.

The courts want to transform their operations, improve cybersecurity and “support the delivery of justice" as the posting says. The idea is to move “beyond traditional hosting models to a platform that fosters innovation, agility and efficiency."

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Goals include the adoption and implementation of cloud-native tools and automation, enhanced security frameworks, and strategic vendor partnerships.

“As the Judiciary continues a journey toward modernizing its IT infrastructure and systems, the aim is to leverage industry expertise to refine the approach, establish a governance structure, enhance scalability, and ensure security and compliance in the cloud,” the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said.

The courts are planning to have a hybrid cloud environment.

The solicitation was released on Oct 10 on eBuy, the General Services Administration's ordering portal.

Only holders of the Alliant 2 vehicle are eligible to submit bids, which are due no later than 8 a.m. Eastern time on Nov. 3.