GAO says the CIA fell short in how it evaluated pricing and relaxed a key technical requirement for Amazon. The spy agency now has 60 days to decide whether it'll recompete the $600 million contract.
The Government Accountability Office has upheld IBM's protest of the $600 million cloud-services contract that the CIA awarded to Amazon, finding fault with price evaluations and discussions with Amazon post award.
IBM has protested the awarding of a $600 million CIA cloud computing contract to Amazon Web Services and a decision is expected from GAO within the next few weeks.
