Pentagon to solicit entrants for next giant cloud-service contract vehicle
Expect to see the solicitation for the next iteration of the Pentagon's main cloud-computing contract on Aug. 24.
The Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract is the Defense Department’s vehicle for buying cloud services from the main hyperscalers: Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft Azure and Oracle. The Defense Information Systems Agency announced the date as part of its monthly acquisition post.
The new version, called JWCC Unified Cloud Marketplace, will expands what DOD can buy through the vehicle.
Tier 1 will be for the hyperscalers. Tier 2 covers “everything-as-a-service” including software, platform, and non-hyperscale infrastructure. Tier 3 is reserved for what DISA is calling “Commercial innovators and small businesses”: emerging companies and small businesses.
DISA has not posted an estimated value for JWCC Unified Cloud Marketplace.
The current JWCC vehicle had a $9 billion ceiling. AWS has received the most task-order obligations, $526.5 million; followed by Microsoft, $221 million; Oracle, $76.9 million; and Google, $35.9 million, according to Deltak data
The Pentagon is set to solicit entrants for its next cloud-computing contract, the JWCC Unified Cloud Marketplace, on August 24. This contract will allow the Defense Department to procure cloud services from major providers, including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, with various tiers for different service types. The current contract has a ceiling of $9 billion, with AWS leading in task orders.
- The solicitation for the next cloud-computing contract is expected on August 24.
- The contract is called JWCC Unified Cloud Marketplace.
- Tier 1 is for hyperscalers, Tier 2 for everything-as-a-service, and Tier 3 for small businesses.
- The current JWCC vehicle had a $9 billion ceiling.
- AWS received the most task-order obligations at $526.5 million.