Dell lands $9.7bn Pentagon contract just weeks after Trump said 'go out and buy'
Officials said the five-year agreement will streamline Microsoft licensing across the military and save the Pentagon about $422 million annually.
- On Wednesday, the Department of Defense awarded Dell Federal Systems a five-year, roughly $9.7 billion Core Enterprise Technology Agreement to consolidate Microsoft software, services, and licenses across the military.
- This blanket purchase agreement consolidates fragmented IT budgets from the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and the Coast Guard into one vehicle, eliminating redundancies across military systems.
- Dell won the contract following a competitive evaluation process, Defense Department Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies and acting Navy Chief Information Officer Barry Tanner told reporters at the Pentagon.
- The agreement is expected to save the Pentagon about $422 million annually while providing essential "digital connective tissue" for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2.
- This contract follows public praise from President Donald Trump, who urged citizens to "go out and buy a Dell," after Michael Dell pledged $6.25 billion last year to fund "Trump accounts.
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