Jilted cloud provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to continue contesting the Pentagon's decision to award the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract to Microsoft, claiming the contract was "politically corrupted" by President Donald Trump.

"On JEDI, President Trump reportedly ordered former secretary [James] Mattis to 'screw' Amazon, blatantly interfering in an active procurement, directed his subordinate to conduct an unorthodox 'review' prior to the contract award announcement, and then stonewalled an investigation into his own political interference," the Amazon statement read.

Amazon claims Trump has only been emboldened in his attempts to use government contracts for political gain, referencing a U.S. Navy contract awarded to a Wisconsin shipyard, which the president has said was awarded in part because of the firm's location in the swing state.

"The President has become embroiled of late in flaunting his role in influencing government contracts for politically motivated reasons," the Amazon statement added.

The statement came after the Department of Defense (DoD) reaffirmed its decision to award Microsoft the contract in a blow to AWS. The 10-year, $10 billion contract seeks to move approximately 80% of all DoD data off premises and into a single cloud.

"Taking corrective action should have provided the DoD an opportunity to address the numerous material evaluation errors outlined in our protest, ensure a fair and level playing field, and ultimately, expedite the conclusion of litigation. Unfortunately, the DoD rejected that opportunity," Amazon noted.

Amazon claims that the DoD's corrective action announced in March was rigged from the start, and nothing more than a "do-over" for Microsoft to bring its proposal into compliance. The cloud provider also questioned whether price was really a factor after dropping its bid by "several tens of millions of dollars."

"The DoD's decision to intentionally ignore the clear cost benefits offered by [AWS] reinforces the fact that this corrective action was never meant to be fair," Amazon's statement read.

Amazon maintains it is the only cloud provider capable of satisfying the requirements of the JEDI contract.

Amazon filed suit in November claiming the Pentagon erred when it awarded the contract to Microsoft. The lawsuit was put on hold after a federal judge granted a remand of the project giving the DoD 120 days to "reconsider certain aspects" of the JEDI award.

With the DoD's corrective action completed, Amazon plans to continue litigating. "Throughout litigation, we have grown more confident in our position as more information has come to light," Amazon added.