Ernst & Young LLP

Ernst & Young LLP, a partnership-structured professional services firm headquartered in New York, operates as a non-small-business prime contractor delivering financial management, auditing, internal controls implementation, and business consulting services to federal agencies across civilian and defense sectors without reliance on set-aside categories. The firm competes exclusively on the open market, holding 383 prime awards (91% of recent activity) across 114 customer agencies, with combined potential value of $27.7 billion. Ernst & Young's federal footprint spans four decades, with recent activity accelerating from 47 prime awards in 2022 to 60 in 2024.

Customer concentration clusters around audit and financial compliance work. The Department of Justice—primarily through Justice Management Division, FBI Headquarters Division, and Civil Division—anchors $15.4 billion of the $27.7 billion combined potential value. The FBI's $13.74 billion Administrative and Professional Support Services BPA (awarded June 21, 2024, through June 20, 2032) dominates the portfolio. The GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for $1.93 billion across six awards, largely driven by the OASIS+ Unrestricted IDIQ ($999.999 billion notional ceiling, awarded December 17, 2024, through December 16, 2029), while the Office of the Secretary of Defense contributes $865.4 million across defense and civilian financial management work. Recent awards demonstrate geographic concentration in New York and Washington, DC, with 286 awards classified under Offices of Certified Public Accountants (NAICS 541211).

Ernst & Young's vehicle footprint centers on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, which carries 333 task orders and $10.88 billion in combined potential value. The firm holds eighteen named IDVs and BPAs as a prime, including the $8.6 billion FBI BPA; the $640 million ADAPTS 2.0 BPA (Office of the Chief Information Officer, July 1, 2026); the $220 million Comptroller Mission Support BPA (Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, March 21, 2025); a $100 million DHS Financial Management and Operations BPA (November 8, 2024); and the $60 million Federal Railroad Administration A-123 Support BPA (December 27, 2024). The firm also holds positions on government-wide IDIQs including OASIS+ Unrestricted, the SHIELD IDIQ ($151 billion notional ceiling, Missile Defense Agency, awarded December 29, 2025), the State Department Evolve program ($2.34 billion, May 26, 2025), and the VA's AVAIL healthcare innovation program ($650 million, September 30, 2022).

Capability concentration reflects Ernst & Young's Big Four positioning in federal audit and compliance. Recent representative prime work includes a $154.2 million Defense Logistics Agency audit order (November 1, 2025, through December 31, 2030); a $93.8 million HUD financial management and project support BPA call (September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2029); a $62.8 million Government National Mortgage Association financial management and internal controls order (May 6, 2023, through May 5, 2028); an $80.3 million HHS Office of the Inspector General financial statement audit support order (January 8, 2024, through January 7, 2029); a $46.9 million Immigration and Customs Enforcement Law Enforcement Systems and Analysis support order under OASIS+ Unrestricted (June 20, 2026, with Infapro Corporation providing data analytics sub-support); and a $61.7 million GSA SAM.gov entity validation services order (August 21, 2026, through August 20, 2031). Work spans financial statement audits, A-123 internal control implementation and assessment, FISMA testing, security assessments, actuarial analysis, data analytics, and modernization advisory services.

Across Service Contract Inventory-reportable contracts, Ernst & Young invoiced $1.64 billion in prime federal service work from FY2022 through FY2025, with FY2025 reaching $489.6 million across 1,640 FTEs at a median government-paid rate of $126.43 per hour. The trajectory shows demand volatility—FY2023 peaked at 2,790 FTEs on $439.9 million invoicing, declined to 2,220 FTEs in FY2024, then rebounded to $489.6 million in FY2025, suggesting recompete activity and contract ramp-ups. GSA Schedule labor categories span 33 roles, priced from $136.59/hr (entry-level staff) to $415.78/hr (Health IT Executive Director), with no security-cleared positions offered on the public schedule. Median rates cluster around $126/hr for baseline delivery and $248/hr for senior technical roles.

Ernst & Young operates as a self-performing prime on audit and financial management engagements, with subcontracting running 6 percent of total contracted hours across named SCI records. Named subcontractors on identified prime contracts include audit firms (Kearney & Company, P.C.; RM Advisory Services, LLC; SPS Consulting, LLC; McConnell & Jones L.L.P.; Watsonrice LLP; CohnReznick; Castro & Company) and technology systems integrators (Change Capability Inc., a woman-owned small business; It Partners, Inc., a women-owned small business; Govstrive LLC, a HUBZone-certified firm; Niti Systems Consultants Inc.). Across subcontractor activity, Ernst & Young appears as a named sub to larger defense and IT primes including General Dynamics Information Technology, Deloitte Consulting, ECS Federal, CGI Federal, Accenture Federal Services, Intrepid LLC, American Systems Corporation, Peraton Inc., KBR Services, Easy Dynamics Corporation, Cydecor, DAI Global, Tetra TECH ES, and Serco Inc., delivering financial management, enterprise resource planning support, business analytics, and advisory services.

A 24-month recompete window encompasses 54 awards with combined potential value of $1.14 billion reaching completion by October 2026, including audits for Social Security Administration, HHS OIG, and DLA, multiple HUD financial management and project support calls, and FBI Headquarters Division administrative and professional support work. Ernst & Young's concentrated position on federal financial audit and internal controls vehicles, paired with its scale across 114 agencies, makes the firm a dominant supplier to civilian and defense financial stewardship requirements. The vendor competes full-and-open on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and specialized IDIQs without pursuit of small business set-asides, leveraging its Big Four brand and established audit relationships to anchor large, multi-year compliance and transformation engagements.