The Brattle Group Inc.

The Brattle Group Inc., a Boston-based economics consulting firm, delivers expert witness services, economic analysis, and litigation support to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations. The firm is a for-profit corporate entity registered in the System for Award Management since October 2001, with no SBA certifications or minority-ownership designations.

Brattle's federal footprint centers on expert witness and forensic economic analysis for litigation and regulatory proceedings. The firm delivers economic testimony, financial valuation analysis, transfer-pricing assessment, structured-finance evaluation, antitrust economics, forensic accounting, and tax-policy analysis to support federal litigation and enforcement. Representative prime work includes a $9.85 million definitive labor-hour contract awarded by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division in August 2023 for expert witness services under Executive Order 14398 through December 2026; multiple five-year labor-hour contracts with the Internal Revenue Service Chief Counsel, including $4.09 million (awarded July 2025), $2.89 million (July 2025), and $2.45 million (August 2025) for expert witness services in litigation, valuation, and finance consultation; a $2.88 million time-and-materials definitive contract with the Federal Trade Commission awarded September 2025 for expert services; and a $1.62 million time-and-materials contract with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division awarded October 2024 for expert witness services through October 2025.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward tax and antitrust enforcement. The top five agencies account for 67% of combined potential value: the Internal Revenue Service (82 awards, $54.4 million), the Department of Justice Tax Division (34 awards, $25.2 million), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (9 awards, $19 million), the Securities and Exchange Commission (33 awards, $16.1 million), and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (7 awards, $15.3 million). IRS dominates both award count and dollar value; the tax-focused portfolio (IRS plus Tax Division) represents roughly $79.6 million or 41% of total potential value across 116 awards. Award counts span 24 customer agencies, reflecting broad government reach, but the top five agencies represent concentrated purchasing power. NAICS coding reflects the core mission: 154 awards fall under "All Other Legal Services," 66 under "All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services," and 56 under "Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services."

Brattle maintains two named indefinite delivery vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract CFP12D00004 with 3 task orders ($467 thousand combined value) and Indefinite Delivery Contract 89603021D0001 with 1 task order ($6.5 million). The FERC contract (89603021D0001) is a $4 million single-award IDV for expert witness services related to energy regulation and market analysis, issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission within the Department of Energy.

Award activity has remained flat to modestly declining over the past five years—14 awards in 2022, 19 in 2023, 16 in 2024, 15 in 2025, and 3 recorded in 2026 (year-to-date as of April 2026). Over the next twenty-four months, 16 awards (combined potential value $26.2 million) reach ultimate completion, representing meaningful recompete exposure. The largest concentration of expiring work sits with the IRS (multiple expert-witness contracts expiring through 2030 and beyond) and the Department of Justice (Antitrust Division contracts completing through 2026).

On Service Contract Inventory data (a subset capturing federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold), Brattle invoiced $35.9 million across FY2022–FY2024: $11.1 million (FY2022, 11.5 FTEs), $10 million (FY2023, 9.5 FTEs), and $14.8 million (FY2024, 14.3 FTEs). SCI-reportable FTE counts show moderate growth trajectory in FY2024, suggesting workforce scaling after a dip in FY2023. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts median around $515/hr, with a 10th percentile of $424/hr and a 90th percentile of $765/hr, reflecting a senior-heavy consulting model spanning junior analyst and senior-expert labor bands. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, Brattle self-performed 100% of reported contractor hours with zero subcontractor engagement, indicating a fully in-house delivery model.

Brattle operates as a pure prime contractor in the federal space: 342 of 343 awards (100%) are prime contracts or grants; 1 award is a sub-grant under the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. The vendor does not subcontract in its federal engagements and does not appear as a named subcontractor to other federal primes in the source data. All work is performed at the firm's Boston, Massachusetts headquarters or specified federal locations (Washington DC for FTC work, various IRS offices). The firm's business model relies on direct prime relationships with agencies and does not leverage teaming or sub-contracting as a growth or delivery mechanism.