Deloitte Loses Bid to Undo Ernst & Young’s FBI Auditing Contract

Ernst & Young LLP will keep a contract to provide audit support services to the FBI, after the GAO determined that Deloitte & Touche LLP failed to support its challenge to the agency’s evaluation of the bids.

The FBI sought bids for audit support services to aid its Office of Internal Auditing. Ernst & Young was awarded the contract over Deloitte in part because of Ernst & Young’s breadth of experience, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Deloitte challenged the federal award of a blanket purchase agreement and task order, arguing that the agency’s technical evaluation of its quotation was ...