EY Fails on Challenge to DOJ Recommendation It Drop Contract Bid

Ernst & Young LLP jumped the gun when it filed a protest to a Justice Department recommendation that it drop its contract bid to provide professional and IT support services after its first phase submission was rated “low confidence,” the GAO said.

“While the agency’s future actions in this matter may create a set of facts appropriate for our consideration,” EY’s current protest, “based on its assumptions regarding the agency’s future actions, is premature and will not be considered,” the GAO said in a decision released Tuesday.

• DOJ hasn’t excluded EY “from continuing to compete for an award; nor has ...