Contract Award: Ernst & Young LLP (New York, New York (HT001121F0085) – $19,760,602

Ernst & Young LLP, New York, New York (HT001121F0085), was awarded a task order modification in the amount of $19,760,602 to the current bridge contract to add two six-month option periods to continue the audit sustainment, audit response, remediation of notices of findings and recommendation, internal control oversight and management, financial reporting compilation and analysis, and continuous risk management and internal control training and program services of the previously awarded firm-fixed-price task order HT001116F0014. Work will be performed at Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia; Defense Health Agency – Contract Resource Management, Aurora, Colorado; U.S. Army Medical Command, San Antonio, Texas; the National Capital Region Market and the Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. The total amount being added to the contract is $19,760,602, bringing the total value of the contract to $38,693,741. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $9,869,651 are obligated for Option Period One. The task order was not competitively procured and was prepared under the authority of the multiple award schedule program, 41 U.S. Code 152(3) and 40 U.S. Code 501, and regulatory authority, as implemented by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(C). In the interests of economy and efficiency, the new work is a logical follow-on to a Federal Supply Schedule order, placed in accordance with Federal Supply Schedule ordering procedures and fully executed on Sept. 3, 2021, under Task Order HT001121F0085, with a period of performance of Sept., 8, 2021, to Sept. 7, 2022. The period of performance for Option Period One is from Sept. 8, 2022, through March 7, 2023; and March 8, 2023, through Sept. 7, 2023, for Option Period Two. The Defense Health Agency, Professional Services Contracting Division, Falls Church, Virginia, is the contracting activity.