Deloitte Is the Biggest Loser so Far in DOGE’s Consulting Crackdown

Ten major firms are under the spotlight as the Trump administration continues its consulting crackdown — but one is taking the most heat.

At least 127 of Deloitte’s government contracts have been cut or modified since January, about double the total for the second-hardest-hit consultancy on the Trump administration’s list, a Business Insider analysis of data on the White House DOGE office’s website found.

The Big Four firm is one of the federal government’s 10 highest-paid consultancies, which have come under scrutiny amid the White House’s push to cut waste and improve efficiency. The list includes Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, and General Dynamics.

DOGE estimates the Deloitte cuts will save taxpayers about $371.8 million.

This includes $51.4 million in savings from a contract providing IT services to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and $1.1 million in savings from a contract for training on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility that has been running since 2020.

Deloitte US contracts with federal agencies were worth $3.3 billion a year, or almost 10% of its most recent annual revenues, the firm said in a recent earnings report.

Booz Allen Hamilton, which generates almost all of its $11 billion in annual revenue from the public sector, is the second most affected firm on the list, with 61 contracts cut, BI’s analysis found.

At least 30 Accenture contracts have been cut, saving $240.2 million, per DOGE’s data.

In an annual earnings call last month, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said that DOGE’s cost-cutting efforts had already hit the firm’s revenues, and staffers have told BI they’re worried about layoffs.

CGI Federal declined to comment and Leidos said it would continue discussions with the administration. The other firms on DOGE’s list did not respond to requests for comment about their government contracts.

The General Services Administration, the government’s largest procurement arm, is leading the effort to reevaluate federal consulting spend.

The agency, which operates separately from DOGE, said that consulting contracts with the 10 firms were set to generate more than $65 billion in fees in 2025 and beyond.

In March, the GSA asked the consultancies to submit a scorecard containing a detailed breakdown of their pricing and suggestions for where they could reduce costs.

It told the firms to identify which contracts were “mission critical” and to use simple terms to do it: “A 15-year-old should be able to understand what service you provide and why it is important.”

Responses were due by Monday.

A person at the agency told BI that the GSA and federal bodies were now reviewing the scorecards and would decide on further cuts. The goal was to cut waste and move toward a more outcome-based approach instead of open-ended contracts, they said.

CEOs and senior executives at the consultancies appeared aligned with the administration’s priorities, the person added.

Here’s the list of contracts cut and savings made, according to the DOGE website:

• Deloitte: 127 contracts, $371.8 million.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: 61 contracts, $207.1 million.
• Guidehouse: 49 contracts, $128.7 million.
• Accenture: 30 contracts, $240.2 million.
• General Dynamics: 16 contracts, $202.7 million.
• IBM: 10 contracts, $34.3 million.
• Leidos: seven contracts, $78.5 million.
• CGI Federal: seven contracts, $465,000.

Science Applications International Corp.: five contracts, $7.5 million.

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