Hennepin County challenges an $86 million Guidehouse award after 53 teen pregnancy prevention grants worth approximately $67 million were cancelled. Guidehouse says its experience in adolescent health and its previous work with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) qualified it to compete for the disputed federal contract.
The Trump administration faces a legal challenge over an $86 million contract awarded to Guidehouse following the cancellation of the grants. Hennepin County, Minnesota, a former grant recipient, alleges that the award was unlawful. The dispute has drawn scrutiny because several HHS officials previously worked at Guidehouse, although those employment histories do not by themselves establish a conflict of interest. However, public contract records do not establish that the award was funded with money from the cancelled grants.
