Veritas Capital is considering selling or taking public Guidehouse early next year in a deal that could value the consulting firm at about $7 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

A sale of Tysons Corner, Virginia-based Guidehouse would likely draw interest from other private equity firms and consultants, said the people, who asked to not be identified because the matter isn’t public. Veritas is working with advisers to consider options, the people said.

Veritas, which raised $6.5 billion for its seventh fund in 2019, has been active this year, striking deals for Carlyle Group Inc.’s Sequa Corp. and education provider Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.

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