Blanket Purchase Agreement 28321320AV0240048

The Social Security Administration awarded a blanket purchase agreement to Marian R Marracco of Palm Desert, California to provide vocational expert consulting services in administrative hearings. The BPA has a potential value of $0, with subsequent firm fixed price task orders issued for individual expert engagements.

One such task order awarded under the BPA was for $4,619.61 for VHR Express Reporting services in Palm Desert, California through June 30, 2020. As the solicitation sought vocational expert consulting services to aid disability benefits eligibility determinations in hearings before administrative law judges, this task order funding likely provided testimony and expert analysis.

The original solicitation posted in October 2019 contemplated total small business set-aside vocational expert consulting services through January 2020, consistent with the Social Security Administration's reliance on vocational experts to assess claimants' ability to perform work despite disabilities under the Vocational Expert major program code. The BPA and associated task order thus facilitated expert input for the fair and informed resolution of citizens' disability benefits appeals.