This blanket purchase agreement serves to provide vocational expert witnesses to the SSA for hearings before an administrative law judge (ALJ) appealing denial of certain benefits administered by SSA.…
Active Blanket Purchase Agreement Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 28321325AV0940031
- Awardee
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Advancing Careers UEI F9J5V751AZU4
- Awarding agency
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Social Security Administration
- Task orders
- 0
Award facts
- Last date to order 31% complete
- IDV ceiling
- $250,000.00
- Award type
- Single award
- Who can order
- Only the awarding agency
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 624310 Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this IDV
The Social Security Administration (SSA) awarded a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement to Advancing Careers, a woman-owned small business, effective April 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2030. The contract has a ceiling value of $250,000 with no set-asides applied. Under this Blanket Purchase Agreement, Advancing Careers provides vocational expert witness services to support SSA administrative hearings before Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) who adjudicate appeals of denied Social Security benefits. The services involve vocational expert reporting and consulting to evaluate disability claimants' functional capacity and ability to work given their medical conditions, thereby informing disability determinations. Individual task orders under this vehicle are structured on a firm-fixed price basis, with historical call values ranging from approximately $5,500 to $13,500 per engagement.
Advancing Careers' scope includes delivering vocational expert reports such as VHR (Vocational History Report) and ME-VE Express Reporting services to support ALJ hearings across SSA hearing offices. The contractor applies subject-matter expertise in career transition and vocational rehabilitation to assess whether claimants possess the functional capacity to perform available work in the national economy. Performance locations include SSA hearing offices, with documented work in SSA Region 09 locations such as Chula Vista, California. This contract vehicle represents an indefinite quantity arrangement wherein the SSA issues individual calls for vocational expert services on an as-needed basis throughout the five-year performance period, providing the agency with flexibility in managing the volume and timing of vocational expert testimony required to support its disability benefit adjudication processes.
Description
This blanket purchase agreement serves to provide vocational expert witnesses to the SSA for hearings before an administrative law judge (ALJ) appealing denial of certain benefits administered by SSA. These hearings involve claims for benefits author
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
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| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $0 |
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 28321325AV0940031?
28321325AV0940031 was awarded to Advancing Careers by Social Security Administration on April 1, 2025.
How much is contract 28321325AV0940031 worth?
28321325AV0940031's own ceiling is $250,000.
Who can order from contract 28321325AV0940031?
28321325AV0940031 is a single award blanket purchase agreement. Only the awarding agency can place orders on it.
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