Howard Kouan

Contracting Officer Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management

Agency: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management Department of Labor
Email: kouan.howard.c@dol.gov
Phone: (215) 861-5027
Latest SAM.gov record: Jul 21, 2026

Contact facts

Offices: 10+
SAM.gov notices: 6
Contract awards: 55 As contracting staff
Top vendors: Adams And Associates Inc. 10 contract awards · $571M in award value

Management & Training Corporation 10 contract awards · $845M in award value
First SAM.gov record: Dec 15, 2022

Notices come from SAM.gov and awards from FPDS, which names the staff who created, approved or last changed an award without saying which.

SAM.gov notices

Notice	Posted
St. Louis Job Corps Center with OACTS Award Notice · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · 1605JW-25-C-0005	Feb 27, 2025
Detroit Job Corps Center with OACTS Solicitation · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · 1605JW-24-R-00009	Feb 10, 2025
Detroit Job Corps Center with OACTS Pre-Solicitation · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · 1605JW-24-R-00009	Jan 13, 2025
Detroit Job Corps Center with OACTS Pre-Solicitation · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · 1605JW-24-N-00005	Aug 12, 2024
St. Louis Job Corps Center with OACTS Solicitation · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · 1605JW-24-R-00004	May 7, 2024
St. Louis Job Corps Center with OACTS Pre-Solicitation · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · 1605JW-24-R-00004	Apr 11, 2024

Contract awards and IDVs

Award	Awarded	Obligated
Excelsior springs job corps center with OA/CTS 1605JW22C0008 · Education & Training Resources LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Jun 1, 2022	$67,093,345
Hubert H. Humphrey job corps center with OA/CTS 1605JW21C0006 · Education & Training Resources LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Jan 8, 2021	$59,261,053
Atterbury JCC W/ oacts 1605JW25C0002 · Adams And Associates Inc. · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Nov 1, 2024	$42,733,504
ST. Louis JCC OA/CTS 1605JW25C0005 · Distinction LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Mar 1, 2025	$32,877,385
Cincinnati job corps center 1605JW22C0004 · Insights Training Group, LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Feb 4, 2022	$46,341,213
Operation of the puerto rico job corps centers with outreach and admissions and career transition services 1605JE23C0008 · Arbor E & T LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Feb 6, 2023	$70,005,222
Operations of the edison job corps center with outreach and admissions and career transition services. 1605JE22C0014 · Management & Training Corporation · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Jun 29, 2022	$76,789,450
Operations of the shriver job corps center with outreach and admissions and career transition services. 1605JE23F00001 · Adams And Associates Inc. · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Jul 1, 2023	$40,497,603
Operation of new york city job corps center 1630J118C0003 · Management & Training Corporation · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Feb 26, 2018	$86,135,524
Harford JCC 1630J117C0001 · Management & Training Corporation · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Mar 31, 2017	$39,802,370
Benjamin L. Hooks job corps center with outreach and admissions & career transition services 1605JE20C0007 · Education & Training Resources LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Oct 1, 2020	$61,276,766
Definitive Contract 1605JW22C0003 Aleut-Odle Training And Development JV 2, LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	May 1, 2022	$56,035,551
Denison emergency task order 1605JW23F00009 · Odle Management Group, L.L.C. · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Aug 9, 2023	$26,959,557
Bamberg job corps center W/ OA CTS 1605JE23C0017 · Heritage Services Corporation · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Aug 1, 2023	$25,928,986
Joliet job corps center with OA/CTS 1605JW26F00005 · Management & Training Corporation · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	May 1, 2026	$8,345,863
Joliet job corps center with oacts 1605JW21C0012 · Strategix Management LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Apr 15, 2021	$43,497,199
Operation of the oneonta JCC with OA/CTS 1605JE22C0002 · Education & Training Resources LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Dec 1, 2021	$58,738,979
Operations of the new hampshire job corps center with OA and CTS. 1605JE20C0004 · Adams And Associates Inc. · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	May 15, 2020	$62,750,933
Operations of the new haven job corps center with outreach and admissions and career transition services. 1605JE23C0002 · The Bizzell Group LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Nov 1, 2022	$31,077,597
Hartford JCC W/ OA CTS 1605JE23C0012 · Paradigmworks Group, Inc. · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	May 1, 2023	$36,230,793
Miami job corps center with outreach admissions and career transition services 1605JE22C0017 · Adams And Associates Inc. · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Sep 16, 2022	$44,715,408
Center operations, OA and CTS services at the iroquois job corps center 1605JE20C0008 · Education & Training Resources LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Nov 1, 2020	$51,316,905
Pinellas county job corps center operations with outreach and admissions and career transition services 1605JE21C0015 · Exceed, LLC · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Nov 1, 2021	$49,680,326
Brunswick job corps center with OA & CTS 1605JE22C0008 · Adams And Associates Inc. · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Jun 1, 2022	$51,167,174
Operation of the potomac job corps center with OA & CTS 1605JE21C0005 · Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Inc. · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Nov 1, 2021	$77,196,267

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Top vendors

Rank	Vendor	Awards and IDVs	Award value
1	Adams And Associates Inc.	10	$571M
2	Management & Training Corporation	10	$845M
3	Education & Training Resources LLC	6	$362M
4	Serrato Corporation	4	$179M
5	Distinction LLC	3	$47.4M
6	Insights Training Group, LLC	3	$154M
7	Arbor E & T LLC	3	$165M
8	Odle Management Group, L.L.C.	3	$176M
9	Horizons Youth Services, L.C.	2	$49.8M
10	Aleut-Odle Training And Development JV 2, LLC	1	$58.2M

Award value adds up the base and exercised options recorded for the contract awards naming them. IDVs carry no value of their own.

Top NAICS codes

Rank	NAICS code	SAM.gov records
1	611519 Other Technical and Trade Schools	59
2	561210 Facilities Support Services	2

Top PSC codes

Rank	PSC code	SAM.gov records
1	U006 Education/Training- Vocational/Technical	50
2	M1CZ Operation Of Other Educational Buildings	9
3	Z1CZ Maintenance Of Other Educational Buildings	2

Offices

Rank	Office	SAM.gov records
1	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	7
2	Office of Job Corps	3
3	Whitney Young Job Corps Center (JCC)	3
4	Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center (JCC)	2
5	Joliet Job Corps Center (JCC)	2
6	Milwaukee Job Corps Center (JCC)	2
7	Hartford Job Corps Center (JCC)	2
8	Woodstock Job Corps Center (JCC)	2
9	Flint Hills Job Corps Center (JCC)	2
10	Employment and Training Administration	1

Quick answers

Who is Howard Kouan?

Howard Kouan is a Contracting Officer at Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (Department of Labor). Point of contact on 6 SAM.gov notices and contracting staff on 55 contract awards, from December 15, 2022 to July 21, 2026.

What agency does Howard Kouan work for?

Howard Kouan's SAM.gov records name Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (Department of Labor) most, among 10 offices.

How do I contact Howard Kouan?

SAM.gov lists Howard Kouan's email kouan.howard.c@dol.gov and phone (215) 861-5027.

What is the latest SAM.gov notice naming Howard Kouan?

St. Louis Job Corps Center with OACTS, award notice, posted February 27, 2025.

Which vendors has Howard Kouan awarded contracts to?

The vendors on the most contract awards and IDVs naming Howard Kouan are Adams And Associates Inc., Management & Training Corporation and Education & Training Resources LLC. Howard Kouan's contract awards to Adams And Associates Inc. add up to $571M in base and exercised options.