Alexander Merkler, MD PLLC

Alexander Merkler, MD PLLC, a small business medical practice based in Valatie, New York, provides expert medical witness and evaluation services to federal agencies as a prime contractor under a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), with all recent federal work concentrated in vaccine injury assessment and legal support roles. The firm operates as a for-profit partnership or limited liability partnership structured as a small business joint venture, competing exclusively under total small business set-asides on HRSA work and full-and-open on U.S. Attorney's Offices engagements.

Alexander Merkler, MD PLLC holds a $7.5 million single-award BPA with HRSA Headquarters (September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2027) for medical expert services supporting the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). The firm delivers specialized medical expertise through task orders issued against this BPA, evaluating petitioners' claims and providing expert opinions on alleged vaccine-related injuries to support VICP adjudication. Representative work includes a $24,375 Firm Fixed Price BPA call issued June 17, 2026, for vaccine injury claim evaluation (completion May 16, 2027); a $24,375 BPA call issued May 14, 2026 (completion April 13, 2027); a $24,375 call issued April 30, 2026 (completion March 29, 2027); and a $18,750 call issued February 26, 2026 (completion January 25, 2027). The firm also performs expert witness services for the U.S. Attorney's Offices on a full-and-open, time-and-materials basis—recent awards include a $37,500 purchase order issued September 5, 2025 (completion September 4, 2027), a $43,500 purchase order issued June 11, 2025 (completion June 10, 2027), and a $48,372 purchase order issued March 7, 2025 (completion February 28, 2027).

Customer concentration is extreme: HRSA accounts for 100% of covered awards in the source data, with 11 awards representing $7.6 million in combined potential value, while the U.S. Attorney's Offices hold 3 awards worth $129 thousand. The BPA vehicle carries 10 task orders with $133 thousand combined potential value. Activity has grown modestly—one award in 2022, then a pause until 2024 (4 awards), followed by 5 in 2025 and 4 in 2026—with seven awards (combined potential value $221 thousand) facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore exposed to recompete risk. The firm competes exclusively through PSC Support Professional Expert Witness (14 awards) and administrative management consulting and legal services NAICS categories, with total federal obligations to date of $262 thousand against $7.8 million in combined potential value.