American Public Training LLC

American Public Training LLC, operating as Graduate School USA, is a for-profit limited liability company based in Washington, D.C., delivering professional training and management development services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on a full-and-open basis, with no set-aside designations and no reported subcontractor relationships. The vendor is a subsidiary of Coursehorse Holdings LLC and competes across 52 distinct customer agencies without SBA certifications or small-business set-asides.

The vendor's customer concentration sits heavily with civilian training and HR functions. The top five customers by potential value account for 98% of combined potential value: the GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors the portfolio with two awards ($165 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs ($24.9 million), the Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration ($4.9 million), the Small Business Administration Office of Performance Management and the Chief Financial Officer ($4.5 million), and the GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy ($1.3 million). By award count, the Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters leads with 20 awards valued at $283 thousand combined, reflecting high-volume task order activity at lower per-order magnitude. The concentration signal is asymmetric: GSA dominates dollars while Defense Logistics dominates volume, pointing to a mix of large IDV ceilings and smaller per-order execution.

Graduate School USA's primary vehicle footprint centers on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, a $100 million contract awarded March 2, 2024, and running through March 1, 2029, under Special Item Numbers covering professional and management development training, management and financial consulting, and order-level materials. The company operates 66 task orders under the MAS with $38.9 million in combined potential value. Beyond the MAS, the vendor holds three single-award Blanket Purchase Agreements: a $1.5 million BPA with the Office of Performance Management and the Chief Financial Officer (May 15, 2025 through August 27, 2029), a $976,414 BPA with the Department of Defense for HR PACE training (February 7, 2025 through February 6, 2028), and a $1.5 million BPA with the FDA for professional and management development training (August 28, 2024 through August 27, 2029). The vendor also holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy ($1,157,492 ceiling, through March 26, 2028) for the Defense Installation Training Area Program (DITAP), and manages a $130,000 BPA with Naval Sea Systems Command for project schedule training (through September 30, 2027).

Recent capability work demonstrates breadth across federal HR and development domains. Representative awards include DITAP Cohort delivery (Spring Cohort 8 & 9, $165,356, GSA Office of the Chief Information Officer, April 2026), HR PACE training for Defense ($91,301, February 2025), supervisory and manager training for the SBA ($557,620, August 2026), DITAP Digital Information Technology Acquisition Professional training for DoD ($82,678, September 2026), food safety curriculum updates for the FDA ($323,990 BPA call, July 2022), leadership development for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ($37,500, September 2023), processing personnel actions training delivered across multiple agencies, and executive core qualifications writing courses for the DEA. The vendor's portfolio centers on leadership development, human resources management, Federal appropriations law, budgeting and procurement training, auditing, and specialized professional development, with delivery modes spanning in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats.

The GSA MAS labor portfolio carries 24 hourly-rate categories spanning $43.34 to $334.42 per hour, with education requirements from high school to master's degree and experience levels from 1 to 15 years; no security-cleared positions are offered. Representative pricing tiers include Program Assistant ($43.34/hr, high school), Program Specialist ($82.00/hr, bachelor's), Instructional Designer III ($133.13/hr, bachelor's), and Consultant I ($334.42/hr, master's with 15 years experience). The company's MAS price list covers over 200 training courses with volume-based pricing tiers (10–30 participant minimums) across accounting, auditing, budgeting, leadership, human resources, and professional skills domains. Place of performance on the MAS is Washington, D.C., with worldwide geographic coverage.

Activity has grown substantially in recent years — from 6 awards in 2022 to 31 in 2024 and 33 in 2025 — though only 11 awards are recorded for 2026 (reflecting data currency through October 2026). Six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and carry combined potential value of $371 thousand, presenting modest recompete exposure. The vendor operates entirely as a prime, with no subcontractor relationships reported across the award footprint and zero sub-hours share across SCI-reportable prime contracts, indicating in-house delivery posture. SCI-reported invoiced activity shows $7.1 million across FY2023–FY2025 (prime records), with workforce scale averaging roughly 6.9 FTEs across that period. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI contracts run a median of $182.80/hr, with 10th and 90th percentile rates at $177.38/hr and $188.22/hr respectively, consistent with mid-to-senior program specialist and instructional designer roles. The vendor's $204.1 million combined potential value across 120 awards, with $29 million obligated (14% of combined potential), reflects heavy reliance on large IDV ceilings and low draw-down rate typical of GSA MAS vehicles.