Berkeley Research Group, LLC

Berkeley Research Group, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Emeryville, California, delivers expert witness services, litigation support, and specialized financial consulting to federal agencies as a prime contractor on a fully open competitive basis—274 awards across 32 federal customers with no reliance on small business set-asides. The vendor operates through a single subsidiary, Berkeley Research Group LLC Division, and competes predominantly on the strength of technical expertise and established client relationships rather than SBA designations.

The vendor's federal footprint centers on expert testimony, financial analysis, and litigation support across disputes, investigations, and regulatory matters. Representative work includes a $7.4 million definitive contract with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (awarded May 2023, labor-hours pricing through June 2025) for expert witness services; a $9.28 million firm fixed-price definitive contract with the Federal Trade Commission (awarded April 2023, performance through March 2028) for expert services across the agency's enforcement mission; and a $3.75 million time-and-materials purchase order with the DOJ Civil Division (awarded January 2023, performance through December 2026) for expert witness testimony and analytical support. HUD's Housing Office of Healthcare Programs has placed multiple delivery orders (totaling approximately $3.05 million across task orders through 2026) for hospital assessment consulting and operations improvement services under an $8.74 million indefinite delivery contract established in June 2021. The vendor also holds a $1.463 million definitive contract with the FTC (awarded May 2026) and a $320,700 contract with the SEC (awarded June 2026), both on time-and-materials pricing.

Customer concentration skews heavily toward the Department of Justice ecosystem. The U.S. Attorney's Offices alone accounts for 145 awards ($10.7 million combined potential value, 53% of all award counts), with additional substantial work through the Civil Division (22 awards, $9.8 million), the Environment and Natural Resources Division (12 awards, $6 million), the Criminal Division, the Antitrust Division, and the Tax Division—collectively representing the dominant customer by volume and dollars. By potential-value share, the FTC (5 awards, $14.7 million) and HUD Healthcare Programs (6 awards, $11.8 million) rank higher than U.S. Attorney's Offices, but DOJ divisions remain the largest single agency customer base. The SEC (28 awards, $8.9 million), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (9 awards, $2 million), the Department of Labor, the IRS, the FBI, and the Department of Veterans Affairs round out the active roster.

Vehicle positioning reflects the vendor's infrastructure access and organizational reach. Berkeley Research Group holds a $9.75 million multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with the Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary (awarded May 2024, performance through May 2029) for financial advisory services supporting the Build America Bureau's infrastructure finance and public-private partnership activities. The vendor also maintains a $7.5 million single-award IDV with the International Development Finance Corporation (awarded December 2023, through December 2028) for direct equity consulting services to the Office of Equity & Investment Funds. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule carries 7 task orders ($3.8 million combined potential value) for expert services. Task orders against various other IDCs—including Indefinite Delivery Contract 86615621D00002 (5 task orders, $3.1 million)—represent additional standing positions.

Activity has been cyclical but active. Awards per year ran at 28 (2022), 46 (2023), 24 (2024), 33 (2025), and 27 (2026 year-to-date through mid-July). The combined potential value across all 274 awards stands at $116.4 million, with $93.4 million obligated (80% burn rate), indicating mature, deliverable work rather than speculative pipeline. Sixty-four awards worth $21.7 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing a material recompete surface for competitors and a refresh opportunity for Berkeley Research Group's standing relationships.

SCI-reported invoicing (federal service contracts above $150,000) totaled $18.9 million across FY2022–FY2024, tracking FY2022 ($1.2 million, 1.5 FTEs), FY2023 ($8.5 million, 9.0 FTEs), and FY2024 ($9.1 million, 19.1 FTEs). Government-paid hourly rates on prime SCI contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $244.62/hr to a median of $549.94/hr and a 90th percentile of $782.84/hr, reflecting senior consultant-to-director-level labor pricing with no subcontractor hours embedded (0% average sub-hours share across prime contracts). GSA Schedule pricing spans 16 labor categories from Administrative Assistant ($122.99/hr) through Financial Services Director ($489.46/hr), with no security-cleared roles offered, consistent with the vendor's civilian litigation and financial advisory focus. The FTE trajectory shows substantial 2024 growth relative to the prior two years, signaling capacity expansion or increased utilization on larger vehicles.

The vendor subcontracts minimally—only 3 of 274 awards (1%) carry a sub-award designation, all to MITRE and Identity Theft Guard Solutions on healthcare innovation initiatives (November 2023 awards under unspecified primes). This posture indicates Berkeley Research Group builds its own delivery teams rather than relying on a subcontractor supply chain; the firm is a prime-focused player rather than a feeder to larger integrators. Award data spans litigation support (209 PSC codes for Support–Professional: Expert Witness), legal services (29 codes), management consulting (56 awards under NAICS 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services), and technical consulting (47 awards under NAICS 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services), confirming a diversified service portfolio centered on expert and compliance-intensive domains where established reputation and deep subject-matter expertise command premium labor rates.