Brown, Barry

Brown, Barry is a sole proprietor doing business as Brown and Associates, a for-profit organization providing vocational expert consulting services to the federal government. Brown is registered in SAM.gov to receive federal awards through April 2024.

Brown has received several federal contract awards from the Social Security Administration to provide vocational expert reporting services in support of the agency's disability determinations. The contract awards have been firm fixed price blanket purchase agreement calls issued under a parent BPA vehicle for express vocational reporting with no set-aside designation. Services involve completing disability case file reviews and providing specialized vocational evaluations regarding factors such as skill transferability and labor force participation. Awards were made between June 2019 and June 2020, with individual values ranging from $4,587 to $17,920.

The Social Security Administration awarded Brown a single-award BPA for vocational expert consulting services in the agency's Region 8 hearing offices, supporting hearings before administrative law judges. The BPA has no set-aside designation and runs through March 2025, with an initial call made for $17,920 in services. Task orders fall under the major program code for vocational experts and require Brown to conduct case file reviews and provide reports on vocational issues related to disability determinations.