Burge, Stephen

Burge, Stephen, a sole proprietorship medical consulting firm based in Hoover, Alabama, provides independent medical case reviews and disability evaluation services to the Social Security Administration as a prime contractor under multiple blanket purchase agreements. The vendor operates exclusively in the full-and-open market with no set-aside designations across its footprint.

Stephen Burge, MD, owns and operates the firm, which has held a SAM registration since December 2005 and specializes in comprehensive disability case evaluations to support the SSA's disability adjudication processes. The firm's work centers on conducting independent medical reviews of disability claim files for the SSA's Atlanta and Birmingham regional offices, typically completing 1,500 to 2,000 case assessments per contract period. Recent representative work includes a $135,884 BPA call awarded July 1, 2026, for medical consultant services supporting the SSA's disability adjudication program through June 30, 2027; a $145,590 call order awarded March 21, 2025, for 1,500 independent case reviews; and a $143,160 Total Small Business call order awarded July 3, 2024, also for 1,500 independent case reviews.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Social Security Administration accounts for 85% of all awards (28 awards, $3.8 million combined potential value) and the full span of the vendor's federal footprint. The firm places work under three principal BPA vehicles: Blanket Purchase Agreement SS04164C020 (15 task orders, $1.9 million combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract SS040660005 (8 task orders, $529 thousand combined potential value), and Blanket Purchase Agreement 28321321AC0440013 (7 task orders, $738 thousand combined potential value). The vendor's NAICS footprint is uniform: all 33 awards fall under Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), with 27 awards coded to Medical—Medical/Psychiatric Consultation and 6 to Medical—Other.

Activity has remained flat at roughly one award per year over the past five years (2022–2025), with two awards in 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months ($136 thousand combined potential value), presenting minimal recompete risk in the near term. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint and derives 75% of its $4.2 million combined potential value from obligated dollars. This is a single-customer, single-service-line operation anchored entirely to SSA disability evaluation work performed from regional performance sites in Alabama.