Cowan Counseling & Disability Group, P.C

Cowan Counseling & Disability Group, P.C. is a for-profit, woman-owned small business incorporated as a Subchapter S Corporation that has maintained federal contracting capabilities since its registration in the System for Award Management in October 2003. Based in St. Augustine, Florida, the company specializes in providing expert witness services and vocational expert consulting to federal agencies involved in disability benefits adjudication and litigation support. The firm's expertise centers on evaluating disability claims, providing expert testimony in administrative and judicial proceedings, and delivering specialized vocational assessments to support the federal government's administration of disability-related programs.

Cowan Counseling & Disability Group, P.C. has established itself as a reliable provider of expert witness case support services through multiple prime federal contract awards from the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division and the Social Security Administration. The company was awarded a time-and-materials purchase order valued at $33,390 by the Department of Justice Civil Division on October 2, 2025, for expert witness case support services with performance scheduled through September 18, 2029, to be delivered in Midlothian, Virginia. A prior purchase order from the Civil Division, awarded on November 1, 2023, in the amount of $3,657.50 for expert witness services, was completed in February 2025. These awards operated as direct contracts with no set-aside designations utilized, reflecting open market competition. The nature of work performed under these Civil Division contracts involved providing expert witness testimony and case support services to advance the department's litigation objectives, leveraging the contractor's specialized knowledge of disability-related matters and vocational analysis.

Cowan Counseling & Disability Group, P.C. holds a significant Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Social Security Administration awarded on April 1, 2025, with a ceiling value of $250,000 and an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2030. This single-award indefinite delivery vehicle provides vocational expert witness services specifically designed to support administrative proceedings before Administrative Law Judges handling appeals of denied Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income benefits. Under this BPA framework, the Social Security Administration maintains flexible authority to issue task orders for vocational expert consulting services, expert witness testimony, and disability evaluation assessments as needed across its regional hearing offices. The contract structure enables the SSA to consistently access qualified expert witness services for fair and efficient administration of disability benefits programs, with prior task orders having included vocational history and rehabilitation reporting services such as VHR Express Reporting. This BPA represents the company's primary vehicle for ongoing engagement with the Social Security Administration and reflects the agency's confidence in the contractor's ability to deliver specialized expertise supporting the adjudication of disability benefit claims.