Cummings Denise

Cummings Denise, a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Owings, Maryland, provides background security investigation and personnel vetting services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing exclusively in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation across most of its footprint. The vendor operates under NAICS 541712 (Investigation and Personal Background Check Services) and holds no subcontract work; all twenty-one awards in the source period are prime contracts or IDVs.

The Peace Corps dominates Cummings Denise's customer concentration, accounting for fifteen of nineteen awards (90% of award count) with $1.1 million in combined potential value. The remaining customer base includes the U.S. Agency for International Development Office of Security ($150 thousand combined potential value under a Basic Ordering Agreement), USAID Mexico ($249 thousand), and the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security (two awards). The Peace Corps relationship anchors two Blanket Purchase Agreements: BPA 1145PC20A0002 (seven task orders, $98 thousand combined potential value) and BPA PC159014 (four task orders, $72 thousand combined potential value). Most recently, on April 22, 2026, the Peace Corps awarded Cummings Denise a new single-award Master BPA for background security investigation services with a $750 thousand ceiling running through April 21, 2029; one call order for $12 thousand has been issued against it as of September 10, 2026.

Activity has been sparse and episodic — one award in 2022, one in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — with combined potential value across all twenty-one awards totaling $1.5 million. Only $182 thousand has been obligated to date (12% of potential value), reflecting the modest scale of individual call orders, which typically range from $12 thousand to $15 thousand per task. Cummings Denise faces minimal near-term recompete pressure; only one award (combined potential value $12 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor's concrete service delivery centers on background checks, security investigations, and personnel vetting to support federal agency operations — work performed primarily in Washington, D.C. for diplomatic and development agencies with overseas-facing missions.