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 exclusively as a prime contractor on blanket purchase agreements and related task orders. The vendor holds no subcontract work and competes on full-and-open BPA call vehicles without set-aside designation on the majority of recent work, though selected Peace Corps orders carry total small business set-aside status.

Cummings Denise operates a narrow, specialized capability: background investigation support services, security clearance vetting, and related investigative consulting for personnel security and volunteer screening. The vendor's award footprint is concentrated in two master IDVs with the Peace Corps: a $750,000 single-award BPA (1145PC26A0006) established April 22, 2026, running through April 21, 2029, and an earlier $150,000 BPA (1145PC20A0002) that generated seven task orders valued at $95 thousand combined. Recent call orders include a $12,000 firm fixed-price BPA call for background security investigation issued September 10, 2026, under the new master agreement, a $12,000 call awarded September 9, 2025, and a $9,223 call from December 5, 2024.

Customer concentration is acute. The Peace Corps accounts for 90% of recent awards by count (15 awards, $1.1 million combined potential value) and dominates the dollar ranking as well. The United States Agency for International Development Office of Security holds a $150,000 single-award BOA and a $249,000 USAID Mexico IDV; the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security has placed two awards. The vendor serves four distinct federal agencies total. Primary NAICS concentration is 511320 (Investigation and Personal Background Check Services), accounting for 20 of 21 recent awards.

Activity remains thin by federal contracting standards. The vendor generated two awards in 2026, one in 2025, two in 2024, and one in 2023, with a combined potential value across all 21 recent awards of $1.5 million. Only $179 thousand has been obligated across all awards (12% of potential value), signaling early-stage execution or small call order sizes. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months totals one award with $9 thousand in potential value. The vendor's federal footprint spans background investigation work since at least 2007 but has remained stable at low transaction volume and dollar scale across the entire recent period.