Dean T Fitzgerald

Dean T Fitzgerald, a service-disabled veteran-owned sole proprietorship based in Millington, Tennessee, provides explosives specialist instruction and technical expertise to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as a prime contractor under a Total Small Business set-aside Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded June 14, 2023. The vendor operates exclusively under one customer agency and one parent vehicle, competing entirely within small business set-asides rather than full-and-open procurement.

Fitzgerald's capability footprint is narrow and specialized. The vendor delivers instructor-led training in explosives enforcement, regulations, and investigations; support for ATF's Basic Instructor Training program and Professional Development and Training Division; and on-site contract specialist and technical expertise services in explosives safety and procedures. All work is performed in Millington, Tennessee. Representative task orders include a $13,000 firm fixed-price award in September 2023 for ERIE Instructor services, an $8,500 call in October 2023 for explosives specialist contractor services, and a $9,300 BPA call in August 2026 for instructor services—typical of the contract range ($2,000 to $13,000 per call) and one- to three-week assignment duration characterizing the engagement.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives accounts for 100% of the vendor's 47 awards and the full $791 thousand combined potential value across the portfolio. Fitzgerald holds a single parent vehicle—Blanket Purchase Agreement 15A00023AAQA00212, a $500 thousand ceiling BPA running through June 13, 2028—under which 46 task orders have been placed since June 2023, carrying $291 thousand in combined potential value. The BPA is the sole procurement pathway for this relationship.

Activity has grown from eight awards in 2023 to a peak of seventeen in 2024, then contracted to fourteen in 2025 and eight in 2026 year-to-date. The vendor has obligated $277 thousand (35% of combined potential value), reflecting the short-term, task-order-driven nature of the work. Fitzgerald operates as a sole proprietor with no subcontract footprint and no secondary customer relationships; all revenue derives from ATF task orders under the single BPA. The vendor's market position is tightly defined by ATF's need for on-call explosives training and technical support services, with no evidence of diversification or pursuit of other federal customers.