Dettmer David M

Dettmer David M, doing business as Dettmer Vocational Consulting, is a sole proprietorship providing vocational expert consulting services to the federal government. As a small business concern self-certified as a small disadvantaged business, Dettmer supports disability benefit eligibility determinations for the Social Security Administration (SSA).

Dettmer has received numerous prime federal contract awards from SSA to deliver vocational expert services under the agency's Vocational Expert Blanket Purchase Agreement. These firm fixed price calls, totaling over $150,000 across fiscal years 2019 and 2020, were for VHR Express Reporting and ME-VE Express Reporting services. Tasked with analyzing disability claimants' employment prospects given their functional limitations, Dettmer serves as an expert witness to inform SSA administrative law judges on case adjudication. The contracts supply specialized expertise needed for the SSA disability determination process.

Most recently in April 2020, Dettmer was awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement from SSA as a small business set-aside, to provide ongoing vocational expert consulting for Region 09 hearing offices. Though no funding was obligated upfront, the agreement enables Dettmer to compete for task orders assisting in hearings before administrative law judges. A first call for $32,214 was already issued against this agreement through June 2020. As SSA's eligibility determinations directly impact disability beneficiaries, Dettmer's consulting helps ensure claims are adjudicated fairly.