Developmental & Forensic Pediatrics Pa

Developmental & Forensic Pediatrics PA, doing business as Cooper, Sharon W, is a woman-owned, veteran-owned, and Black American-owned small business based in Fort Liberty, North Carolina that provides expert witness services and forensic pediatric consulting to the Department of Justice as a prime contractor, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

The vendor operates as a forensic pediatrics practice led by Dr. Sharon W. Cooper, a developmental and forensic pediatrician. The core capability is expert witness testimony, case review, written findings reports, and medical consulting for federal criminal prosecutions involving crimes against children, child abuse, sexual exploitation, child pornography, sexual abuse imagery, and human trafficking. Work is performed primarily in Fort Liberty, North Carolina and Washington, D.C., with administrative oversight centered in North Carolina. NAICS coding reflects the split nature of the practice: 57 awards fall under All Other Legal Services (NAICS 541900), 21 under Offices of Physicians except Mental Health Specialists (NAICS 621111), with the remainder distributed across training and consulting classifications. PSC coding is heavily concentrated in Support–Professional: Expert Witness (64 awards).

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Justice. The US Attorney's Offices account for 66 of 91 total awards (98% of the award portfolio by count) with $479 thousand in combined potential value, making this the primary customer relationship anchored in ongoing federal criminal litigation support. By dollar value, however, the Department of the Army Medical Command represents the largest single customer, with 6 awards carrying $3.7 million in combined potential value — a significant departure from volume rankings. The Army Training and Doctrine Command adds 9 smaller awards ($43 thousand combined potential value). The DOJ Criminal Division holds 1 award ($14 thousand), and the DOJ Executive Office for US Attorneys holds 1 award ($3 thousand). This concentration pattern reflects a vendor whose revenue base is split between high-volume, lower-value DOJ expert witness work on individual criminal cases and fewer but substantially larger Army Medical Command contracts, likely for training, consulting, or research services in pediatric forensics.

The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint across its 91 awards. Contracts are structured as time-and-materials purchase orders with ceiling values typically in the $8 thousand to $24 thousand range for individual DOJ cases; Army Medical Command awards carry significantly higher ceilings. The combined potential value across all awards is $4.2 million, with $4.4 million in obligated dollars — indicating execution has exceeded initial estimates. Activity has declined in recent years: 11 awards in 2023, 10 in 2024, 5 in 2025, and 1 in early 2026 year-to-date. Seven awards with combined potential value of $142 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure concentrated in DOJ expert witness contracts and Army Medical Command engagements.

The vendor's relationship with DOJ spans over 35 named federal contracts since at least 2021, with the source citing a long-standing partnership extending to the present. The Army Medical Command relationship is more recent and represents a strategic expansion of the practice beyond criminal litigation support into medical training and consulting contexts. The vendor competes full-and-open without reserve to set-aside categories, indicating competitive positioning based on specialized expertise rather than SBA certification advantage.