Dewey Publications, Inc.

Dewey Publications, Inc. operates as a for-profit book publisher headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, supplying legal reference materials, federal employment-law publications, and instructional texts to federal agencies as a prime contractor under full-and-open and total small business set-aside purchases. The vendor competes exclusively in prime awards — all 361 recent awards are prime purchase orders with no subcontract footprint — and holds no federal IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs. The company focuses narrowly on PSC 7610 / NAICS 513130 (book publishing and distribution) and delivers materials supporting federal legal operations, human resources administration, and employment law practice across 66 distinct customer agencies.

Customer concentration clusters in federal legal and HR functions. The top five customers by award count and potential value account for 22% and 43% of awards respectively — a gap reflecting that volume leaders like the Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service (22 awards, $141 thousand combined potential value) place many small individual orders, while the Department of Homeland Security's Chief Procurement Officer (19 awards, $403 thousand) and Customs and Border Protection (5 awards, $390 thousand) anchor larger dollar values per order. The Merit Systems Protection Board (16 awards, $152 thousand combined potential value) emerges as a recurring customer, reflecting its baseline need for publications supporting federal employee grievance and administrative functions. The Air Force Air Education and Training Command places 11 awards totaling $225 thousand in combined potential value. The vendor has no vehicle positions — all work flows through individual simplified-acquisition purchase orders.

Recent awards demonstrate Dewey's specialization in employment-law and federal civil-service reference materials. In September 2026, the Merit Systems Protection Board awarded a $6,425 purchase order for publications (completion September 2027), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a $29.7 thousand order for 66 copies of "Charges and Penalties, 17th edition" to support the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (completion December 2026). In August 2025, the Marine Corps awarded a sole-source $28.8 thousand purchase order for hard-copy and PDF legal reference materials on employment law, workers' compensation, disability discrimination, and Merit Systems Protection Board practices, serving employment and labor attorneys at the Western Area Council Office in San Diego. A June 2024 National Eye Institute order worth $11.2 thousand covered legal texts on federal civil service, MSPB, FLRA, EEO, and arbitration law.

Activity has been episodic — two awards in both 2022 and 2026, one each in 2023, 2024, and 2025 — against a three-decade federal supplier history dating to 1995. The combined potential value footprint stands at $3.1 million across all 361 awards, with $3.7 million obligated (a 120% ratio reflecting contract modifications and close-outs). Two awards totaling $36 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor's award portfolio is granular — the median order under $10 thousand — reflecting Dewey's role as a niche supplier of specialized legal publications rather than a systems integrator or high-volume service provider.

Publisher of books, cd roms, computer based training, and audiotapes related to federal labor law.