Douglas Dawson

Douglas Dawson, a sole proprietorship based in Union, Washington, provides field and background investigative services to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders. The vendor operates exclusively under ATF's multiple-award Basic Ordering Agreements for investigation and personal background check services (NAICS 561611), with 100% of recent awards and combined potential value concentrated within a single federal customer.

Douglas Dawson holds two active BOA vehicles with ATF: a $600,000 ceiling BOA awarded February 1, 2026, running through January 31, 2031, and an earlier BOA carrying a $56,000 combined potential value on completed work. The February 2026 BOA established framework terms for field and background-investigative services nationwide, with work performed at locations within 200 miles of ATF priority cities. The solicitation required personnel to hold a favorably-adjudicated Tier-5 background investigation and to demonstrate either federal investigative experience or specialized investigative backgrounds.

Recent delivery orders under these BOAs include a $55,874.49 firm fixed-price delivery order awarded August 9, 2021, with completion January 31, 2026, for background field investigator obligations, and a $9,500 total small business set-aside delivery order awarded February 1, 2026, with completion September 30, 2026, for field and background-investigative services. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $65,000 (10% of combined potential value of $665,000), reflecting the framework nature of the BOAs and phased order placement. One award carrying $10,000 combined potential value reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor has not served federal customers outside ATF and maintains no subcontract footprint in the source data.