Vernon J. Edwards, Consultant, L.L.C.

Vernon J. Edwards, Consultant, L.L.C., doing business as Vernon J Edwards Consultant, is a veteran-owned small business based in Underwood, Washington that delivers Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) bootcamp training, source selection training, and critical thinking instruction to federal acquisition workforces as a prime contractor on firm-fixed-price purchase orders and definitive contracts, competing full-and-open without set-aside designation across 66 distinct federal agencies.

The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint, delivering training services in-person and virtually across NAICS 541612 (Professional and Management Development Training) with secondary work in administrative management consulting. Vernon J. Edwards Consultant has built a customer base spanning civilian and defense agencies; the top five customer agencies by award count or combined potential value include the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command ($247 thousand across six awards), the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard ($215 thousand across four awards), the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command ($206 thousand across eight awards), the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 ($175 thousand across four awards), and the Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center ($175 thousand across four awards). These five agencies account for roughly 23% of combined potential value. The vendor's top customer by award count is Naval Supply Systems Command with eight awards, though Naval Sea Systems Command leads by dollar value; no single customer dominates the footprint, suggesting broad market penetration across small-dollar training procurements.

Representative recent awards include a $350 thousand RFO Bootcamp training contract from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency awarded June 8, 2026 with completion targeted for June 7, 2027, a $97.5 thousand FAR bootcamp purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command awarded May 18, 2023, a $150 thousand professional development training order from the U.S. Coast Guard awarded October 12, 2022, and a $75 thousand FAR bootcamp training contract from Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services awarded May 9, 2022. The vendor seats on one named blanket purchase agreement, FA281611A0002, with two task orders valued at $50 thousand combined.

Activity shows volatility in recent years — eight awards in 2022, eleven in 2023, seven in 2024, then one award each in 2025 and 2026 — with the most recent award from CISA dated June 2026. One award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months: the $350 thousand CISA RFO Bootcamp contract completing June 7, 2027. Total prime contract awards across 138 transactions span 1998 to present, with combined obligated dollars of $4.4 million against combined potential value of $4.3 million. The vendor competes entirely full-and-open; recent awards show no set-aside designation, though two purchase orders are marked "Total Small Business" designation (U.S. Coast Guard Source Selection training, $25 thousand awarded September 22, 2023, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services FAR bootcamp, $75 thousand awarded May 9, 2022). Performance occurs in Underwood, Washington and at customer locations including Arlington, Virginia; Tacoma, Washington; Tampa, Florida; and Washington, D.C.