Kathryn ELY

Kathryn ELY is a woman-owned, for-profit sole proprietorship based in Vallejo, California that provides conflict management and prevention services to federal agencies. As a mediator and facilitator, ELY works to help resolve disputes and prevent further escalation of conflicts among stakeholders.

Through prime federal contract awards and blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), ELY has delivered mediation services to the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region. A recent firm fixed price call against a regional conflict management and prevention services BPA totaling $1,699.69 involved providing mediation support for Forest Service programs through January 2020, with the work set aside for small businesses. This type of contract allows the Forest Service, as the lead agency managing public lands like national forests and grasslands in the region, to utilize mediation resources to balance conservation efforts with public access needs by resolving conflicts among various parties.

ELY currently holds two active multiple award BPAs with the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region specifically for regional conflict management and prevention services. The first BPA, awarded in January 2020 with a $25,000 potential value, has orders that can be placed through January 2021 utilizing the small business set-aside. The second, earlier BPA also had a $25,000 potential value but expired in May 2020, with no set-asides applied. These IDVs enable ELY to bid on future task orders from the agency to provide mediation and related services across the region through a streamlined process.