Haywood Charles

Haywood Charles, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business operating as a sole proprietorship based in Fresno, California, delivers emergency residential services, substance use disorder treatment, and health care for homeless veterans to a single federal customer—the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 21—exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards). The company operates three active single-award indefinite delivery contracts with VISN 21 collectively valued at over $22.3 million through September 2029, issuing delivery orders for transitional housing, case management, counseling, therapeutic services, and rehabilitative interventions for homeless and at-risk veterans in the Central California region.

Haywood Charles has achieved complete customer concentration: all 29 recent awards, combined potential value $22.3 million, flow from VA VISN 21 alone, with no secondary customer agencies or subcontract relationships. The vendor sits on four named IDCs—36C26121D0111 (six task orders, $598 thousand combined potential value), 36C26120D0007 (five task orders, $1.5 million), 36C26123D0067 (four task orders, $3 million), and 36C26125D0014 (two task orders, $377 thousand)—all single-award vehicles without set-aside designation. Recent representative work includes a $865 thousand delivery order awarded May 1, 2026, for emergency residential services for homeless veterans through April 30, 2027; a $68,040 delivery order for substance use disorder treatment services awarded September 30, 2026, through March 29, 2027; and a $191,471.70 delivery order for Health Care for Homeless Veterans services under a $6.9 million IDC awarded October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2029.

Awards per year have remained relatively flat—two in 2022, four in 2023, four in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026 as of mid-September. Four awards with combined potential value $2.6 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The source NAICS categories align with service delivery: Temporary Shelters (15 awards) and Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (12 awards) account for the bulk of the portfolio. Haywood Charles competes under full and open competition with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint, receiving evaluation consideration under Executive Order 14398 for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses in specific procurements. Combined dollars obligated total $6.2 million, representing 28% of combined potential value, indicating task orders are being drawn down against ceiling values at a measured pace.