James Q Watford

James Q Watford, a service-disabled veteran-owned sole proprietorship based in Fernandina Beach, Florida, delivers explosives instruction and law enforcement training services to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives as a prime contractor under total small business and full-and-open set-asides.

Watford's entire federal footprint consists of three awards from a single customer, the ATF, representing $1 million in combined potential value across two multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreements and one firm-fixed-price BPA call. The first two awards, both issued on January 28 and January 30, 2025, established BPAs running through March 12, 2029, with $500,000 ceilings each — one for explosives specialist instruction and training supporting law enforcement and regulatory enforcement functions, and one for Raven's Challenge exercise support specialist services. A third award followed on August 30, 2026: a $4,500 BPA call under total small business set-aside for explosives specialist and law enforcement/regulatory enforcement instructor services, with performance in Fernandina Beach and completion on September 4, 2026. Work is classified under NAICS All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction (all three awards) and PSC Support — Professional: Other.

Activity remains minimal. Two awards issued in 2025; one in 2026. Only $5,000 has been obligated across the entire portfolio, representing less than 1% of the $1 million combined potential value. No subcontract activity is present in the source. Watford holds no government-wide vehicles, GSA Schedules, or agency-wide IDIQs; all work flows through the ATF's internal BPA apparatus.