Laraia, Michael

Michael Laraia is a sole proprietor doing business as Solutions Consulting, a for-profit organization registered in SAM.gov to receive federal contract awards. As a vocational expert consultant, Laraia provides specialized analysis and reporting services to support disability determination and adjudication of Social Security benefits.

Through prime contract awards, Laraia has provided VHR Express Reporting services to the Social Security Administration under firm-fixed price blanket purchase agreement calls. These short-term call contracts fulfilled vocational expert analysis tasks to facilitate disability assessments, with a recent $9,358 award for services in Mashpee, Massachusetts through June 2020. Previous similar awards were also made by the Social Security Administration over the past two fiscal years, with Laraia supplying vocational expert consulting and reporting valued from $2,753 to $18,033 to aid in program administration.

Additionally, Solutions Consulting holds a $0 single-award blanket purchase agreement with the Social Security Administration through March 2025 to supply vocational expert services for Region 1 hearing offices. Under this ongoing agreement, the first call contract was issued at $9,358 for specialized reporting through the end of FY2020. The original solicitation sought these types of vocational analysis and expert services on a total small business set-aside basis to facilitate disability determinations.