Liberal Arts Inc.

Liberal Arts Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small disadvantaged business based in Germantown, Maryland, provides graphic design, photography, and printing services to the National Institutes of Health as a prime contractor on small-dollar purchase orders and blanket purchase agreements. The firm operates exclusively as a prime (100% of awards) across a narrow federal customer base concentrated at a single agency.

The company's customer footprint is heavily concentrated within NIH. The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director accounts for 124 awards (80% of award count) but only $454 thousand in combined potential value, while the NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations holds only 7 awards but anchors $10.1 million in potential value — a stark divergence reflecting high-volume, low-dollar-ceiling purchase orders against strategic BPA vehicles. Together, these two NIH offices represent 86% of all awards. The remaining customer agencies (NIH Construction, NIH Office of the Chief Operating Officer, NIH National Institute of Nursing Research, and others) account for minimal activity. The company's capability concentration matches this concentration: 152 of 155 awards (98%) are categorized under NAICS Graphic Design Services, and 136 awards (88%) carry PSC Photo/Map/Print/Publication-Arts/Graphics. Concrete recent work includes a $17,975 Total Small Business purchase order from NIH's Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (May 2026) for design requirements manual chapter revisions including Section 508 compliance updates, a $17,055 non-set-aside purchase order for calendar printing (October 2023), and a $10 million single-award BPA with NIH's Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (August 2024) for on-demand graphics, design, and photography services.

The vendor holds two active BPA vehicles: HHSN263200300059334B (106 task orders, $188 thousand combined potential value) and HHSN263201500247B (16 task orders, $185 thousand combined potential value), both under NIH. Activity is sparse and episodic — only one award in 2023, two in 2024, and one in 2026 — with only one award ($18 thousand combined potential value) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Combined potential value across all 155 awards totals $10.6 million, but only $859 thousand (8%) has been obligated, signaling substantial unutilized BPA ceiling capacity and a vendor positioned as a standing resource rather than an active execution engine.

LIST OF SERVICES: GRAPHIC ARTS, DESIGN, LAYOUT & ILLUSTRATION; OTHER RELATED SERVICES INCLUDE DESKTOP PUBLISHING, COMPUTER ILLUSTRATION, HIGH-RESOLUTION OUTPUT, SIGNAGE, TECHNICAL & STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY IN BLACK/WHITE & COLOR. FILM, DIGITAL PRINTING