Mark Schade, PHD

Mark Schade, Ph.D., a sole proprietorship based in Austin, Texas, provides independent medical evaluations and disability claim file reviews to the Social Security Administration as a prime contractor under full-and-open competition, with no set-aside designation across his federal footprint. Dr. Schade operates exclusively as a medical consultant specializing in independent medical reviews and assessments of disability claim case files to support SSA's disability benefit eligibility determinations across multiple geographic regions (NAICS 621111 — Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists; PSC codes Medical-Other and Medical-Psychiatric Consultation).

Dr. Schade's customer base is entirely concentrated with the Social Security Administration, which accounts for all 13 awards in his federal portfolio, valued at $4.6 million combined potential value. His work is structured around two active regional Blanket Purchase Agreements with SSA: a single-award BPA for Region 9 (San Francisco/Western United States) valued at $2.65 million with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027, and a multiple-award BPA for Region 5 (Chicago/Midwest) valued at $866,233 with an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2026. Under these two BPAs, Dr. Schade has received eight task orders under the Region 9 vehicle and three under the Region 5 vehicle. Recent call orders include a $300,000 firm fixed-price delivery order awarded July 1, 2026 for independent case reviews in the Southwest Region (San Francisco) with completion by June 30, 2027; a $90,000 call order from December 31, 2025 for review of approximately 900 disability claim files in Region 9; and a $123,750 call order from September 1, 2024 for 1,250 independent case reviews in Region 5 (Chicago) with completion by August 31, 2025. Individual call orders typically range from approximately $3,900 to $300,000, with case file review volumes spanning 10 to 1,500 cases per order.

Activity has remained modest and consistent — three awards in 2023, five in 2024, four in 2025, and one through mid-2026 — with one award (combined potential value $300 thousand) completing in the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete exposure. Dr. Schade has obligated $1.1 million (23% of combined potential value) across his awards, indicating that most of his ceiling capacity remains uncommitted. As a sole proprietorship with no subcontractors, Dr. Schade performs all work directly from Austin, Texas, conducting firm fixed-price medical assessments on SSA's disability determination caseload across regional service areas.