Mercedes Johnson

Mercedes Johnson, doing business as Johnson Federal Benefits Consulting Services, is a sole proprietorship providing human resources benefits and retirement advisor consulting services to federal agencies as a prime contractor. The firm is minority-owned, Black American-owned, woman-owned, and self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, and competes in the full-and-open market without set-aside designations despite holding SBA certifications.

Johnson Federal Benefits Consulting Services has built a single-customer relationship exclusively with the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) across six purchase orders spanning 2022 through 2026. Work consists of human resources benefits consulting, retirement planning advisory, and federal employee benefits management guidance, performed at the Washington, DC area. Representative awards include a $80,000 firm-fixed-price contract extension running March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027 (the most recent award, valued at $10,000 through the cited purchase order with additional funding from prior obligated balances); a $43,142.23 purchase order covering March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026 following FY26 de-obligations; and an $80,000 option-year renewal for the period March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025. The contract structure reflects successive annual renewals with a firm-fixed-price labor-hours model, beginning with an $18,147.50 base year award in 2021–2022 and scaling to $80,000 by 2023. Combined potential value across all six awards totals $225,000, with $108,000 obligated (48% of ceiling). The vendor operates on a small scale with one award completing in the next twenty-four months ($10,000 potential value).