National Conference Of Bar Examiners

The National Conference of Bar Examiners, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin, provides bar examination materials and administrative support to the District of Columbia Court of Student Services as a prime contractor on a recurring, full-and-open purchase order cycle with no set-aside designations applied.

NCBE operates exclusively in a prime contracting role—100% of its federal award footprint consists of eight purchase orders awarded directly by DCSC between February 2023 and July 2026, with no subcontract activity. The vendor's federal capability is narrowly specialized: the development, preparation, and distribution of comprehensive bar examination materials in support of the District of Columbia's bi-annual bar admission cycles. The contract vehicle is purchase order; NCBE has no seat on government-wide IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs. Recent representative work includes a $360,679 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded July 27, 2026, for July 2026 bar exam materials (performance July 27–August 25, 2026); a $72,040 purchase order from February 23, 2026, for February 2026 exam materials; and a $384,296 purchase order from July 30, 2024, for July 2024 exam materials. All awards carry firm fixed-price terms, no set-asides, and performance windows of two to three days, concentrated around the actual examination dates with modest administrative lead time.

Customer concentration is absolute: the District of Columbia Court of Student Services represents 100% of federal awards. The recurring pattern—two purchase orders annually (one for the February bar exam cycle, one for July)—has held steady across the four-year award window at approximately $72,000 to $384,000 per order, depending on exam cycle requirements. Combined potential value across all eight awards is $1.6 million, with 100% of that value obligated. NAICS categorization reflects the nonprofit nature of the vendor: all eight awards are classified under Professional Organizations with PSC coding for Lease/Rental of Other Administrative Facilities and Service Buildings, a classification mismatch that reflects DCSC's administrative coding practice rather than NCBE's actual service delivery.

Activity has been flat: two awards per year for the past four years, with the most recent award on July 27, 2026. No recompete cliff data applies because these are annual purchase orders placed on the open market rather than renewals of multi-year contracts. NCBE has no identified subcontractor footprint or teaming relationships in federal work. The vendor's federal footprint is functionally limited to a single customer agency with recurring, narrow-scope, high-predictability purchasing patterns tied to the District of Columbia's bar examination administration calendar.