National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc.

National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc., a non-profit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, recruits and deploys experienced workers aged 55 and older into temporary federal positions across the United States as prime recipient of cooperative agreements and holder of a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract. The organization operates entirely as a grant recipient and schedule contractor—it holds no prime federal contracts—and specializes in workforce intermediation under Title V of the Older Americans Act and congressionally authorized Experienced Services Programs across multiple federal agencies.

NEW Solutions' federal footprint centers on grant work. The organization received 1,550 awards (all prime recipient positions, no sub-awards) valued at $1.9 million in combined potential, with $748.5 million in obligated dollars reflecting substantial annual delivery. Award volume peaked in 2024 at 228 grants before declining to 133 in 2025 and 16 in early 2026—a trajectory shaped by the cyclical nature of federal grant programs. The organization serves 44 distinct federal agencies, with extreme concentration among three grantors. The Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) represents 558 awards across the Agricultural Conservation Experienced Services (ACES) program, deploying conservation professionals aged 55 and older into technical assistance roles supporting conservation planning, project implementation, and easement administration across all fifty states and multiple USDA grant programs (CFDA 10.912 Environmental Quality Incentives Program, CFDA 10.924 Conservation Stewardship Program, CFDA 10.931 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, and CFDA 10.932 Regional Conservation Partnership Program). The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management National Office accounts for 121 awards and the National Park Service National Office 112 awards, primarily under the Experienced Services Program (CFDA 15.011, CFDA 15.016, CFDA 15.070, CFDA 15.682) deploying experienced professionals into project management, resource management, archaeological support, facilities operations, and administrative roles across BLM field offices, national parks, the Bureau of Reclamation, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service headquarters and regional operations. The Environmental Protection Agency funds 75 awards under the Senior Environmental Employment Program (CFDA 66.508) placing retired professionals into technical and administrative support roles across EPA regional offices.

Representative recent grant work illustrates the organization's service portfolio. NEW Solutions is recipient of a $1.73 million cooperative agreement from USDA-NRCS under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.924) effective January 1, 2026 through December 4, 2030, to provide conservation technical services throughout Minnesota. The organization received a $21.174 million cooperative agreement from NRCS under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (CFDA 10.931) awarded December 31, 2025, extending through December 4, 2030, to deploy experienced conservation professionals supporting National Headquarters Programs Division implementation of agricultural land easements and wetland reserve easements. NEW Solutions also received a $1.425 million cooperative agreement from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.011) effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026, to provide senior-level technical expertise in planning, design, construction project management, transportation, engineering reviews, cost estimating, and budget analysis to the Denver Service Center as the NPS's centralized project management office. The organization holds a $20.7 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.682) awarded December 19, 2024, extending through December 31, 2029, to enroll up to 44 biologists and 3 coordinators for species recovery planning and status assessments. Additional representative grants include a $1.280 million EPA Senior Environmental Employment cooperative agreement effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031, deploying enrollees to EPA Region 8 in Denver for pollution prevention and environmental protection support, and multiple state-level NRCS conservation grants ranging from $100 thousand to $1.6 million across Connecticut, Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Oregon, New Jersey, Ohio, Nebraska, Virginia, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, South Carolina, South Dakota, Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Vermont, North Dakota, Maryland, Mississippi, Illinois, Delaware, Maine, Montana, Florida, New Hampshire, Georgia, Rhode Island, Arizona, New Mexico, West Virginia, Missouri, Alaska, Wyoming, Hawaii, Texas, Colorado, California, and Kansas.

The organization also holds a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract (47QRAA24D004V, awarded March 6, 2024, extending through March 5, 2029) with a $1.5 million ceiling covering 92 labor categories in Professional Services-Business Administrative Services and Technical and Engineering Services (non-IT). Hourly rates span $48.57 to $373.98 across education levels from associate to bachelor's degrees, with no security-cleared positions. Categories include Program Support Specialist, Engineering Technician, Civil Engineer, Budget Analyst, Fire Protection Engineer, Facilities Engineer, Project Manager, and Engineering Support roles. The U.S. Forest Service Region 1 Northern Region has placed a $13,512.60 delivery order for a Facility Master Plan Update at the Idaho Panhandle National Forest Supervisor's Office (awarded August 30, 2024, performance through December 31, 2024).

Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months includes 272 awards reaching ultimate completion, representing a substantial slate of grant renewals concentrated in NRCS state conservation programs, NPS park-level projects, BLM regional initiatives, and EPA regional and headquarters positions. The organization's entire business model depends on annual or multi-year cooperative agreement renewals from federal agencies seeking temporary workforce capacity at the experienced-worker tier; competitive pressure comes from other Title V-eligible nonprofits and alternative federal staffing mechanisms rather than from commercial staffing vendors. Customer concentration among NRCS, DOI Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service, and EPA creates dependency on federal budget cycles, congressional appropriations to these agencies' experienced-services funding, and continued executive branch prioritization of the Experienced Services Program as a workforce solution.