National Vocational Expert

National Vocational Expert is a sole proprietorship based in Fort Wayne, Indiana that provides vocational expert consulting services to the federal government. As a self-certified small disadvantaged business, it aims to support federal agencies with disability programs through expert opinions and reports.

As a prime contractor, National Vocational Expert has provided vocational expert reporting services to the Social Security Administration under several blanket purchase agreement calls totaling over $39,000 in obligations. These firm fixed price orders were issued against a parent blanket purchase agreement for Region 5 hearing offices. The services entailed express reporting to assist administrative law judges in disability determination hearings. No set-aside provisions were used for these awards.

National Vocational Expert also holds a $0 blanket purchase agreement with the Social Security Administration to provide vocational expert consulting services for Region 5 hearing offices in disability hearings before administrative law judges. This single-award agreement has a period of performance through March 31, 2025. Under it, the agency issued a $4,919 firm fixed price call for VHR Express reporting services through June 2020. The original solicitation was a total small business set-aside. The overarching aim is to obtain expert opinions to assist in disability benefits determinations per the Social Security Administration's mandate.