Partlow Geological, LLC

Partlow Geological, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, provides expert witness services and geological appraisals to federal agencies as a prime contractor competing in open market and small-business set-aside procurements. The company operates across two core service lines: expert witness testimony in geological matters, primarily supporting the Internal Revenue Service in tax litigation and audit proceedings, and real property appraisals for the Department of the Interior.

The vendor's customer base is concentrated in two agencies. The Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service accounts for three awards with a combined potential value of $262 thousand; the Department of the Interior's Office of Policy Management and Budget has placed one award for $24 thousand. All four awards in the source data are prime contracts (100% prime footprint), with no subcontracting activity. Recent activity includes a $106,350 labor-hour expert witness services purchase order modification with the IRS awarded May 16, 2024 and running through May 15, 2029; a $94,169 expert witness services purchase order with the IRS awarded January 17, 2024 and closed out; and a $24,000 firm-fixed-price appraisal services purchase order with the Interior Business Center awarded August 19, 2026 with completion due March 12, 2027. The IRS contracts employ labor-hour and time-and-materials pricing structures, while the Interior appraisal work is firm fixed price.

Award volume remains low and episodic — one award in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2026, with a combined obligated value of $220 thousand against a combined potential value of $286 thousand. One award (the Interior appraisal, valued at $24 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and faces recompete exposure. The vendor holds no seats on government-wide vehicles or BPAs and operates solely through spot purchase orders.