Pauline Pat W

Pauline Pat W is a woman-owned small business and sole proprietorship that provides vocational expert consulting services to the federal government. As a vocational expert, Pauline Pat W offers professional opinions regarding claimants' ability to perform past work or adjust to other employment given their functional limitations.

Through past prime federal contract awards, Pauline Pat W has provided vocational expert express reporting services in support of hearings before administrative law judges at the Social Security Administration's Region 08 Hearing Office. The contract awards were firm fixed price blanket purchase agreement calls issued under a parent BPA for vocational expert consulting services, with no set-aside designation. In total, Pauline Pat W has been awarded over $95,000 in federal contracts from the Social Security Administration for vocational expert express reporting between 2019-2020.

Additionally, Pauline Pat W was awarded a single award blanket purchase agreement in 2020 from the Social Security Administration to provide ongoing vocational expert consulting services for Region 08 Hearing Office hearings with a potential value of $0. Under this BPA, the first call contract was issued as a firm fixed price award for approximately $14,771 to Pauline Pat W for vocational expert express reporting through June 2020. As the central agency overseeing the nation's major Social Security programs, the Social Security Administration relies extensively on skilled vocational experts like Pauline Pat W to provide professional guidance during disability hearings.