Pope Randy James

Pope Randy James, a sole proprietorship based in Middle River, Maryland, provides exercise support specialist and instructor services for federal law enforcement and explosives training as a prime contractor, operating exclusively under small business set-asides on specialized training BPAs with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Pope Randy James holds an entirely concentrated federal footprint: all 23 awards in the recent portfolio come from the ATF, with 100% of combined potential value ($1.5 million) and 100% of award count rooted in a single customer. The vendor operates as a sole proprietorship under NAICS 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training), delivering exercise planning, facilitation, evaluation support, and instructor services centered on explosive ordnance disposal, firearms handling, emergency response scenarios, and arson investigation training. Work is performed primarily in Huntsville, Alabama, with flexibility for domestic and international travel assignments lasting 15 to 30 days.

Pope Randy James holds two active BPAs with the ATF. A $500,000 multiple-award BPA awarded November 30, 2023 (completion November 29, 2028) carries 15 task orders valued at $183 thousand for exercise support specialist services. A newer $500,000 multiple-award BPA awarded May 29, 2026 (completion May 11, 2031) under solicitation 15A00026R00000013 carries four task orders for training instructor positions across five specialty roles: Explosives Specialist (Law Enforcement/Industry Operations Instructor), Fire and Arson Specialist, Exercise Support Specialist (Raven's Challenge), Technical Operations Specialist (Raven's Challenge), and Program Support Specialist. The 2026 BPA calls carry a not-to-exceed transaction limit of $15,000 per individual order, with half-day services available at 50 percent of the full daily rate. Recent task-order awards from the 2023 BPA include a $12,000 instructor services purchase order awarded April 17, 2026 (completion May 3, 2026), a $6,300 exercise support specialist BPA call awarded July 9, 2025, an $8,225 call awarded June 4, 2025, and a $7,800 call awarded May 14, 2025. All awards are set aside for small business, with firm fixed pricing.

Activity has remained modest and cyclical—one award in 2022, five in 2023, five in 2024, four in 2025, and two in 2026—with $724 thousand obligated to date (47% of combined potential value). The vendor carries no subcontract footprint and operates exclusively as a prime. The sole-proprietorship structure and narrow customer concentration (single agency, single capability domain) position Pope Randy James as a niche specialist in federal explosives and emergency response training, with all recompete exposure anchored to two BPA vehicles with identical customers and completion dates spanning through 2028 and 2031.