Hamersma PHD Richard

Richard Hamersma PHD is a sole proprietor doing business as Growth Process Center, a for-profit medical services contractor registered in SAM to provide impartial reviews of disability and age-related claim files for the Social Security Administration. Growth Process Center has been awarded multiple blanket purchase agreement calls and call orders from the Social Security Administration to provide regional medical consultant services, reviewing disability claim case files to support the agency's disability determination process. Services have focused on case file reviews under the SSA's Medical Contractors program in Region 5 (Chicago) and Region 9 (San Francisco). The awards have been firm fixed price vehicles valued from $11,880 to $107,428, with no set-aside provisions and completion dates ranging from 2022 to 2023. Additionally, Growth Process Center holds a blanket purchase agreement for ongoing regional medical contractor services in Region 5 (Chicago) through January 2026. The multiple award BPA has a potential value of $2.19 million. Four calls have been issued to date against the BPA for medical consultant case reviews, valued at $11,880, $43,749, $17,499.60, and $46,179.50. The calls require impartial reviews of disability and age-related claims files to efficiently evaluate applicants’ eligibility for SSA disability programs.