Russell Bowden

Russell Bowden is a sole proprietorship providing vocational expert consulting services to the Social Security Administration. Through prime federal contract awards, Mr. Bowden has provided VHR Express Reporting services, delivering vocational reporting products to support the SSA's disability claims assessments. He has received multiple firm fixed price blanket purchase agreement call contracts from the SSA with no set-aside designation under the Vocational Experts major program. The call contracts, awarded from 2019-2020, were valued from $650 to $33,055 for completion of vocational analysis reporting to assist administrative law judges in evaluating disability claimants' vocational capacities.

Mr. Bowden holds two SSA blanket purchase agreements to provide vocational expert consulting services through March 2025. The BPAs have a potential value of $0 and were awarded via a single-award structure with no set-aside. Under the agreements, Mr. Bowden will consult at SSA disability hearings, analyzing claimants' residual functional capacity and vocational limitations to help determine eligibility for disability benefits. Two calls were issued against one BPA for over $31,000 in VHR Express Reporting services through June 2020 and March 2020. The calls aided Region 06 offices and judges in assessing claims through delivery of Mr. Bowden's vocational expertise.