Safal Partners LLC

Safal Partners LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Houston, Texas, operates as a federal prime contractor (93% of recent awards) under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competitions, delivering workforce development consulting, registered apprenticeship program management, and education technical assistance to the Department of Labor, Department of Education, and other federal agencies. The firm is structured as a limited liability partnership and competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides across its prime footprint.

Safal's customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, which accounts for 14 awards ($86.5 million combined potential value) and dominates both award count and dollar volume among operational task-order activity. However, the top-customers-by-potential-value ranking reveals a material divergence: NASA's SEWP VI GWAC award (November 1, 2026) carries a $20 billion ceiling, followed by the Department of Education's Office of the Chief Financial Officer ($500 million placeholder ceiling on a Grants Management Support Services vehicle), and the Department of Labor's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy ($60.1 million single-award BPA through December 22, 2029). The Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration adds another $25 million vehicle. These four vehicle awards account for approximately $20.585 billion in combined ceiling value; the remaining 40 awards sum to $155.9 million. The Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education and Institute of Education Sciences round out the active customer set with 4 awards each.

Safal's recent capability work centers on registered apprenticeship acceleration and workforce system alignment. Representative prime contracts include an $11.998 million definitive contract from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (awarded June 29, 2026, through June 28, 2031) to grow quality registered apprenticeship programs through industry intermediaries in non-industry-specific sectors; an $11.13 million definitive contract (awarded June 29, 2023, through June 28, 2028) for registered apprenticeship expansion in the cybersecurity sector; and an $8.292 million Registered Apprenticeship Academy support contract (awarded June 14, 2023, through June 14, 2027) providing synchronous and asynchronous training to state, local, and private organizations. On the Department of Education side, a $5.528 million BPA call (awarded September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2028) under the Grants Management Support Services vehicle provides technical assistance for the National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth. A $3.5 million cooperative agreement under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Technical Assistance program (CFDA 17.281, awarded March 15, 2022, through March 31, 2025) supplies nationwide coordination and technical assistance to support replication of workforce programs. Most recent task-order activity includes a $2.612 million BPA call from the Department of Labor's Job Corps Contracts Management (awarded August 10, 2026, through August 9, 2029) for workforce system alignment and integration support, and an $863.878 thousand BPA call from the Employment and Training Administration's Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities program (awarded July 8, 2026, through July 7, 2029).

Safal holds seats on five parent vehicles: the NASA SEWP VI multiple-award GWAC ($20 billion ceiling, performance through October 31, 2036), the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (27 task orders, $683.6 million combined potential value), a Department of Labor single-award WORKFORCEGPS Technical Assistance BPA ($30 million ceiling through May 31, 2027), the Department of Labor Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy single-award BPA ($60.071 million through December 22, 2029), and the OASIS+ Total Small Business Multiple Award IDIQ (awarded December 19, 2024, through December 18, 2029). The Professional Services Schedule carries 7 task orders ($25.3 million combined potential value), and the Grants Management Support Services BPA holds 5 task orders ($6.4 million combined potential value).

Award activity has been modest and variable year over year — three awards in 2022, four in 2023, seven in 2024, one in 2025, and five as of early November 2026. Five awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $42.3 million and face recompete. SCI-reportable invoicing totaled $1.4 million in FY2022 on 2.0 FTEs, with no SCI-reportable dollars recorded in FY2023–FY2025; the flat invoicing picture suggests much of Safal's work is task-order or option-period activity not yet invoiced at the time of SCI reporting, or operates below the $150,000 SCI threshold. GSA Schedule labor rates span $67.63 to $361.81 hourly across administrative, analytical, and senior consultant roles (no security-cleared positions offered), reflecting education requirements from associates through master's degrees.

Safal operates as a subcontractor on workforce and education programs through larger intermediaries. Named sub relationships include work with Research Triangle Institute on integrated education and training implementation in correctional systems (two subcontract modifications through January 2025) and with Jobs for The Future on digital-literacy technical assistance and training to states under adult education programs (award-level detail February 2024).