SAM Cohen

SAM Cohen, a Houston-based sole proprietorship and self-certified small disadvantaged business, delivers tactical training instruction services to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as a prime contractor. All three of the vendor's recent federal awards are with ATF, carrying combined potential value of $164 thousand and representing 100% of the vendor's federal footprint since October 2025.

SAM Cohen's work centers on specialized tactical application program training for ATF's Special Agent Basic Training program at the ATF National Academy. The vendor holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with ATF (ceiling $150 thousand, awarded October 27, 2025) under which two task orders have been placed: a BPA call valued at $8,714 issued April 20, 2026 for tactical application program training instructor services (ultimate completion April 30, 2026), and a second BPA call valued at $5,100 issued June 22, 2026 (ultimate completion June 26, 2026). Both calls are firm fixed price with no set-aside designation. Performance is located in Houston, Texas; the underlying BPA specifies training delivery in Brunswick, Georgia with Federal Travel Regulations reimbursement for local travel. The original ATF solicitation, posted September 8, 2025, required minimum qualifications of 30 years as an ATF criminal investigator, 25 years as a Special Response Team member, 10 years as a Tactical Medic, a bachelor's degree, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers certification, and at least five years of recent tactical training delivery experience at the ATF National Academy, evaluated under the Lowest-Price-Technically-Acceptable method.

Customer concentration is complete — ATF represents all three awards and all potential value. Activity is nascent; the vendor entered the federal market in late October 2025 with one award and has placed two additional task orders across 2026. Combined dollars obligated total $14 thousand against $164 thousand in combined potential value, representing 8% utilization. SAM Cohen operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint.