Sawyer Consulting, LLC

Sawyer Consulting, LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Apex, North Carolina, provides vocational expert witness and litigation support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor operating exclusively in open competition (no set-aside designations across its federal award footprint). The firm is structured as a sole proprietorship and is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business; it competes entirely on full-and-open contract vehicles rather than reserved set-asides, with 100% of its 45 recent awards issued as prime contracts carrying no subcontract role.

Sawyer's customer concentration is severe and deliberate. Two agencies account for 100% of its award portfolio: the Social Security Administration (27 awards, $4.6 million combined potential value) and the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Offices (18 awards, $136 thousand). The SSA relationship dominates both volume and dollars by an order of magnitude, anchored to a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA SS10541140281) with a $250 thousand ceiling running through March 31, 2030 (awarded April 1, 2025). This vehicle carries 23 task orders valued at $4.2 million — the vast majority of Sawyer's active portfolio. The remaining SSA work flows through a second BPA (28321320AV0440149) valued at $172 thousand. DOJ U.S. Attorney's Offices work consists of small-dollar purchase orders for expert witness services, typically ranging from $2,425 to $16,650 per task, with recent examples including a $16,300 purchase order (awarded April 28, 2026, ultimate completion April 27, 2027), a $6,345 expert witness services award (July 16, 2024), and a $2,425 expert witness task order (June 21, 2024).

Sawyer's capability portfolio is narrowly specialized around vocational expert assessment and litigation support. Work centers on record review, expert report writing, attorney and administrative law judge consultation, and testimony in disability claims hearings and legal proceedings. The category concentration reflects this focus: 30 awards under NAICS Vocational Rehabilitation Services and 14 under All Other Legal Services; 36 awards carry PSC Support-Professional Expert Witness, with 9 under Support-Administrative Court Reporting.

Activity has been sparse and uneven — one award in 2022, three in 2023, three in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026 — with only one award (valued at $16 thousand) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Combined obligated dollars across the portfolio total $4.5 million against a $4.8 million combined potential value ceiling. Sawyer operates without subcontract relationships in its federal role; all 45 awards are prime deliveries to SSA and DOJ.