Stern Consulting Inc.

Stern Consulting Inc. is a self-certified small disadvantaged business that provides vocational expert consulting services to federal agencies. As a subchapter S corporation and for-profit organization, Stern Consulting Inc. offers vocational rehabilitation expertise to assist in disability hearings and determinations.

Through past prime contract awards, Stern Consulting Inc. has provided vocational expert witness services termed "VHR Express Reporting" and "ME-VE Express Reporting" to support the Social Security Administration. These services were acquired via blanket purchase agreement calls issued under a parent agreement held by the SSA. With no set-aside designation, the awards aimed to procure specialized vocational analysis and testimony around substantial gainful activity and availability of national economy jobs for those filing disability claims. Contract values ranged from $13,692 to $23,128, with performance occurring in Minneapolis, Minnesota under the SSA's Region 05 offices.

Stern Consulting Inc. also holds a $0 blanket purchase agreement awarded by the Social Security Administration in April 2020. Serving Region 05 hearing offices, the agreement provides a vehicle to procure vocational expert consulting services in disability hearings before an administrative law judge through March 2025. The first call contract was issued for $17,674 worth of VHR Express Reporting services in Minneapolis through June 2020. Originally solicited as a total small business set-aside, the agreement allows Stern Consulting Inc. to provide individualized expertise around vocational factors and impairment limitations on an ongoing basis under the SSA's major vocational rehabilitation program.

Mike has been involved in Minnesota workers compensation since 1985. He has also conducted evaluations and / or counseling for people with personal injuries, Social Security Disability claims, Long Term Disability, undergoing divorce, in union arbitration, or stand alone vocational counseling. He has been in private practice with his own firm since 2004. He has been active in professional as well as community organizations, and is a Past President of the Minnesota Association of Rehabilitation Providers.