Stern George W PHD

Stern George W PHD, a sole proprietorship based in Lawrence, Kansas, provides independent medical case review and disability claim evaluation services to the Social Security Administration as a prime contractor under open competitive (non-set-aside) Blanket Purchase Agreements. The vendor is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and operates exclusively within the federal medical consultation space, delivering expert physician assessments to support SSA's disability benefits determination processes.

Stern George W PHD's customer footprint is entirely concentrated with a single agency. The Social Security Administration accounts for all 21 awards in the source data, representing the full $8.6 million combined potential value. This concentration reflects the vendor's specialized practice: the vendor holds three active regional BPAs with SSA covering medical consultant services in Regions 7 (Kansas City) and 8 (Denver), with the largest vehicle—a multiple-award BPA valued at $2,034,954 extending through February 28, 2029—anchoring ongoing call orders for disability claim file reviews. Recent representative call orders include a $259,200 engagement for two medical consultants supporting SSA's Denver region disability adjudication program (awarded July 1, 2026), a $123,984 call for 1,200 independent case reviews in Region 7 (awarded September 1, 2024), and a $105,080 call for approximately 1,000 case reviews in Region 7 (awarded March 1, 2025). Individual call orders typically range from $25,000 to $124,000 and span performance periods of four to twelve months.

The vendor's three parent BPAs collectively carry a combined potential value of approximately $4.7 million. The Region 8 (Denver) BPA holds nine task orders worth $1 million; the Region 7 BPA identified in the source carries six task orders worth $526 thousand; a third vehicle accounts for three task orders worth $133 thousand. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.7 million, representing 19 percent of combined potential value, indicating that most ceiling capacity remains available for task order drawdown. Activity has been steady across the past five years—two awards in 2022, five in 2023, five in 2024, four in 2025, and two in 2026 to date—with only one award (valued at $259 thousand) scheduled for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The vendor's NAICS profile is 8111 (Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists), with PSC codes split between Medical-Medical/Psychiatric Consultation (13 awards) and Medical-Other (8 awards), reflecting the specialized nature of physician-level disability case review work.