Susan Grimes Associates Inc.

Susan Grimes Associates Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Washington, DC, delivers equal employment opportunity investigation and compliance consulting services to federal agencies as a prime contractor operating predominantly under GSA Multiple Award Schedule and blanket purchase agreement vehicles. The vendor operates 100% as a prime (527 awards across its tracked footprint) with no subcontract activity.

The vendor's capability footprint centers narrowly on EEO investigations, discrimination complaint assessments, harassment investigations, and human resources compliance support. The top-dollar work sits with the Department of Commerce Office of the Secretary (35 awards, $12.3 million combined potential value), anchored by a $3.5 million single-award BPA running through July 2030 that has generated multiple task orders ranging from $13,945 to $302,115 for professional human resources and legal closeout support. The vendor also holds a $1.125 million single-award BPA with the Department of Defense Education Activity (10 awards, $1.6 million combined potential value) for EEO investigations, and a $500,000 single-award BPA with the National Gallery of Art (five-year period through September 2029) for discrimination complaint investigations and EEO-related administrative services. More recent awards include a $20,000 Total Small Business BPA call from the Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary (September 2026) for EEO consulting and investigation, a $150,000 firm-fixed-price BPA call from the Department of Commerce (August 2025) for professional human resources support, and multiple $6,000 delivery orders from the International Development Finance Corporation (most recent January 2026) for harassment investigator services.

Customer concentration by award count skews toward high-volume, low-dollar agencies: the Peace Corps (41 awards, $128 thousand), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (36 awards, $38 thousand), and the Department of Commerce (35 awards, $12.3 million) account for 32% of all awards, but the dollars concentration differs sharply — the Department of Commerce dominates at 12% of combined potential value across 35 awards, while the Peace Corps represents less than 0.1% despite 41 awards. This pattern reflects the vendor's role as a primary EEO service provider to mid-sized civilian agencies with steady, small-dollar investigation and compliance workloads.

The vendor sits on the Federal Supply Schedule GS22F9754H (233 task orders, $17 million combined potential value) and the General Services Administration's Multiple Award Schedule (37 task orders, $7.6 million), with secondary positions on multiple single-award BPAs across departments. Recent activity shows declining award volume (seven awards in 2022, declining to two through mid-2026), though the dollar potential has shifted toward larger vehicles. The recompete cliff in the next twenty-four months is modest — four awards with combined potential value $204 thousand. The vendor's GSA Schedule labor portfolio carries two active categories at $309.67 per hour (Consulting/Training Expert and Alternative Dispute Resolution), both requiring other tech school or certification but no security clearance. Category concentration reflects narrow specialization: 332 awards fall under Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (NAICS 561611), with 230 task orders classified as Support–Professional: Other (PSC), demonstrating tight operational focus on EEO investigations and compliance rather than broader HR or legal services.

Susan Grimes Associates, Inc. (SGA), has since 1985 provided expertise to the Federal government in the field of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). Projects undertaken by SGA include the successful investigation of thousands of EEO complaints of discrimination and other specialized factfindings, EEO counseling, mediation, alternative dispute resolution, grievance examination, training, writing acceptance/rejection packages, preparation of final agency decisions or position statements and preparation of settlement agreements. We have served as advisors to EEO offices in all areas of compliance and have rendered opinions on all types of prohibited personnel practices.