The Apelago Group LLC

The Apelago Group LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and veteran-owned business based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, operates as a prime contractor delivering clinical research quality assurance, healthcare staffing, and monitoring services to the Department of Veterans Affairs, with secondary exposure to the Department of the Navy. The vendor competes across both set-aside (SDVOSB) and full-and-open categories, with SDVOSB designations present on its largest vehicle and recurring across VA task orders.

Apelago's capability portfolio centers on clinical research quality associate (CRQA) monitoring services — on-site and off-site inspections, informed consent reviews, source documentation audits, case report form verification, and regulatory compliance reviews to ensure Good Clinical Practice adherence across VA facilities. Representative work includes a $3.003719 million single-award SDVOSB IDIQ with Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 22 for CRQA monitoring services (ultimate completion September 15, 2027), which has generated two delivery orders totaling $566,450 (September 2024 through September 2026); a $225,000 Federal Supply Schedule contract under FSS-621-I (Professional and Allied Healthcare Staffing Services) with VISN 12 for temporary clinical and non-clinical staffing (June 2022 through May 2027); and emergency respiratory therapist staffing to VA medical centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recent award is a September 16, 2026 SDVOSB-set-aside delivery order valued at $196,399 from VISN 22 for CRQA monitoring, with completion March 15, 2027, performed in Altona, Illinois.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the VA. VISN 22 accounts for 13 awards carrying $13.9 million combined potential value, VISN 12 accounts for 3 awards worth $464,000, and these two networks represent 100% of disclosed award count and value across all stated agencies. The source notes two awards with the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command valued at $3.96 billion combined; however, no named contracts or delivery orders from Navy are detailed in the award-level data, and this figure may reflect a placeholder or projected vehicle ceiling rather than obligated work. Top parent vehicles include IDIQs 36C24E21D0011 (4 task orders, $2.1 million combined potential value) and 36C24E24D0026 (3 task orders, $763,000), a COOP Monitoring Services vehicle (3 task orders, $425,000), and a Blanket Purchase Agreement (1 task order, $113,000). Activity has remained sparse — one award in 2023, three in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026 — with only one award (combined potential value $196,000) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The vendor operates as a pure prime contractor footprint; no subcontract activity is present in the source data. NAICS concentration is split between 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, 13 awards) and temporary help services (3 awards), with secondary coding in engineering and biomedical R&D support.

SDVOSB Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. Information Technology: Project management, application development, packaged systems implementations and infrastructure support Services, Business Analysts, security and cyber security, Data Warehouse/Business intelligence, database, network support. Engineering and Manufacturing: engineering, manufacturing and quality engineering. Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical and Nuclear Engineers, quality, aerospace. CAD, drafters, Documentation, technical writing, planning & scheduling, planning scheduling. Life Sciences: technical research, scientific, mental health research and healthcare related services. Regulatory affairs, QA, validation, Statistical Programming /Biostatistics, clinical trials, nursing, medical technicians, data management, clinical operation and monitoring, medical writing. Environmental: Remediation, site restoration, water quality, municipal or urban engineering, water, wastewater, ecology and SDVOSB certified