PEP

What PEP does

Performance Excellence Partners (PEP) is a privately held, woman-owned management consulting firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Huntington Beach, California. The firm provides professional services to U.S. federal agencies — primarily the Departments of Labor, Energy, Homeland Security, Justice, Health and Human Services, the National Science Foundation, the Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard — across six practice areas: Human Capital Services, Training and Professional Development, Program and Business Operations Support, Workforce Development, Technical Assistance, and Executive Business Coaching. The company also offers Professional Recruitment and Talent Solutions and a smaller executive coaching practice targeted at small businesses and 8(a) firms.

PEP delivers services through a distributed, remote-first workforce supported by a hybrid workspace at Pacific City in Huntington Beach. Its technology stack is conventional for a professional services firm — cloud-based collaboration tools, ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management, PMI PMBOK methodologies, and the Baldrige Criteria framework — with proprietary service methodologies such as the "PEP Perform TA Approach" and a Baldrige-based executive coaching framework. There are no software products; revenue is generated through labor-hour consulting under federal contract vehicles.

The business model is government professional services contracting. PEP holds multiple Best-in-Class GSA vehicles — OASIS+ WOSB, OASIS+ SB, HCaTS SB Pool 2, and GSA MAS Professional Services — plus the California Multiple Award Schedules (CMAS) for state work and a DOL ETA Blanket Purchase Agreement. Pricing is established at the task order level based on labor categories and scope; the firm operates as both prime contractor and subcontractor, with teaming arrangements used to pursue larger opportunities. Customer acquisition is driven by business development teams pursuing competitive procurements, with relationships cultivated by executive leadership.

Name

PEP

Legal name

Performance Excellence Partners, LLC

Website

https://performexcel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Performance Excellence Partners is a woman-owned federal management consulting firm founded in 1999, providing human capital, workforce development, training, technical assistance, and program operations support to U.S. federal agencies via GSA contract vehicles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting (Workforce Development & Human Capital Services)

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Management & Performance Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

People Analytics, Assessment & Psychometrics Consulting (BPAHAGAH)

Keywords

• Workforce development consulting
• Human capital services
• Technical assistance consulting
• Management consulting services
• Federal contracting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Huntington Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Contracting: PEP generates revenue primarily through federal government contracts as both prime contractor and subcontractor. The company holds multiple GSA contract vehicles (MAS-PSC, HCaTS SB Pool 2, OASIS+ WOSB and SB) that enable agency customers to procure services. Revenue is earned through delivery of professional services including technical assistance, training, human capital consulting, and program support.
2. State and Local Government Contracts: PEP provides services to California state and local agencies through the California Multiple Award Schedules (CMAS) contract vehicle, expanding beyond federal-only revenue to state and local government clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PEP is a WOSB management consulting firm that provides workforce development, human capital, training, and technical assistance services to federal, state, and local government agencies. Engagements are delivered through a structured, standards-based methodology (the PEP Perform TA approach) that integrates PMI PMBOK project management practices, Baldrige performance excellence criteria, and an ISO 9001:2015-certified quality management system.

Product overview

Performance Excellence Partners (PEP) is a management consulting firm offering a suite of professional services organized around six core practice areas: Human Capital Services, Training & Professional Development, Program & Business Operations Support, Workforce Development, Technical Assistance, and Executive Business Coaching. These services are delivered as consulting engagements rather than software products. The company also offers Professional Recruitment & Talent Solutions as an additional service line. All offerings are tailored to federal, state, and local government agencies, private sector businesses, and non-profit organizations. PEP operates primarily through government contract vehicles including GSA Schedules (MAS-PSC, HCaTS SB Pool 2) and OASIS+ contracts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workforce Development Services Consulting services supporting the design, delivery, and improvement of workforce development programs, delivered to federal, state, and local government agencies through task orders and contract vehicles.
• Human Capital Consulting Human capital consulting services for government clients, addressing workforce planning, talent strategy, and organizational performance needs.
• Training Services Training and capacity-building services delivered to government programs and their stakeholders under contract vehicles such as the Department of Labor ETA Blanket Purchase Agreement.
• Technical Assistance (TA) Services Technical assistance engagements delivered through the firm's PEP Perform TA approach, integrating PMI PMBOK, Baldrige Criteria, and ISO 9001:2015 quality standards to support government program offices.

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• World Education (Division of JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 February 2025Strategic partnership announced February 2026 between PEP and World Education to offer innovative technical assistance solutions for DOL ETA initiatives and the greater workforce system. The collaboration leverages combined expertise in workforce development, technical assistance, and education to help reduce barriers to employment in the U.S. with enhanced TA training and educational resources.
• Harkcon, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner with PEP supporting U.S. Coast Guard Directorate of International Affairs work. Harkcon has been supporting USCG work with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since September 2013. The partnership combines PEP's program management expertise with Harkcon's domain knowledge in Coast Guard operations.
• Fors Marsh GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on DHS Intelligence and Cybersecurity Diversity Fellowship Program contract. PEP and Fors Marsh Group provide subject matter expertise in recruiting, marketing, stakeholder engagement, and workforce development to support OCHCO/STRIDE in designing and executing the ICDF program for HBCU/MSI students.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ICF International: ICF is a large federal professional services firm with one of the deepest workforce development, human services, and technical assistance practices serving DOL, HHS, and DOE — directly overlapping PEP's core market, customer set, and service portfolio.
• Westat: Westat is an established federal research and technical assistance contractor with major DOL, HHS, and Education engagements — overlapping with PEP's workforce development, TA, and program support offerings to the same federal customers.
• American Institutes for Research (AIR): AIR provides federal research, TA, and program evaluation in workforce, education, and human services — directly comparable in customer base (DOL, Department of Education) and service mix to PEP's workforce development TA practice.
• Abt Associates: Abt is a major federal research, evaluation, and TA contractor with a dedicated workforce development practice serving DOL, HHS, and Department of Education — a direct comparable for PEP's federal consulting offerings.
• MDRC: MDRC is a non-profit social policy research and TA organization with deep workforce development and DOL ETA engagements — closely aligned with PEP's workforce development consulting and TA services to grantees.
• Insight Policy Research: Insight is a mid-sized federal research and TA firm specializing in workforce, labor, and human services policy work for DOL, HHS, and related agencies — comparable to PEP in scale, mission, and DOL-centric delivery model.
• CALIBRE Systems: CALIBRE is a mid-sized federal management consulting and IT services firm supporting defense, civilian, and homeland security agencies — comparable in scale, federal focus, and human capital/organizational improvement service lines.
• Mathematica: Mathematica delivers federal research, evaluation, and TA services across workforce, health, and human services programs for DOL, HHS, and other agencies — closely matching PEP's TA and program support delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Government & Public Services: Deloitte's federal practice delivers management consulting, human capital, and workforce development advisory services to DOL, HHS, DHS, and other agencies — competing with PEP on larger federal human capital and management consulting opportunities.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a top-tier federal consulting incumbent with large-scale human capital, workforce, and organizational transformation practices across DOL, DHS, DOD, and HHS — competing with PEP on larger human capital and workforce engagements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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