Acebo

Acebo, a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Spreckels, California, provides translation, interpretation, and linguistic support services to the Department of State as a prime contractor operating exclusively under full-and-open (non-set-aside) BPA calls. The vendor competes entirely on the open market without leveraging small-business set-aside categories, despite holding WOSB designation.

Acebo's customer base is monolithic: 100% of recent awards fund the Department of State Bureau of Administration, split between 30 awards totaling $711 thousand under the "HOLLY MIKKELSON LSA" multiple-award BPA vehicle and 4 awards totaling $8 thousand issued directly by the Department of State. The vendor operates across four successive BPA generations managed by the Bureau, each with a $100 thousand to $250 thousand ceiling running on October 1 renewal cycles. The most recent BPA (190PRL25A0461), awarded October 1, 2024, carries a $250 thousand ceiling through September 30, 2026, and has generated 12 task orders to date totaling $22 thousand in combined potential value. Task order sizing is granular, ranging from $300 to $6,960 per call on a firm fixed-price basis. Representative work includes a $6,960 language services call awarded October 1, 2024 under the current BPA, a $5,644 services call to the Department of State awarded the same date, and a $4,356 language services task order issued October 1, 2024. Earlier calls (2021–2023) encompassed translation and documentation work supporting anti-trafficking law initiatives, Venezuela and Costa Rica operations, oceanographic coding analysis, and U.S.-Mexico supply-chain economic studies, indicating subject-matter depth beyond routine interpretation.

Activity peaked in 2021 (8 awards) and has remained volatile, declining to 4 awards in 2023, recovering to 9 in 2024, then dropping to 4 in 2025. Combined potential value across all 34 awards totals $720 thousand, with only $70 thousand obligated to date (10% utilization), signaling that the vendor holds BPA positions that generate periodic spot calls rather than large sustained engagements. The vendor holds no subcontract awards and does not pursue prime work outside the Department of State; the concentration is near-total. Acebo's market posture is a single-customer, service-provider relationship anchored to recurring BPA renewal cycles rather than large delivery contracts or government-wide vehicles.