Alves, Maria

Alves, Maria, a self-certified small disadvantaged business and woman-owned small business operating as a sole proprietorship headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey, provides translation and interpretation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor, working exclusively under blanket purchase agreement call orders with no set-aside designations.

The vendor's federal footprint is concentrated entirely within the Department of State: the Bureau of Administration accounts for 206 of 215 awards (97% of recent activity) with $939 thousand combined potential value, and the Department of State carries nine awards with $7 thousand. All work falls under PSC Support—Administrative: Translation and Interpreting. Alves delivers multilingual translation and interpretation services spanning over 45 languages in support of diplomatic communications, including translation of demarches, fact sheets, talking points, cables, and concept notes, with all performance occurring in Washington, D.C. Representative work includes a $1,905.33 BPA call for language services awarded October 1, 2025 with completion on July 27, 2026; a $1,677.29 call for translation and interpretation services dated October 1, 2025 concluding February 3, 2026; and a $1,592.24 demarche support contract for UNGA 77 proceedings awarded October 1, 2022.

Activity has contracted sharply in recent years, falling from 90 awards in 2022 to 46 in 2021 and 45 in 2023, with only 16 awards in 2024 and nine in 2025—a 90% decline from peak activity. The vendor holds multiple overlapping Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Bureau of Administration: the largest is BPA 190PRL23A0576 carrying 89 task orders and $185 thousand combined potential value; BPA 190PRL24A0576 holds 44 task orders valued at $27 thousand; BPA 190PRL25A0576 carries 24 task orders at $16 thousand; and BPA 190PRL22A0576 accounts for 45 task orders at $14 thousand. Individual task order values range from single-digit dollars to approximately $2,000, reflecting the variable and episodic nature of translation demand. Combined potential value across all 215 awards stands at $946 thousand, though only $147 thousand (16%) has been obligated to date, indicating that many awards remain unexercised. Alves competes in full-and-open procurement with no set-aside shelter and operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no documented subcontract activity.