Ariwijaya Charles

Ariwijaya Charles, a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned sole proprietorship based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, provides language services including translation, interpretation, cultural advising, and program support to the federal government as a prime contractor operating on an unrestricted, full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations.

The vendor's federal footprint is highly concentrated and narrowly scoped. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 24 of 33 total awards and $788 thousand of the combined $824 thousand potential value (96% of dollars). The US Agency for Global Media Voice of America places 8 awards valued at $28 thousand, and the Department of State places a single additional award for $7 thousand. All work is performed in Washington, D.C. Ariwijaya Charles competes exclusively under multiple-award BPA vehicles established by State's Bureau of Administration, with four active or recently active BPAs serving as the delivery mechanism: BPA 190PRL25A0320 (current ceiling $250 thousand through September 2026), BPA 190PRL24A0320 ($150 thousand through September 2024), BPA 190PRL23A0320 ($150 thousand through September 2023), and BPA 190PRL22A0320 ($150 thousand through September 2022). Individual task orders range from $390 to $11,442 in ceiling value, representing firm fixed-price calls issued consistently in October of each year. Recent representative awards include a $7,140 State BPA call for language services (October 2025, completing June 2026), a $10,500 call from State's Bureau of Administration (October 2024, completing November 2025), and a $10,202 call from the same bureau (October 2024, completing May 2025).

Award volume has contracted in recent years — five awards in 2021 declining to one in 2025 — driven by smaller task-order values and the cyclical nature of State's annual BPA call cycle. The vendor holds no subcontract positions and operates purely as a prime contractor. Work is categorized under NAICS 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services) and PSC category for Support-Administrative Translation and Interpreting. This is a micro-scale sole proprietor with exclusive reliance on a single agency customer and a highly specialized, low-dollar-volume federal footprint centered on language and cultural engagement support for State Department diplomatic programming.