Heba Bachir

Heba Bachir, a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Austin, Texas, provides translation, interpretation, and cultural training services to the Department of State as a prime contractor, competing on full-and-open BPA calls with no set-aside designation. The vendor is self-certified as a Small Disadvantaged Business and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business, and has maintained continuous federal contracting activity with State since SAM registration in 2010.

All 42 awards in the portfolio are prime contracts issued by the Department of State Bureau of Administration, spanning five consecutive multiple-award blanket purchase agreements with ceiling values of $100 thousand to $250 thousand per fiscal year. The vendor holds no subcontract work and competes entirely in full-and-open procurements under the same parent vehicles year over year. Recent activity includes ten task orders under BPA 190PRL25A0195 (valued at $79 thousand combined potential value, awarded October 2024 through August 2026), six task orders under BPA 190PRL23A0195 ($48 thousand combined potential value, October 2023 through June 2025), five task orders under BPA 190PRL22A0195 ($50 thousand combined potential value, October 2022 through October 2023), and earlier vehicles stretching back to 2021. The portfolio encompasses language services ranging from routine translation and interpretation assignments to specialized cultural and advisory support, with individual task-order values ranging from $398 to $15,114 and fixed-price delivery. Representative work includes cybersecurity advisory (2021), disability rights and equal access consulting (2021), K-9 training course support for Bahrain (2022), social entrepreneurship and economic competitiveness services (2021), and youth workforce empowerment programs (2021–2022). Place of performance is primarily Washington, D.C., with occasional international performance at diplomatic establishments worldwide.

Customer concentration is absolute: 100% of awards flow from the Department of State Bureau of Administration. The vendor faces minimal recompete pressure over the next twenty-four months (one award completion, $10 thousand potential value), though the annual BPA vehicle cycle (each running October through September) creates recurring recompete windows. Combined potential value across all forty-two awards stands at $984 thousand, with $334 thousand obligated to date (34% realization rate), indicating steady consumption against modest annual ceilings. Activity has remained steady at six to eight awards per calendar year across the 2021–2024 period, with three awards recorded in 2025 (year-to-date snapshot as of October 2025). All awards are firm fixed-price calls carrying no set-aside designation.