Bekele Amare

Bekele Amare, a service-disabled veteran-owned sole proprietorship based in Silver Spring, Maryland, delivers translation, interpretation, and cultural advising services to the Department of State as a prime contractor exclusively under full-and-open competition without set-aside designation. The vendor holds no subcontract footprint and operates entirely as a prime on language-services BPAs issued by the Department of State Bureau of Administration.

Bekele Amare's portfolio is monolithic and tightly concentrated. All 53 awards across the past several years are language services delivered to the Department of State, with 48 awards (93% of the portfolio) placed through the Department of State Bureau of Administration and five awards through the Department of State proper. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $781 thousand, with $131 thousand obligated across the portfolio. The vendor's work consists exclusively of translation, interpretation, and related linguistic support under NAICS 541512 (Translation and Interpretation Services) and PSC H71 (Support—Administrative: Translation and Interpreting).

Activity has contracted since 2022. The vendor received 16 awards in 2022, 13 in 2023, 8 in 2024, and 5 in 2025 year-to-date, signaling a downward trajectory. The vendor holds seats on four active BPAs with the Department of State Bureau of Administration: a $250 thousand multiple-award BPA effective October 2024 through September 2026 (12 task orders worth $23 thousand issued to date); a $150 thousand BPA that ran through September 2024 (15 task orders worth $45 thousand); a $150 thousand BPA that ran through September 2023 (12 task orders worth $18 thousand); and a $100 thousand BPA that ran through September 2022 (3 task orders worth $2 thousand). A fifth BPA (190PRL18A0501) generated one task order worth $14 thousand. All work is performed in Washington, D.C. Individual task orders are firm-fixed-price, typically ranging from under $100 to $8,356, with completion dates spanning months-long performance windows. Representative recent awards include a $1,240 October 2025 language-services BPA call completing July 2026, multiple $620 calls completing between May and July 2026, and an $8,356 call from October 2024 completing July 2025.

The vendor's reliance on a single customer (the Department of State Bureau of Administration at 99.5% of potential value) and a single commodity category creates substantial concentration risk. With the current BPA ceiling of $250 thousand extending through September 2026 and earlier vehicles having cycled through and been renewed annually, the recompete pattern suggests Bekele Amare must secure annual renewal of the Department of State Bureau of Administration BPA in October to sustain its footprint. The modest dollar volumes per task order and the narrow geographic and functional scope position the vendor as a specialized micro-prime for low-dollar language-services task orders supporting State Department operations in Washington, D.C., with no diversification across agencies, contract vehicles, or service lines.