Bell Elena S

Bell Elena S, a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in West Linn, Oregon, provides translation, interpretation, and linguistic advisory support to the Department of State as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis. The vendor operates exclusively under blanket purchase agreements with the Department of State Bureau of Administration, competing without SBA small-business set-aside designations and relying on demonstrated capability in language services.

The vendor's customer footprint is tightly concentrated with a single agency. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 72 awards and $995 thousand in combined potential value, representing 79% of recent award count and 92% of combined potential value across all awards. The Department of State's broader entity placed 4 additional awards totaling $4 thousand, accounting for the remaining quantifiable activity. This concentration reflects Bell Elena S's positioning as a specialized language-services provider rather than a diversified government contractor.

Bell Elena S's capability portfolio centers on written translation, spoken interpretation, and linguistic advisory support for the Department of State's administrative operations, security protocols, public diplomacy, international programs, embassy functions, and bilateral engagement activities worldwide. Representative contract work includes translation and interpretation calls under the Department's fiscal 2024 BPA (26 task orders, $70 thousand combined potential value), fiscal 2025 BPA (22 task orders, $43 thousand combined potential value), and fiscal 2023 BPA (7 task orders, $50 thousand combined potential value). Individual call orders range from $390 to $14,978 in ceiling value, with firm fixed-price delivery across multiple one- to thirteen-month performance periods. Performance location for all awards is Washington, D.C.

Activity has grown unevenly over the past five years—5 awards in 2021, 8 in 2022, peaking at 27 in 2023, declining to 19 in 2024, and 4 awards year-to-date in 2025. The vendor's pipeline faces material near-term recompete exposure: the Department of State Bureau of Administration's current BPA vehicle (190PRL25A0126) carrying 22 task orders and $43 thousand in combined potential value expires September 30, 2026, and predecessor vehicles carrying $50 thousand and $44 thousand in potential value have already reached or are approaching ultimate completion.

The vendor holds no subcontract relationships and does not sub to other primes. All 96 recent awards are prime work issued under Department of State Bureau of Administration BPAs established on annual cycles since 2020. The combined potential value across all awards is $1.1 million, with $431 thousand obligated to date (40% execution rate), reflecting the vendor's position as a small, specialized, call-order-driven provider serving a single agency customer.