Brunstein, Nadia

Brunstein, Nadia, a woman-owned small business sole proprietor based in New Milford, New Jersey, provides professional translation, interpretation, and cultural advising services exclusively to the Department of State as a prime contractor operating on full-and-open (no set-aside) blanket purchase agreements. All fifty-eight tracked awards span language services work under multiple State Department BPA vehicles, with work performed in Washington, D.C.

Brunstein operates entirely within language services delivery — the source records 58 awards across Translation and Interpretation Services (NAICS) and Support Administrative Translation and Interpreting (PSC) categories — with no subcontracting footprint. Work includes translation and interpretation capabilities supporting the State Department's public diplomacy, human rights initiatives, international educational exchanges, and diplomatic operations. Representative awards include a $14,978 firm-fixed-price BPA call (awarded October 1, 2024, completing February 15, 2025) for language services supporting global diplomatic operations, a $14,328 BPA call (awarded October 1, 2024, completing August 16, 2025) for translation and cultural advising, and a $1,236 BPA call (awarded October 1, 2025, completing July 14, 2026) for diplomatic language support.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 36 awards representing $996 thousand of the $1.1 million combined potential value across all tracked awards (89% of dollars). The vendor holds multiple concurrent BPA vehicles with the Bureau, including a $250,000 ceiling BPA awarded October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2026 (with three task orders issued to date), a $150,000 ceiling BPA completed September 30, 2024, and an earlier $150,000 ceiling BPA completed September 30, 2023. Five additional BPA and Basic Ordering Agreement vehicles carry smaller task-order populations and values ranging from $32 thousand to $55 thousand combined potential.

Activity has contracted sharply: seven awards per year in both 2021 and 2022, dropping to three in 2023, four in 2024, and a single award in 2025 year to date. Combined dollars obligated total $473 thousand against $1.1 million combined potential value (42% utilization), indicating the vendor operates on an as-needed call basis under standing agreements rather than as a continuously engaged primary performer. The vendor's entire federal footprint is language services for a single customer agency's Bureau, with no teaming relationships, no subcontracting, and no diversification into other mission areas or customer agencies.