Castro De Anderson Cecilia

Castro De Anderson Cecilia, a woman-owned, minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned sole proprietorship based in Silver Spring, Maryland, provides Spanish-language translation, interpretation, and localization services to the Department of State as a prime contractor exclusively on full-and-open blanket purchase agreement calls with no set-aside designations.

The vendor's footprint is highly concentrated on a single customer and contract vehicle type. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 138 of 147 prime awards (94% of all awards and $1.1 million of $1.1 million combined potential value), with the remaining nine awards flowing to the parent Department of State entity for $14 thousand. Castro De Anderson Cecilia operates entirely as a prime contractor with no subcontract activity. All work is performed under multiple-award blanket purchase agreements held with the Bureau of Administration, with the current vehicle (ceiling $250 thousand, effective through September 30, 2026) supporting language services for diplomatic operations, human rights reporting, COVID-19 response, women's leadership programs, trade promotion, and consumer product safety initiatives. The prior three BPA vehicles have carried ceilings of $100 thousand to $150 thousand each.

Activity has remained relatively stable year over year, averaging 26 awards annually since 2021, with 2022 and 2024 reaching 37 and 36 awards respectively and 2025 showing nine awards year-to-date through October 1. The 147 awards in the source data represent 147 separate BPA call orders rather than multi-year IDIQs — a high-volume, low-value ordering pattern. Individual call ceilings range from $72 to $8,000, with typical firm fixed-price task orders falling between $400 and $2,500. The vendor has obligated $420 thousand against $1.1 million in combined potential value (39% draw-down rate), indicating active utilization. Scope of work encompasses written Spanish translation and simultaneous interpretation across departmental initiatives including diplomatic communications, nonpaper support, virtual bilateral meetings, steering committee coordination, webinars, video conferences, gatherings, and event support in Washington, D.C.

The source identifies previous BPA vehicles reaching back to fiscal year 2021, with progressive ceiling increases from $100 thousand to the current $250 thousand, signaling sustained customer confidence and growing ordering volumes. Castro De Anderson Cecilia does not hold any government-wide acquisition contracts, federal schedules, or vehicles outside the Department of State's Bureau of Administration BPA mechanism. The vendor's entire federal portfolio derives from one contracting office at one agency, creating substantial concentration risk tied to State Department appropriations, diplomatic staffing, and the Bureau's procurement strategy.