Shawn Callanan

Shawn Callanan, doing business as Catalina Institute, a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in San Francisco, California, provides translation, interpretation, language training, and professional advisory services to the Department of State as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations. All ninety-five awards in the source span language services work under NAICS 541910 (Translation and Interpretation Services) and PSC Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting. Catalina Institute is registered in SAM.gov since 2007 and has established a multi-year relationship with the State Department's Bureau of Administration.

The customer concentration is absolute: the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 84 awards valued at $1.3 million (combined potential value), with a separate Department of State entity placing 10 additional awards valued at $36 thousand, and the Department of State Office of Language Services contributing 1 award. Catalina Institute holds five successive Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Bureau of Administration—a $100 thousand IDV (Oct 2021–Sep 2022), a $150 thousand IDV (Oct 2022–Sep 2023), a $150 thousand IDV (Oct 2023–Sep 2024), and a $250 thousand IDV (Oct 2024–Sep 2025). The most recent vehicle carries the highest ceiling to date. Across these BPAs, Catalina Institute issues task orders ranging from $55 to $150 thousand per call, with the bulk of work clustered between $390 and $15,500 per order. Representative awards include a $150 thousand call (May 2023) for general language services, multiple $13,905 to $14,925 calls throughout 2023–2024, and numerous smaller orders ($390 to $1,950) issued monthly. Work supports State Department initiatives spanning religious pluralism, human trafficking prevention, open societies promotion, natural resource protection, U.S.-Indonesia partnership expansion, counterdisinformation, and virtual conference support—all performed in Washington, D.C.

Activity has grown consistently year over year—nine awards in 2021 to twenty-eight in 2024, with ten awards recorded through October 2025 (the most recent month in source data). Combined potential value across all ninety-five awards totals $1.3 million, with $559 thousand obligated to date (42% realization). Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $16 thousand), indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Catalina Institute operates as 100% prime, with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor competes directly against the State Department's needs through recurring annual BPA renewals and does not appear on any government-wide vehicles or multi-agency IDIQs; all work flows through sole-source or limited-competition State Department relationships with the Bureau of Administration.