Erin K. Compton

Erin K. Compton, a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Arlington, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor delivering professional language interpretation and translation services to the Department of State on a full-and-open basis, with no set-aside awards. Compton competes on blanket purchase agreements and task-order calls, not through reserved procurement channels.

Compton's capability portfolio centers on foreign language interpretation, translation, and related administrative support for federal operations. Representative work includes a $8,060 firm fixed-price BPA call from the Department of State Bureau of Administration (awarded October 1, 2024) for language services with performance through November 22, 2025; a $4,340 call order under the same BPA vehicle (awarded October 1, 2024) for language and administrative support through October 13, 2025; and a $1,500 purchase order from the U.S. Attorney's Offices (awarded September 12, 2024) for Spanish-language interpreter services completing April 4, 2025. Compton has supported specialized governmental initiatives including the International Women of Courage program, indicating capability in culturally sensitive language services.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 58 awards and $684 thousand of the combined potential value (100% of awards captured in the portfolio). The broader Department of State holds 9 additional awards worth $6 thousand, and the U.S. Attorney's Offices accounts for one award worth $2 thousand. This single-customer, single-bureau dependency creates significant recompete and revenue concentration risk.

Compton operates exclusively on multiple-award blanket purchase agreements issued by the Bureau of Administration. The active vehicle as of the source date is BPA 190PRL25A1720 (awarded October 1, 2024, $250,000 ceiling through September 30, 2026), which carries 33 task orders worth $41 thousand in combined potential value. The prior-year BPA 190PRL24A1720 (October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, $150,000 ceiling) generated 18 task orders totaling $22 thousand. The 2022–2023 BPA 190PRL23A1720 ($150,000 ceiling) produced 7 task orders worth $4 thousand. Task orders are structured as firm fixed-price calls, ranging from $585 to $8,060 per order.

Activity has grown substantially year over year. The portfolio shows one award in 2021, eight in 2022, nineteen in 2023, twenty-six in 2024, and nine as of the source date in 2025. Compton has obligated $141 thousand across 68 total awards against a combined potential value of $691 thousand, representing a 20% obligation rate typical of standing BPAs with unused ceiling remaining.

Compton holds no federal contract vehicles as a prime; all awards are task orders or calls issued against Department of State Bureau of Administration blanket purchase agreements. Performance location is consistently Washington, D.C. The vendor does not maintain a documented subcontract footprint — all 68 awards are prime awards with no sub-awards recorded in the source.