Desoto Translating Services, Inc.

Desoto Translating Services, Inc., a woman-owned, minority-owned (Hispanic American-owned) small business based in Miami, Florida, provides professional translation and interpretation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor, operating exclusively under full-and-open (non-set-aside) BPA task order mechanisms. The company is a Subchapter S corporation and has held successive blanket purchase agreements with the State Department's Bureau of Administration since at least 2003.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency dependent. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 68 of 103 total awards (66% of the portfolio) and $909 thousand of the combined $1.1 million potential value (83% of dollars). The Department of State as a separate contracting entity issued 3 awards valued at $12 thousand, and the Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's Offices generated 1 award at $856. This near-complete reliance on State Department work, particularly the Bureau of Administration, defines the vendor's business model.

Desoto operates principally through five active BPA vehicles, all managed by the State Department Bureau of Administration. The three largest are the 2025 BPA (BPA 190PRL25A0117) with 14 task orders totaling $69 thousand, the 2024 BPA (BPA 190PRL24A0117) with 17 task orders at $46 thousand, and the 2023 BPA (BPA 190PRL23A0117) with 16 task orders at $40 thousand. All BPAs carry $150,000 to $250,000 ceilings. Task order values are uniformly small, ranging from $583 to $14,328 per call, reflecting short-duration, localized language support assignments in Washington, D.C. A single-award Basic Ordering Agreement (SOPRLS07G5408) with the Department of Justice generated 8 task orders valued at $45 thousand.

Award activity peaked in 2022 and 2023, each year carrying 18 awards, before declining to 12 awards in 2024 and 3 awards through October 2025. The source data covers awards from October 2004 forward, establishing a two-decade relationship with State Department language services procurement. Services rendered include translation, interpretation, and linguistic support across diplomatic programming — international cooperation, legislative affairs, trade promotion, emergency preparedness, COVID-19 response, educational exchanges, and cultural programs. All performance occurs in Washington, D.C.

Combined potential value across the portfolio stands at $1.1 million, with $418 thousand obligated to date (39% execution rate). All 103 awards are prime contracts; Desoto carries no sub-award footprint. The vendor competes in a single, narrow category: Support-Administrative Translation and Interpreting (PSC code, 102 awards), with one outlier expert-witness legal services task order. No set-aside categories, GWACs, or government-wide vehicles apply to this portfolio; all work flows through customer-specific BPAs.