Ds-Interpretation, Inc.

Ds-Interpretation, Inc., a for-profit corporation based in Richmond, California, delivers simultaneous interpretation services and multilingual conferencing equipment to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations across the Department of State, Department of the Navy, and Department of the Treasury. The vendor holds a $20 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract with the Department of State Bureau of Administration for multichannel equipment and simultaneous interpretation services through March 2028, and a $500 thousand Federal Supply Schedule contract with GSA's Federal Acquisition Service through December 2027 for remote simultaneous interpreting and interpreting platform services.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of State. The top five federal customers account for 86% of recent awards by count and 100% of combined potential value, led decisively by the Department of State Bureau of Administration with $20.3 million across three awards, including the primary $20 million IDIQ vehicle. The Department of State Office of the Chief of Protocol follows with three awards valued at $250 thousand combined (delivery orders for simultaneous interpretation services supporting diplomatic events in Atlanta and Washington, DC). A material gap separates these two State Department bureaus from the next tier: the Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Navy Naval Education and Training Command, and the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement each carry under $100 thousand in combined potential value. Recent concrete work includes a $249,937 delivery order from the Office of the Chief of Protocol on September 28, 2026, for simultaneous interpretation services and equipment in Atlanta with completion by November 1, 2026, drawn from the State Department IDIQ; a $250 thousand June 2024 delivery order from the Bureau of Administration for simultaneous interpretation equipment and Language Services support; and an $80,943 May 2023 purchase order from Naval Education and Training Command (set aside for total small business) for auditorium equipment at the Spruance Auditorium in Newport, Rhode Island.

The vendor's vehicle posture centers on two distinct platforms: the State Department Bureau of Administration $20 million multiple-award IDIQ (which has generated four task orders valued at $500 thousand in combined potential value) and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule. Activity has been sporadic — one award in 2016, two in 2022, five in 2023, declining to one in 2024 and one in 2026 — with only $250 thousand in combined potential value completing within the next twenty-four months. Across fourteen total prime awards, the vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with zero sub-award footprint. Capability scope spans simultaneous interpreting in over a dozen languages, remote interpreting platforms with capacity for up to 200 listeners, multichannel equipment provision, and ancillary technology services including labor categories for conference interpreters and senior technology specialists, with performance delivered nationwide and at customer sites virtually across the United States.

Interpretation Services including Remote, Hybrid and On-site Interpreting Technology, Remote and On-site Conference Interpreters, Translation, subtitles and captioning.