Emilia Balke

Emilia Balke Language Web Division, doing business as Language Web, is a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Agoura Hills, California, that provides translation, interpretation, language workshops, and linguistic support services to the Department of State as a prime contractor exclusively under multiple-award blanket purchase agreements. Language Web is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business, competing full-and-open on all Department of State awards without set-aside designation.

Language Web operates entirely within translation and interpretation services (PSC Support—Administrative: Translation and Interpreting; NAICS 541910). The vendor's federal footprint consists of sixty-five prime awards issued across three active Department of State BPA vehicles: the most recent $250,000 BPA (190PRL25A0673, awarded October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2026) anchors thirteen task orders valued at $63 thousand; the prior $150,000 BPA (190PRL23A0673, awarded October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024) carries twenty task orders valued at $55 thousand; and an earlier $150,000 BPA (190PRL22A0673, awarded October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023) issued eleven task orders valued at $53 thousand. The vendor has been registered in SAM since December 2007. Individual task-order ceiling values range from under one hundred dollars to approximately eight thousand dollars, with firm fixed-price delivery focused on administrative operations in Washington, DC. Representative work includes a $9,100 task order (awarded October 1, 2025, completion September 26, 2026) for language services under the current BPA; an $8,378 task order (awarded October 1, 2023, completion November 2, 2024) for translation, interpretation, language workshops, and civic engagement programs; and an $8,500 task order (awarded October 1, 2023, completion March 24, 2024) for translation and interpretation supporting foreign policy initiatives including the Summit for Democracy.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for one hundred percent of awards (60 awards, $864 thousand combined potential value) and the Department of State proper for the remaining five awards ($34 thousand). All work is performed through Department of State BPA vehicles, with no exposure to government-wide acquisition contracts or other federal agencies. Activity has declined sharply—from a peak of twenty-two awards in 2022 to five awards in 2025—reflecting the small scale and narrow focus of individual task orders. The recompete cliff presents minimal exposure: only one award with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carries a potential value of nine thousand dollars. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $248 thousand against $898 thousand in combined potential value, representing a 28% obligation rate typical of task-order vehicles where ceiling values exceed actual spend.

Language Web maintains no subcontractor footprint and does not partner with larger primes; all work is performed as a sole proprietor in a prime-only model. The vendor's business model centers on small, recurring language-services task orders from the State Department's Bureau of Administration, with no pipeline visibility into federal agencies beyond State or diversification into other language-intensive mission areas across defense, intelligence, or civilian agencies.

Language Web provides Bulgarian translation, interpretation, transcription, and voiceover services; Russian, German, and Macedonian translations; Bulgarian language instruction, and multilingual foreign language research.

Emilia Balke holds an MBA with a concentration in finance and specializes in legal, medical, financial, business, marketing, PR, and HR translations and interpreting.