Farren Matilde J

Farren Matilde J, a woman-owned, minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned sole proprietorship based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, provides language services — translation, interpretation, and transcription — to the Department of State as a prime contractor on full-and-open BPA calls, competing without set-aside protection across 148 awards since 2004.

Farren Matilde J operates entirely as a prime contractor (100% of awards) under the Department of State's Bureau of Administration, which accounts for 129 awards and $744 thousand in combined potential value, with an additional 14 awards directly under the Department of State for $9 thousand. The vendor's entire portfolio sits within NAICS 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services) and PSC Support-Administrative (Translation and Interpreting). All work is delivered through firm-fixed-price BPA calls ranging from $552 to $620 in individual order value, performed in Washington, D.C. over periods spanning several months. Representative awards include task orders from October 2025 for language services ($620 ceiling each) under the Department of State Bureau of Administration, and similar calls from October 2024 ($597 ceiling) and October 2023 ($585 ceiling), all routed through the same customer and vehicle.

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years — 32 awards in 2021 declining to 14 in 2025 — with 55 awards (combined potential value $33 thousand) completing or recompeting within the next twenty-four months. The vendor sits on four active State Department BPAs: MATILDE FARREN LSA agreements awarded October 1, 2024 ($250 thousand ceiling, 40 task orders, $24 thousand obligated); October 1, 2023 ($150 thousand ceiling, 37 task orders, $21 thousand obligated); October 1, 2022 ($150 thousand ceiling, 31 task orders, $19 thousand obligated); and a prior year vehicle (26 task orders, $16 thousand obligated). Real-world obligated dollars total $112 thousand across 148 awards, representing 15% utilization of the $762 thousand combined potential value ceiling — a profile consistent with a vendor in a standing-order position for on-demand language services rather than a high-volume producer. The vendor has no subcontract activity and no parent vehicles beyond the State Department BPAs.