Ferkelman Vladimir

Ferkelman Vladimir, doing business as YMF Enterprises, provides translation, interpretation, and language support services to the Department of State as a sole-proprietor prime contractor, competing exclusively full-and-open with no set-aside designation across its federal footprint. The Los Angeles-based for-profit sole proprietorship holds multiple blanket purchase agreements with the State Department's Bureau of Administration and has issued language-services task orders consistently since 2021, with a combined federal footprint of $1 million across 61 awards.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers exclusively on translation and interpretation services in support of State Department diplomatic operations. Representative work includes a $14,381 firm fixed-price BPA call for language services (October 2024–April 2025), a $14,260 BPA call for language services (October 2024–December 2025), and a $13,905 BPA call for investigation and prosecution support (October 2022–November 2022). Across the visible award history, individual BPA task orders range from $225 to $15,060 in ceiling value, with most calls performing in Washington, D.C. The vendor has also delivered small business development services in Kentucky, women in business programs in Belarus, adventure tourism logistics, think-tank research, and conference support — all under the same State Department Bureau of Administration BPA vehicles.

Customer concentration is acute. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 47 awards worth $935 thousand combined potential value, representing 80% of award count and 95% of total dollars. A single Department of Commerce International Trade Administration award of $11 thousand and one additional Department of State award of $15 thousand round out the active customer base across three federal agencies. The vendor competes exclusively with this single civilian customer.

YMF Enterprises holds four active blanket purchase agreements with the State Department Bureau of Administration. The VLADIMIR FERKELMAN LSA BPA (190PRL24A0385) carries a $250 thousand ceiling with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026 and has supported 14 task orders valued at $37 thousand to date. The prior-year BPA (190PRL23A0385) carried a $150 thousand ceiling and generated 9 task orders ($75 thousand combined); the 2022 BPA (190PRL22A0385) also had a $150 thousand ceiling with 8 task orders ($59 thousand); and the 2021 BPA (FERKELMAN, VLADIMIR) carried a $100 thousand ceiling with multiple task orders for adventure tourism, think-tank research, small business development, and conference logistics. A Basic Ordering Agreement (SOPRLS07G4460) generated 3 task orders valued at $22 thousand.

Activity has declined materially in recent years. The vendor received 15 awards in 2023, 10 in 2022, and 9 in 2021, but only 4 awards in 2024 and 1 in 2025 — a downward trajectory reflecting either reduced ordering or smaller individual call volumes under the same BPA vehicles. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $340 thousand, representing 34% of the combined $1 million potential value across the entire footprint, indicating that most BPA ceilings remain unexercised or partially drawn.

Englisg-Russian Seminar and Simultaneous Interpreting