Ferrara Motoko

Ferrara Motoko, a woman-owned, minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Fairfax, Virginia, provides Japanese-English translation, interpretation, and administrative support services to the Department of State as a prime contractor exclusively, competing on full-and-open BPA calls with no set-aside designations.

Ferrara Motoko operates as a sole proprietorship and holds Asian-Pacific American ownership designation alongside its woman-owned and self-certified small disadvantaged business credentials. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on language services — translation, interpretation, event coordination, and technical support — with particular depth in Japanese-English translation and administrative support across healthcare, aviation, and diplomatic coordination domains. All work is performed in Washington, DC to support the Bureau of Administration's global diplomatic operations and infrastructure management. Representative work includes a $23,072 BPA call from the Department of State (awarded October 1, 2025, completion December 20, 2025), a $23,200 BPA call (awarded October 1, 2024, completion September 20, 2025), and a $16,338 BPA call (awarded October 1, 2022, completion February 11, 2023).

Customer concentration is extreme: 41 of 43 awards (approximately 97% by count and 97% by potential value) fund Bureau of Administration operations, with two additional Department of State awards accounting for the remainder. This concentration reflects Ferrara Motoko's nineteen-year exclusive contracting relationship with the Bureau, dating to 2007. The vendor holds five active Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Bureau of Administration: the current BPA (190PRL25A0342, $250,000 ceiling through September 30, 2026, with 10 task orders totaling $88 thousand), the prior-year BPA (190PRL24A0342, $150,000 ceiling through September 30, 2024, with 11 task orders totaling $26 thousand), and three earlier BPAs (2023, 2022, 2018) that generated 11 combined task orders. All 43 awards are classified under NAICS Translation and Interpretation Services and PSC Support–Administrative: Translation and Interpreting.

Activity has been volatile: five awards in 2021, seven in 2022, twelve in 2023, nine in 2024, and two in early 2025. Combined potential value across all awards totals $895 thousand, with $245 thousand obligated (27% of ceiling). The vendor has no subcontracting footprint and does not hold positions on government-wide vehicles or multi-agency IDIQs — all work flows through direct BPA awards and task orders with the Bureau of Administration.