Frederick Harriman Stimson

Frederick Harriman Stimson, doing business as Fredharriman COM, is a sole proprietorship based in Vashon, Washington that provides document translation, interpretation, language training, and cultural advising services to the Department of State as a prime contractor competing on full-and-open BPA calls with no set-aside designations. The vendor has maintained an active federal contracting presence since 2014, exclusively serving the State Department's Bureau of Administration through a series of multiple-award blanket purchase agreements.

Fredharriman COM's entire award footprint — 42 prime awards totaling $1.1 million in combined potential value — derives from the Department of State Bureau of Administration, accounting for 93% of all awards by count and 99% of combined potential value. The vendor's customer base is entirely civilian and monolithic: 35 awards worth $981 thousand flow through the Bureau of Administration directly, with four additional awards worth $90 thousand issued by the Department of State entity proper. This concentration reflects the vendor's specialized positioning as a recurring language services provider to State's domestic Washington, D.C. operations, where work is performed at the Bureau's administrative location (20037).

The vendor's vehicle portfolio consists of four successive multiple-award blanket purchase agreements, each established on October 1 in consecutive fiscal years and running through September 30. The current active vehicle, Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL25A0358, carries a $250,000 ceiling and has generated ten task orders worth $138 thousand since October 2024. The prior-year vehicle (190PRL24A0358, $150,000 ceiling) carried five task orders worth $22 thousand; the 2023-2024 vehicle (190PRL23A0358, $150,000 ceiling) carried five task orders worth $61 thousand; and the 2022-2023 vehicle (190PRL22A0358, $100,000 ceiling) carried four task orders worth $35 thousand. Representative recent awards include four October 2025 BPA calls valued at $32,136, $25,132, $15,244, and $17,304 respectively for language services, and prior-year calls ranging from $3,200 to $20,000. Work is consistently firm fixed-price with performance locations in Washington, D.C.

Activity has remained flat across the past five years, averaging six awards annually with no growth trajectory — 2021 saw five awards, 2022 and 2023 each saw six, 2024 saw seven, and 2025 has recorded four to date. Combined dollars obligated total $431 thousand, representing 40% of combined potential value, indicating a modest gap between ceiling and actual spend. Two awards with ultimate completion dates falling within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $57 thousand, creating minimal recompete exposure. All forty-two awards fall under NAICS 561920 (Translation and Interpretation Services) and PSC N201 (Support—Administrative: Translation and Interpreting), with no subcontract activity or teaming relationships in the award record.