Gandaria, Marcelo Omar

Marcelo Omar Gandaria, doing business as Marcelo Omar Gandaria, is a Hispanic American service-disabled veteran-owned sole proprietor based in Daytona Beach, Florida, providing translation, interpretation, and linguistic advisory services to the Department of State as a prime contractor on full-and-open BPA calls without set-aside designations. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime on language services contracts, with no subcontract or grant footprint.

Gandaria's capability portfolio is narrowly focused on foreign-language translation and interpretation to support the Department of State's diplomatic operations. Representative work includes a $9,432 language services BPA call awarded by the Department of State in October 2025 (completion July 2026), performed in Washington, DC; a $8,050 firm fixed-price call for translation and interpretation services under the Bureau of Administration's BPA in October 2024 (completion October 2025); and an $8,598 call in March 2022 for services expanding democratic space for media freedom. The vendor has also delivered linguistic advisory support on human rights compliance and global economic cooperation initiatives under the Bureau of Administration's pre-competed BPA vehicles.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 31 of 32 awards (98% by count, $888 thousand of $897 thousand combined potential value), with a single additional Department of State award for $9,432. Gandaria sits on four active multiple-award BPAs with the Bureau of Administration: the BPA 190PRL25A0130 ceiling at $250,000 (awarded October 2024, running through September 2026) from which four task orders have been placed; the BPA 190PRL24A0130 at undisclosed ceiling with six task orders; the BPA 190PRL23A0130 at $150,000 with five task orders; and the BPA 190PRL22A0130 at $150,000 with three task orders. Prior vehicles include BPA 190PRL18A0130 (one task order, $37 thousand).

Activity has been inconsistent over the past five years — three awards in 2021, rising to seven in both 2022 and 2023, dropping to four in 2024, and one award in 2025 to date. Combined potential value across all 32 awards is $897 thousand, with $247 thousand (28% of potential value) obligated to date. All work is classified under NAICS Translation and Interpretation Services and PSC Support-Administrative (Translation and Interpreting). Gandaria competes on full-and-open calls without claiming small-business set-asides, despite holding SDVOSB and Hispanic American minority-owned designations. Work is performed in Washington, DC.