GAO HUI

GAO HUI, a woman-owned, minority-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Sharon, Massachusetts, provides translation, interpretation, and transcription services across more than 150 languages to the U.S. Department of State as a prime contractor operating entirely on blanket purchase agreement (BPA) task orders with no subcontract footprint. The vendor competes full-and-open with no set-aside designations across all recent awards; all 215 awards in the source data are firm fixed-price BPA calls with performance in Washington, DC.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 196 of 215 awards (91% of the portfolio) and $1.2 million of the $1.3 million combined potential value (92%). The Department of State proper places 16 awards ($104 thousand), and the Department of State Office of Language Services accounts for one award. This customer concentration reflects a stable, long-standing sole-source relationship with a single federal office rather than broad market diversification.

GAO HUI holds successive BPA vehicles with the Bureau of Administration: a $100,000 BPA running through September 2022, a $150,000 BPA through September 2023, another $150,000 BPA through September 2024, and a current $250,000 BPA through September 2025. Task orders under these vehicles have grown in volume—five awards in 2021, 22 in 2022, 56 in 2023, 59 in 2024—with 74 task orders outstanding under the current $250,000 BPA. Individual task order values range from $22 to $20,400, with the median near $1,000 to $2,000 per call. Recent representative work includes a $17,304 task order for language services awarded October 1, 2025 (ultimate completion March 28, 2026), a $16,300 language services call also dated October 1, 2025, and a $15,656 interpretation and transcription task order from the same date.

Activity has accelerated year over year, from 22 awards in 2021 to 59 in 2024, though 2025 has recorded only 16 awards so far in the source snapshot. Only one award (combined potential value $16 thousand) carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in the near term. The BPA vehicle structure—renewable annually—positions recompete risk at the parent-vehicle level rather than at individual task-order granularity. The current $250,000 BPA expires September 30, 2025, requiring renewal or recompetition before that date to maintain continuity.

GAO HUI's federal footprint is entirely language-service-oriented and entirely dependent on the State Department Bureau of Administration's recurring need for rapid-response translation and interpretation support. The vendor holds no government-wide vehicles, seats on no multi-agency IDIQs, and generates no revenue outside the Department of State. Capability breadth is narrow and specialized: translation, interpretation, transcription, and associated document preparation in support of U.S. diplomatic operations. The absence of subcontractor engagement and sole-proprietorship structure indicate a highly operationalized, owner-managed business scaled to deliver language services on demand rather than a staffing or project-management platform.