Language Specialists LLC

Language Specialists LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Brentwood, Maryland, provides translation, interpretation, and multilingual advisory services to the Department of State as a prime contractor on full-and-open BPA calls with no set-aside designations. The vendor operates entirely as a prime (100% of recent awards) and competes on competitive merit rather than through SBA certifications or set-aside categories.

Language Specialists LLC's federal footprint is tightly concentrated within a single customer. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 31 awards and $830 thousand in combined potential value (99.8% coverage), with three additional awards to the parent Department of State totaling $1 thousand. All work flows through the Bureau of Administration's language services BPA vehicle. The vendor holds five successive multiple-award BPAs under the "Garrett Bradford LSA" contract line: the current vehicle (Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL25A1773, awarded October 1, 2024, ceiling $250,000 through September 30, 2026) has issued 10 task orders valued at $50 thousand; the prior vehicle (190PRL24A1773, expired September 30, 2024, ceiling $150,000) generated 12 task orders totaling $96 thousand; and three earlier BPAs issued 6 additional task orders for $35 thousand combined. Recent representative work includes a $10,325 firm fixed-price BPA call for translation and interpretation services (October 1, 2024), a $9,473 call for advisory support across women's empowerment and legislative development programs (October 1, 2023), and a $5,875 call supporting Bureau global operations and engagement efforts (October 1, 2024).

Activity peaked in 2023 (13 awards) and has moderated since—8 awards in 2024 and 3 in 2025 year-to-date as of October 15, 2026. Combined potential value across all 34 awards totals $832 thousand, with $182 thousand obligated (22% draw). Individual task orders typically range from $195 to $10,325 in firm fixed-price value, with performance periods of two to six months and work performed in Washington, DC. The vendor holds no parent GWACs, agency-wide IDIQs, or positions on broader vehicles; all revenue derives from direct BPA task orders issued by a single bureau within a single agency. The vendor operates no subcontracting footprint and carries no notable teaming relationships.