Gitzel Puente

Gitzel Puente, a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, provides translation and interpretation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor under multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreements, competing full-and-open without set-aside designations. All recent federal work routes through the Department of State's Bureau of Administration, where Gitzel Puente holds a portfolio of three successive BPA IDIQs under which it receives firm fixed-price task orders for language services.

Gitzel Puente's customer footprint is concentrated entirely within the Department of State, with 31 awards to the Bureau of Administration and one additional State Department award, representing 100% of recent work. The Bureau of Administration accounts for $690 thousand in combined potential value across those 31 awards. No subcontractor relationships appear in the source data; Gitzel Puente executes all contracts as a prime without subs, with work performed in Washington, DC to support the agency's diplomatic and administrative operations. The vendor holds three successive BPA vehicles awarded by the Bureau of Administration: the current BPA (190PRL25A2003), awarded October 1, 2024, carries a $250 thousand ceiling running through September 30, 2026 and had 13 task orders issued on award date totaling approximately $59.8 thousand; the preceding BPA (190PRL24A2003), awarded October 1, 2023, carried a $150 thousand ceiling with 11 task orders totaling $67 thousand; and the prior BPA (190PRL23A2003), awarded October 1, 2022, carried a $150 thousand ceiling with 5 task orders totaling $16 thousand.

Representative task orders under the current vehicle include $9.75 thousand, $9.55 thousand, $8.7 thousand, $8.21 thousand, and $8.05 thousand individual calls, each for two-to-four months of translation and interpretation support. Activity grew from 6 awards in 2022 to 13 in 2024, then dropped to 1 award in 2025 (the October 2024 BPA itself), suggesting 2025 activity will reflect task order issuance patterns rather than new vehicle awards. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $140 thousand, representing 20% of the $690 thousand combined potential value. The vendor's entire portfolio sits within PSC "Support- Administrative: Translation And Interpreting" and NAICS "Translation and Interpretation Services," with no diversification into other service lines or customer agencies visible in recent federal work.