Rania Hijazeen

Rania Hijazeen, doing business as Alpha Z Translation Services, is a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Novi, Michigan, that provides federal translation, interpretation, and cultural adaptation services exclusively as a prime contractor on a full-and-open (non-set-aside) basis. All 53 recent awards are prime contracts and BPA calls under PSC Support—Administrative: Translation and Interpreting; the vendor competes without SBA designations across the federal marketplace.

Alpha Z Translation Services operates almost entirely within the Department of State's language services ecosystem. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 34 awards and $861 thousand of the vendor's $980 thousand combined potential value (88% of recent footprint), with two additional State Department awards representing $9 thousand and a single Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Office award of $24 thousand rounding out customer concentration. The Bureau of Administration has awarded Alpha Z three multiple-award BPAs: a $250 thousand vehicle running through September 30, 2026 (awarded October 1, 2024); a $150 thousand BPA running through September 30, 2024 (awarded October 1, 2023); and an earlier $150 thousand BPA that completed September 30, 2023 (awarded October 1, 2022). Task orders under these vehicles carry typical values between $1,194 and $15,660 for translation, interpretation, cultural adaptation, and virtual exchange support. Representative recent work includes five BPA calls awarded October 1, 2025, against the current $250 thousand vehicle for language services with completion dates through May 20, 2026; multiple 2024 BPA calls with values of $6,820, $15,575, $5,373, and $6,567; and earlier 2022–2023 BPA calls valued between $398 and $15,660. Performance locations are primarily Washington, D.C., with some work in support of the Department's global operations and public diplomacy initiatives.

Activity has remained sparse and sporadic — one award in 2021, growing to seven in 2022, then settling to six annually in 2023 and 2024, with two recorded awards in 2025. Combined dollars obligated stand at $430 thousand against a combined potential value of $980 thousand (44% realization), indicating task orders are executing below ceiling values. No awards face recompete in the next twenty-four months; the most recent BPA vehicle was renewed October 1, 2024, with an ordering period through September 30, 2026. Alpha Z holds no subcontractor footprint — all 53 awards are prime work — and operates within a narrow capability niche of translation and interpretation services for State Department public diplomacy, governance programs, religious diversity initiatives, media engagement, and exchange programs.