Idette Swetye

Idette Swetye, doing business as Idette J Swetye, is a woman-owned, minority-owned sole proprietorship based in Boulder, Colorado that provides translation and interpretation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor exclusively under full-and-open competition — no set-asides — across a portfolio of blanket purchase agreement task orders. The vendor is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and competes on open market BPA vehicles rather than leveraging WOSB or other set-aside designations.

The vendor's capability portfolio is narrowly specialized: written translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, and related language support services delivered in Washington, D.C. to support the Department of State's international diplomacy, foreign assistance, and educational initiatives. Recent representative work includes a $5,600 BPA call awarded October 1, 2024 (ultimate completion August 9, 2025) for language services to the Bureau of Administration, a $2,400 call dated October 1, 2024 (completion June 27, 2025) also to the Bureau, and a $4,120 call awarded October 1, 2025 (completion December 4, 2026) under the same Bureau contract vehicle.

Customer concentration is absolute: 42 awards (92% of the portfolio) and $695 thousand (99% of combined potential value) flow to the Department of State Bureau of Administration, with two additional awards totaling $5 thousand to the Department of State proper. The vendor has no sub-award activity and holds no parent IDVs or government-wide vehicles; all work is placed as task orders under five Department of State BPAs. The four active BPA vehicles — 190PRL25A0630 ($250 thousand ceiling, 11 task orders, $20 thousand combined value), 190PRL24A0630 ($150 thousand ceiling, 12 task orders, $10 thousand), 190PRL23A0630 ($150 thousand ceiling, 8 task orders, $8 thousand), and 190PRL22A0630 ($150 thousand ceiling, 4 task orders, $5 thousand) — anchor all recent ordering activity.

Activity peaked in 2023 with 13 awards and has declined year over year since: nine awards in 2022, ten in 2024, and two in 2025 year-to-date. Combined potential value across the entire 48-award portfolio is $707 thousand, with only $57 thousand obligated to date (8% of potential). One award carrying $4 thousand potential value reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal near-term recompete exposure. The vendor's three-BPA relationship with the Bureau of Administration demonstrates sustained ordering across consecutive fiscal years, but the low award velocity, sub-million portfolio value, and single-customer concentration create a highly specialized, low-volume posture with limited scale or diversification.