International Center For Language Studies, Inc.

International Center For Language Studies, Inc., doing business as International Center For Language Stud, is a woman-owned small business headquartered in Washington, D.C., that delivers foreign language instruction across more than 80 languages to federal defense and civilian agencies as a prime contractor operating without identified subcontractors. The vendor competes predominantly full-and-open, with no set-aside designations across its recent award footprint, and operates across two primary NAICS categories: Language Schools (617 awards) and Translation and Interpretation Services (9 awards). ICLS delivers concrete classroom and curriculum-development work — time-and-materials foreign language training, mobile training team deployments, instructional materials, and testing services — to military, diplomatic, and intelligence personnel.

ICLS's customer concentration is steep and dominated by two federal entities. The Department of State's Foreign Service Institute accounts for 70 awards carrying $1.69 billion in combined potential value, anchored by a $69.6 million BPA call (August 2023–August 2028) under the Department of State's broader language-services framework. The Department of the Army Training and Doctrine Command contributes 442 awards worth $343.6 million combined potential value. Together, these two customers represent the vast majority of ICLS's federal footprint — the State Department alone is responsible for 77% of the potential-value share across ICLS's 28 customer agencies. Three smaller Army components (PEO Enterprise Information Systems, Materiel Command at Fort Eustis, and others) and USAID round out the top tier. This concentration reflects ICLS's deep specialization in supporting the Defense Language Institute–Washington and the Foreign Service Institute's regional and language-specific training curricula.

ICLS holds four named parent vehicles. The largest is a $14.525 million TRADOC Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract (W911S017D0011, awarded May 1, 2022, through October 5, 2025) that has generated 256 task orders for language training and support. A concurrent $41.56 million single-award IDIQ (W911S025D0011, awarded October 6, 2025, through October 5, 2030) with TRADOC provides approximately 275–300 task orders annually for Defense Language Institute–Washington operations across approximately 40 languages. At State Department, ICLS operates under a $1 ceiling-value BPA framework (SFSIAQ11A1247, awarded August 16, 2023, through August 15, 2027) against which the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs issued a $69.6 million call on August 16, 2023, covering language instruction and curriculum development priced on labor-hours through August 15, 2028. A legacy $909,052 Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Foreign Service Institute (awarded August 16, 2022) remained active through August 15, 2023. Recent task orders under these vehicles carry individual ceilings ranging from $1,355.53 (TRADOC cancellation fees) to $199,341.60 (TRADOC 48-week performance periods), with most structured as time-and-materials delivery orders. Collectively, ICLS has received over 717 awards since 1990, with activity remaining robust — 29 awards in 2026 (year-to-date), 44 in 2025, 54 in 2024 — though showing a slight declining trend from 66 in 2023 and 55 in 2022.

ICLS maintains a GSA Schedule presence (Multiple Award Schedule) with 11 active labor categories priced between $76.52 and $193.77 per hour, including Distance Learning Mentor, Language Instructor I–II, Language Tester, Temporary Tester, Rater, and Onsite Program Manager positions. Education requirements range from high school to master's degree; no security-cleared roles are offered. The labor-rate structure reflects a straightforward staffing model aligned with curriculum delivery and assessment — no premium for clearance, no tiered senior expertise, consistent with ICLS's government-wide position as a commoditized provider of instruction-hour capacity rather than specialized consulting or intelligence support.

A recompete cliff is present: 13 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $80.3 million. This represents exposure across both the legacy TRADOC IDIQ (completing October 5, 2025) and ongoing State Department and Army task orders due through mid-2027. ICLS operates with 100% prime posture — no recorded sub-awards — and delivers services directly to government customers across Washington, D.C., Arlington, and Rosslyn, Virginia, with mobile training team capacity for deployment to other U.S. government facilities and overseas locations where required.