Ismael Brwa

Ismael Brwa, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business and limited liability company based in Arlington, Virginia, delivers foreign language interpretation and translation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor on blanket purchase agreements and task orders, competing full-and-open without set-aside designation.

Ismael Brwa's customer base is entirely concentrated within the Department of State. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 15 awards with $848 thousand in combined potential value, while the Department of State (primary) carries 12 awards with $60 thousand combined potential value — together representing 100% of recent awards and combined potential value. The vendor has maintained a continuous working relationship with State since 2017, with prior BPA calls valued from $950 to $85,447. Place of performance is Washington, DC for domestic work and overseas locations for diplomatic facility support. Recent representative work includes ten BPA calls from October 2025 to the Department of State with individual ceiling values ranging from $537 to $6,444 for language services, and a $13,731 Blanket Purchase Agreement call from the Bureau of Administration dated October 2023 for interpretation and translation services supporting diplomatic missions.

Ismael Brwa holds three active blanket purchase agreements with the Department of State Bureau of Administration: a $250 thousand Local Services Agreement vehicle awarded October 1, 2024, with performance running through September 30, 2026; a $150 thousand LSA vehicle awarded October 1, 2023 (expired September 30, 2024); and a $150 thousand LSA vehicle awarded October 1, 2022 (expired September 30, 2023). LSA vehicles for State typically encompass foreign language interpretation and translation, contractor logistical support, facilities maintenance and operations for overseas locations, and administrative staff augmentation. The vendor places task orders against these vehicles and also receives direct BPA calls from State for language services. Five named parent BPA vehicles carry task orders: Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL25A0813 (12 task orders, $60 thousand), 190PRL19A0813 (1 task order, $80 thousand), 190PRL18A0813 (1 task order, $30 thousand), 190PRL24A0813 (2 task orders, $231), and 190PRL22A0813 (2 task orders, $2 thousand).

Activity accelerated sharply in 2025 — one award in 2024 to twelve awards in 2025 — though dollar volume remained modest at $907 thousand combined potential value across 27 total awards since 2017. Obligated dollars stand at $257 thousand (28% of combined potential value). All work to date falls under PSC Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting (27 awards across primary NAICS 74190, translation and interpretation services). The vendor operates as a pure prime with no subcontract footprint.