Johnson Brion J

Johnson Brion J, a minority-owned, Black American-owned sole proprietorship based in Berkeley, California, provides translation, interpretation, and foreign policy advisory services to the Department of State as a prime contractor under multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements, competing full-and-open without set-asides. The vendor is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and has held a sustained relationship with the State Department's Bureau of Administration since 2020, receiving task orders consistently across five successive BPA vehicles.

Johnson Brion J operates exclusively under BPA task-order vehicles with the Department of State Bureau of Administration, with no subcontracting or sub-award activity. The vendor's footprint spans 43 prime awards, all language services procurements performing in Washington, D.C. Representative recent work includes a $9,100 BPA call awarded October 1, 2025 (completion April 25, 2026) for language services, a $9,100 BPA call from October 1, 2024 (completion November 22, 2025), and an $8,050 BPA call from October 1, 2024 (completion October 4, 2025). Historical awards include a $150,000 BPA call in October 2022 and approximately $200,000 in combined value across eleven task orders under the October 2022 BPA vehicle.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 42 of 43 awards (100% combined potential value, $993 thousand), with one additional award to the parent Department of State entity ($9 thousand). The vendor's activity has been cyclical, averaging 6–12 awards annually from 2020 through 2024, with one award recorded in 2025 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all 43 awards totals $1 million, with $307 thousand obligated (31% realization rate).

Johnson Brion J holds concurrent positions on five successive State Department Bureau of Administration BPA vehicles: the current BPA 190PRL25A0288 (ceiling $250,000, 9 task orders, $54 thousand combined potential value, period through September 30, 2026), BPA 190PRL24A0288 (11 task orders, $63 thousand combined potential value), BPA 190PRL23A0288 (8 task orders, $197 thousand combined potential value, period through September 30, 2024), BPA 190PRL21A0288 (3 task orders, $6 thousand), and BPA 190PRL18A0288 (1 task order, $40 thousand). All procurement is categorized under PSC Support–Administrative: Translation and Interpreting and NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services). The vendor's awards carry no set-aside designations and are issued on a firm fixed-price basis with task order values ranging from under $200 to $150,000.