Anna Kelsey

Anna Kelsey Anna Kelsey Division is a sole proprietorship and woman-owned small business registered to contract with the federal government since 2005. It provides professional services and language support for the U.S. Department of State and its Bureau of Administration.

Since 2019, Anna Kelsey has been awarded over a dozen firm fixed price call contracts worth over $100,000 in total through blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) held with the State Department's Bureau of Administration. The majority of these contracts provide interpretation, translation, and language services to facilitate the Bureau's global operations and engagement with international partners. Specific services include foreign language interpretation, document translation, virtual cultural exchange simulations, and language support for integration of migrants and asylum seekers. Anna Kelsey has also delivered analytical services focused on identifying and combating disinformation, along with advisory support related to U.S. trade policy, socioeconomic issues, protecting media freedom, and fostering entrepreneurship programs. No set-asides were designated for these prime contract awards.

The Bureau of Administration currently has Anna Kelsey under multiple award BPA vehicles providing language services and analytical support with cumulative ceiling values of $250,000 across the three active agreements through 2024. Under the latest BPA awarded in 2023, Anna Kelsey has already received an $11,343 call for language services in Washington, D.C. The 2022 BPA has seven calls issued to date valued between $390 and $14,040 for interpretation, translation, and migrant/asylum integration assistance services scheduled for completion by September 2023. A 2021 BPA secured three calls from $3,396 to $6,792 for analysis on political and socioeconomic topics, protecting media communications, and entrepreneurship programs that ran through August 2022. Prior BPAs facilitated additional calls ranging from $276 for a virtual exchange simulation up to $21,876 for professional language services in 2019 and 2020. While most work is based in Washington, D.C., these BPA vehicles enable the Bureau to rapidly procure linguistic expertise and subject matter advisory services from Anna Kelsey across its global administrative and public diplomacy functions supporting the Department of State.