Khoursheed Mariam

Khoursheed Mariam, a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in McLean, Virginia, provides translation and interpretation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations across her award footprint. The vendor operates exclusively in translation and interpretation (34 of 35 awards under NAICS 541930 Translation and Interpretation Services; PSC Support-Administrative Translation and Interpreting), with a narrow customer concentration: the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 13 awards and $735 thousand combined potential value (87% of the portfolio), while the Department of State proper holds two awards for $23 thousand.

Mariam holds multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements and Basic Ordering Agreements with the Department of State Bureau of Administration. Her current active vehicle is a multiple-award BPA with a $250 thousand ceiling running through September 30, 2026, awarded October 1, 2024, under which the Bureau issues task orders for translation, interpretation, and related language support services at domestic and overseas diplomatic facilities. A predecessor $150 thousand multiple-award BPA ran through September 30, 2024 (awarded October 1, 2023). Representative recent work includes two BPA calls awarded October 1, 2025, each with a ceiling of $11,300 and completion dates in October 2026, for language services performed in Washington, DC. Older work includes a $9,360 BPA call (awarded October 1, 2022, completed September 30, 2023) and a $585 BPA call (awarded October 1, 2022, completed December 24, 2022), both supporting Bureau of Administration operations. Mariam also places task orders under several Basic Ordering Agreements (SOPRLS08G5755 with seven task orders at $40 thousand combined potential value; SOPRLS07G5755 with five task orders at $30 thousand; SOPRLS09G5755 with three task orders at $15 thousand).

Award volume has been sparse and episodic — one award in 2021, three in 2022, one in 2023, one in 2024, and two in 2025. Combined potential value across the entire 35-award footprint is $842 thousand, with $192 thousand obligated (23% realization). Only one award (combined potential value $11 thousand) reaches completion within the next twenty-four months. Mariam operates as a sole proprietor with no subcontract footprint; all 35 awards are prime positions. The vendor's federal work is functionally limited to State Department language services, with no diversification across agencies or service lines.