Kleis, Suzanne

Kleis, Suzanne is a woman-owned sole proprietorship based in Washington, DC that provides foreign language translation, interpretation, and subject matter advisory services to the U.S. Department of State as a prime contractor on an unrestricted (full-and-open) basis, with no SBA set-aside certifications. All 149 awards in the source data are BPA call orders issued without set-aside designation, and the vendor competes across the entire federal marketplace rather than within protected categories.

The vendor's federal footprint is heavily concentrated with a single customer. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 137 awards and approximately $1 million in combined potential value (99% of award count coverage), with an additional 10 awards directly under the Department of State for $13 thousand. The vendor has delivered language services including foreign language translation, interpretation, diplomatic and cultural advisory support, and investigative research on matters such as international parental child abduction, government transparency, U.S. prison reform, and human rights initiatives. Representative work includes a $13,731 language services call order awarded October 1, 2024 (completion August 30, 2025), a $9,154 call order from October 1, 2024 (completion October 18, 2025), and a $7,520 call order awarded October 1, 2025 (completion June 24, 2026), all issued under successive annual Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Bureau of Administration.

The vendor operates exclusively through five successive Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Department of State Bureau of Administration, each running on a fiscal-year cycle with ceilings of $100,000 (FY 2022), $150,000 (FY 2023), $150,000 (FY 2024), and $250,000 (FY 2025-2026). The most recent BPA (awarded October 1, 2024, ceiling $250,000) generated 59 task orders with $79 thousand in combined potential value. The preceding FY 2024 BPA generated 30 task orders valued at $51 thousand, and the FY 2023 BPA generated 26 task orders valued at $60 thousand. Individual task order ceilings range from $585 to $13,905, with most calls under $1,000. Place of performance is Washington, DC.

Activity has grown substantially: from 18 awards in 2021 to 27 in 2022, 31 in 2023, and 50 in 2024, with 10 awards recorded in 2025 through the source date (October 2025). Combined potential value across all 149 awards is $1.1 million, with $400 thousand obligated (38% of potential). The vendor has served only two federal agencies — both components of the Department of State — since first appearing in federal contracting records on October 1, 2008. The BPA structure and vendor's narrow customer base reflect a specialized, long-standing professional relationship rather than a broad marketplace position.