Korean Interpretation Services LLC

Korean Interpretation Services LLC, a woman-owned, minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business based in Tenafly, New Jersey, provides Korean language interpretation and translation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor exclusively through BPA task orders issued by the Bureau of Administration. The company competes full-and-open with no set-aside designation across its federal footprint.

Korean Interpretation Services LLC holds a three-year, $250,000 multiple-award BPA ("JOAN HONG LSA") with the Bureau of Administration effective October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2026, and has held prior iterations of the same vehicle with $150,000 ceilings covering 2022–2024. All 44 recent awards in the source are BPA call task orders placed by the Bureau of Administration under these three successive BPA vehicles, with individual call values ranging from $400 to $21,600 and firm fixed-price terms. Representative recent work includes a $4,000 call order (October 1, 2024, completion October 29, 2025) for general language services, a $21,600 call (October 1, 2024, completion November 2, 2024) supporting diplomatic operations, and a $6,800 call (October 1, 2024, completion July 13, 2025) for interpretation supporting trade and administrative functions. The Bureau of Administration sourced 43 of 44 awards; the Department of State placed the single additional $400 award in October 2025.

Customer concentration is absolute. The Bureau of Administration accounts for 100% of awards and combined potential value ($857,000 across 43 awards). The vendor operates under five successive BPA vehicles spanning 2018 through 2026, with the current vehicle (2024–2026, $250,000 ceiling) generating 15 task orders valued at $52,000. The prior 2023–2024 vehicle ($150,000 ceiling) issued 7 task orders worth $51,000, and the 2022–2023 vehicle issued 9 task orders worth $41,000. Activity grew from 5 awards in 2021 to a peak of 15 awards in 2024; one award is recorded in 2025 to date. The vendor has obligated $207,000 against $857,000 in combined potential value across all awards (24% realization rate), indicating typical federal invoice-upon-delivery invoicing patterns for small language-services task orders. All work is categorized under NAICS Translation and Interpretation Services and PSC Support–Administrative: Translation and Interpreting. The vendor carries no subcontract footprint in the source data and operates as 100% prime contractor to the Bureau of Administration.