Alex C Ladd

Alex C Ladd, a sole proprietorship based in Brooklyn, New York and Washington, DC, provides translation and interpretation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor under blanket purchase agreements, competing full-and-open without set-aside protections across 73 federal awards totaling $843 thousand in combined potential value since 2004.

Ladd operates as a single-owner language services vendor with no subcontract relationships. The work spans translation, interpretation, video conferencing facilitation, training, and advisory support for the Department of State Bureau of Administration's diplomatic operations and international affairs programs. Representative contracts include a $15,500 BPA call awarded October 1, 2025 (performing through August 1, 2026) for language services in Washington, DC; a $4,890 BPA call awarded October 1, 2024 (completing June 18, 2025) for language services across the Bureau's programs; and a $5,245 BPA call awarded October 1, 2024 (completing November 20, 2024) supporting diplomatic operations. Individual BPA task orders range from $389 to $6,045, with performance consistently in Washington, DC.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 61 of 73 awards (85% of award count) representing $788 thousand of combined potential value, with only one additional award from the Department of State itself at $16 thousand. All work is firm fixed-price, non-set-aside language services under Bureau of Administration BPA vehicles. Ladd sits on five active BPA IDVs. The largest vehicle—Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL23A0316 (ultimate completion September 30, 2023)—generated 22 task orders worth $30 thousand combined. The newest vehicle, Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL25A0316 (ultimate completion September 30, 2026), carries 7 active task orders valued at $37 thousand combined. Three predecessor BPAs (fiscal years 2021, 2022, 2023) with ceilings of $100,000, $150,000, and $150,000 respectively have substantially concluded.

Activity has contracted sharply. Ladd received 23 awards in 2022, 14 in 2023, 7 in 2024, and only 1 in 2025—a downward trajectory over three years. Only one award ($16 thousand to Department of State) faces completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure near-term but limited pipeline visibility beyond current BPA task order windows. Real invoiced obligations are $193 thousand across the portfolio—23% utilization of potential ceiling values—reflecting discrete task-order execution against standing BPAs rather than large-value prime contracts. Ladd's footprint is a micro-vendor specializing narrowly in State Department language services delivered on demand through administrative BPA vehicles.