Legal Interpreting Services, Inc.

Legal Interpreting Services, Inc., doing business as Lis Solutions, is an SBA-certified women-owned small business that delivers language interpretation, translation, transcription, localization, and cultural advisory services across more than 100 languages to federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of awards), operating from Chantilly, Virginia. The vendor is a self-certified small disadvantaged business and Subchapter S corporation competing predominantly under full-and-open and total-small-business set-aside vehicles rather than 8(a) or HUBZone designations.

Lis Solutions operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor with negligible subcontractor engagement—2% of SCI-reportable prime-contract hours are subcontracted—and delivers interpretation and translation services through direct-hire staff. The vendor holds primary NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services) in the award portfolio, though 264 of 309 awards fall under 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services) and PSC Support-Administrative codes for translation and interpreting work. Recent concrete capability work includes a $2.5 million firm-fixed-price delivery order from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations Directorate for language and interpretation support services running through September 2027 under the $200 million USCIS Language and Interpretation Support Services IDIQ; a $2.34 million Air Combat Command definitive contract awarded May 2026 to locate, screen, hire, and maintain ten cultural advisors fluent in modern standard Arabic based in the United Arab Emirates through November 2027; and a $1.45 million Office of the Secretary of Defense purchase order for three cultural and political advisors with TS/SCI clearances supporting U.S. Special Operations Forces in Somalia from March 2024 through September 2026 with option extensions.

Lis Solutions operates on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) with 277 task orders worth $950.4 million combined potential value—the dominant ordering mechanism—and The Professional Services Schedule with 131 task orders carrying $41.3 million combined potential value. The vendor also holds positions on several large IDIQs: the $200 million USCIS Language and Interpretation Support Services IDIQ awarded September 2025; the OASIS+ Women-Owned Small Business IDIQ from GSA Federal Acquisition Service (awarded June 2025, no specified ceiling); the OASIS+ Total Small Business set-aside IDIQ from GSA (awarded December 2024, no specified ceiling); a $31.858 million National Virtual Translation Center Blanket Purchase Agreement from the Headquarters Division (August 2023, total-small-business set-aside); a $500 million Treasury Investigations and Analysis Support (TIAS) BPA for investigations and analysis services (August 2022); a $50 million multi-agency BPA for foreign language translation and interpretation services through FEMA (August 2022); and a $20 million Bureau of Public Affairs translation and interpretation BPA (February 2025).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward disaster-response and immigration agencies. The Federal Emergency Management Agency dominates by award count with 57 awards worth $83 million combined potential value, but USCIS leads by potential value at $205.3 million across 7 awards. The Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division places 29 awards valued at $163 million combined potential value. Immigration and Customs Enforcement accounts for 17 awards worth $64 million. Together, these four agencies represent the core federal footprint. The Securities and Exchange Commission generated 45 small-value awards ($352 thousand combined), and the U.S. Attorney's Offices placed 15 awards ($452 thousand combined), indicating broad but lower-dollar work across DOJ components. Recent activity shows moderate decline: 15 awards in 2022, 14 in 2023, 11 in 2024, 13 in 2025, and 6 year-to-date in 2026. Seven awards with combined potential value of $11.7 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing recompete risk on disaster-recovery and FEMA regional language-support contracts.

SCI-reportable invoicing (federal service contracts above $150,000 threshold) totaled $24.9 million across prime records from FY2022 through FY2025, with a sharp decline trajectory: $10.7 million in FY2022 across 67.2 FTEs, $5 million in FY2023 across 35.7 FTEs, $5.6 million in FY2024 across 32.9 FTEs, and $3.5 million in FY2025 across 18.9 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ran a median of $80.02 per hour, with the 10th percentile at $57.08 per hour and the 90th percentile at $89.46 per hour, reflecting a mix of junior language services and mid-level analyst roles. Lis Solutions' GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 75 categories from $51.55 per hour (junior threat finance analyst without clearance requirement) to $324.88 per hour (subject matter expert with master's degree), with linguist and analyst roles spanning $68–$137 per hour across clearance levels. The National Virtual Translation Center BPA call (total-small-business set-aside under the Headquarters Division IDV) invoiced $2 million across 16,597 contractor hours in FY2024 at a derived $119.86 per hour blended rate, then $1.5 million across 12,363 contractor hours in FY2025 at $121.22 per hour, with 63 percent of FY2025 hours subcontracted to two identified subcontractors. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor maintains direct-delivery staffing posture with minimal sub-engagement, positioning it as a self-contained language-services delivery organization rather than a teaming partner or feeder to larger primes.

Founded in 1994, LIS Solutions is a WOSB professional services firm delivering advanced language, intelligence analysis, and security solutions. With 30+ years of proven performance, we support the U.S. Department of Defense, law enforcement, civilian agencies, and Fortune 500 companies worldwide. LIS combines expert linguists, cleared analysts, and security professionals to meet complex global requirements. Certified at the city, state, and federal level, we hold a TS Facility Clearance and maintain GSA MAS and OASIS+ Schedules, ensuring secure, compliant, and reliable service. Visit www.lissol.com for more.