Legal Spanish LLC

Legal Spanish LLC, operating as T.e.a. Language Solutions IA, is a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned small business based in Des Moines, Iowa, that delivers Spanish translation and interpretation services exclusively to the Department of State as a prime contractor, competing full-and-open without set-aside designation across a portfolio of blanket purchase agreement task orders.

The vendor operates through a for-profit Subchapter S corporation structure and competes entirely on Department of State language services BPAs sourced from the General Services Administration's Language Services Schedule. All 117 recent awards—spanning October 2022 through October 2025—flow through three active multiple-award BPA vehicles held with the Department of State Bureau of Administration: BPA 190PRL25A1983 (ceiling $250,000, effective through September 30, 2026) with 26 task orders totaling $33 thousand; BPA 190PRL24A1983 (ceiling $150,000, completed September 30, 2024) with 52 task orders totaling $61 thousand; and BPA 190PRL23A1983 (ceiling $150,000, completed September 30, 2023) with 36 task orders totaling $51 thousand. The vendor does not hold positions on governmentwide contract vehicles outside the State Department's language services ecosystem. Work is performed in Washington, D.C., with firm fixed pricing applied across all awards.

The customer base is entirely consolidated: the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 112 awards and $693 thousand of combined potential value, while five awards to the parent Department of State total approximately $2 thousand. The portfolio is highly fragmented by design—individual task order values range from $195 to $14,400, with the median order under $1,000—reflecting the episodic nature of translation and interpretation demand. Of the combined potential value across all awards ($694 thousand), only $144 thousand (21%) has been obligated, indicating a gap between ceiling authority and invoiced spend.

Activity peaked in 2023 with 53 awards, declined to 22 in 2024, and dropped to 5 awards in 2025 year-to-date, reflecting the seasonal and project-driven character of language service procurement. The vendor carries no subcontract footprint and operates solely as a prime contractor. Award concentration in PSC Support–Administrative: Translation and Interpreting and NAICS Translation and Interpretation Services is absolute. The BPA vehicles themselves carry no set-aside designations, placing the vendor in full-and-open competition against other language service providers on the GSA schedule and limiting access to small business set-aside programs that might otherwise amplify procurement opportunity.