Mandarin Language Services Inc.

Mandarin Language Services Inc., Li, Barbara Hong Division provides Mandarin Chinese and English translation, interpretation, and cultural advisory services to federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor operating in full-and-open competition without set-aside designation. The vendor is a minority-owned, woman-owned small business headquartered in Torrance, California, with a secondary office in Washington, D.C., competing across 23 total prime awards (100% prime footprint, no subcontract work) worth a combined potential value of $891 thousand, of which $241 thousand has been obligated to date.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 19 awards and $789 thousand in combined potential value — 100% of awards and 89% of dollars across the vendor's federal portfolio. The Department of Justice Civil Division holds two awards worth $69 thousand, and the DOJ US Attorney's Offices hold one award valued at $17 thousand. The vendor's capability set, reflected in NAICS and PSC codes, centers on translation and interpretation services (21 awards under PSC Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting) and expert witness services (2 awards under PSC Support-Professional: Expert Witness). Representative work includes a $21.2 thousand BPA call from State Bureau of Administration for translation and interpretation services (October 1, 2023), a $65.8 thousand Time and Materials expert witness services contract from DOJ Civil Division (February 2, 2023), and a $17.3 thousand purchase order from DOJ US Attorney's Offices for expert witness services in Los Angeles (January 4, 2024).

The vendor holds a position on five State Department BPA vehicles. The active multiple-award blanket purchase agreement (190PRL25A0228, awarded October 1, 2024, ceiling $250 thousand, performance through September 30, 2026) carries four task orders worth $57 thousand combined. Previous-cycle BPAs include a $150 thousand ceiling vehicle (190PRL24A0228, performance through September 30, 2025) with three task orders ($32 thousand combined) and a $150 thousand ceiling vehicle (190PRL23A0228, performance through September 30, 2023) with two task orders ($22 thousand combined). Activity has grown from two awards in 2021 to a peak of six awards in 2023, then declined to five in 2024 and one in 2025 year-to-date, indicating a recent contraction despite the current-cycle BPA renewal. Work is performed at the vendor's Washington, D.C. office and at its Torrance, California headquarters, depending on client location. The vendor competes in full-and-open federal procurements and holds no GSA Schedule, GWAC, or other parent contract vehicle position outside the Department of State BPA portfolio.