Robert S Li

Robert S Li, operating the Robert Li Division, is a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned sole proprietor based in South Riding, Virginia, that delivers language services — interpretation, translation, transcription, proofreading, localization, and foreign language materials — to the Department of State as a prime contractor exclusively under full-and-open (non-set-aside) blanket purchase agreements. Across 263 awards spanning 2010 to October 2025, Robert Li Division has generated approximately $939 thousand in combined potential value, with $289 thousand obligated to date (31% realization), and operates as a 100% prime vendor with no subcontract exposure.

Customer concentration is singular. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 242 of 263 awards (92% of all awards) and $923 thousand of the $939 thousand combined potential value (98%), with a secondary relationship to the broader Department of State (20 awards, $13 thousand) and a de minimis engagement with the EPA Office of Research and Development (1 award, $4 thousand). This concentration — coupled with the obligated-to-potential ratio of 31% — signals heavy reliance on task order volume from a single contracting office within State, with significant unfunded ceiling capacity across the portfolio.

Robert Li Division holds four active multiple-award blanket purchase agreements with State's Bureau of Administration. The most recent vehicle (BPA 190PRL25A0405, awarded October 1, 2024, ceiling $250 thousand through September 2026) has issued 80 task orders with combined potential value of $32 thousand as of the source date. The prior three vehicles (awarded October 1, 2024; October 1, 2023; and October 1, 2022, each with $150 thousand ceilings) collectively represent 212 task orders with approximately $123 thousand combined potential value. Individual task order ceilings range from $0 to $5,167, with firm fixed pricing on all calls. Representative work includes a $4,018 task order for interpretation and translation services, a $3,684 call for localization and transcription, and specialized deliverables such as geopolitical briefings, regulatory analyses, and museum collection management advisory materials.

Activity trajectory shows concentration in 2022 through 2024 (66, 68, and 61 awards respectively) followed by a decline to 20 awards in 2025 (the source captures only October 2025, a single month). The vendor's award history extends to August 2010, indicating long-standing State Department engagement, though the acceleration in BPA call volume began with the October 1, 2022 cycle and has sustained through the current period. Nearly 100% of awards are task orders issued against the standing Bureau of Administration language services BPA vehicles, with place of performance consistently Washington, D.C. The category concentration is absolute: 263 awards across the entire portfolio are classified as Translation and Interpretation Services (NAICS equivalent) under PSC Support-Administrative (Translation and Interpreting).

Robert Li Division competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designation applied across any award in the source. As a minority-owned and Asian-Pacific American-owned sole proprietor, the vendor is eligible for certifications but has not pursued or been awarded set-aside work, positioning itself in direct competition on State Department language services requirements. The vendor's footprint is narrow by design: language services delivery to a single customer agency through a recurring, indefinite-delivery BPA vehicle model that allows State to place task orders on demand without recompete pressure until vehicle ceiling exhaustion or contract expiration.