Lungwitz Ella

Lungwitz Ella, a sole proprietorship based in Vancouver, Washington, provides translation, interpretation, and language services to the Department of State on a full-and-open basis through multiple blanket purchase agreements, competing without set-aside designation across all 56 recent prime awards.

Lungwitz Ella operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) and holds no subcontract positions. The vendor's capability portfolio is highly specialized and narrow: translation and interpretation services account for 55 of 56 awards, with one document-preparation task order. Work is performed in Washington, D.C., supporting the Bureau of Administration's diplomatic and administrative operations. Representative task orders include a $15,060 language services BPA call awarded October 1, 2025, through August 15, 2026; a $14,440 language services call awarded October 1, 2024, through October 31, 2025; and a $13,731 translation and interpretation call awarded October 1, 2024, through August 9, 2025.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to a single buyer. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 27 awards (98% coverage by award count) with $900 thousand combined potential value — the vendor's total footprint across all five customer agencies is only $2 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency places 15 awards valued at $101 thousand; the Department of the Army and Army Materiel Command subordinate components place 12 awards combined with minimal dollar value. The vendor holds four blanket purchase agreements with the Bureau of Administration: a $250,000 ceiling agreement awarded October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2026; a $150,000 agreement awarded October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024; a $150,000 agreement awarded October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023; and a $100,000 agreement awarded October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022. Within these BPA vehicles, task orders cluster in 2024, with four calls each under two separate BPAs carrying $57 thousand and $42 thousand combined potential value respectively.

Activity has contracted substantially. Lungwitz Ella received four awards in 2021 and five in 2022 but dropped to three in 2023, four in 2024, and only one awarded in 2025 (as of the source date). Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete cliff risk. The vendor has been registered in SAM since 2004, indicating long-standing federal contractor status, but the recent award trajectory and minimal dollar volume ($2 million combined potential across 56 awards, with only $444 thousand obligated to date) suggest a small, specialized language-services vendor with declining activity and heavy dependence on State Department renewals.