Jimmy Manan

Jimmy Manan, a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American sole proprietorship based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, provides foreign language translation and interpretation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor operating exclusively under full-and-open (non-set-aside) blanket purchase agreements. The vendor competes entirely on the open market without claiming SBA designations, despite qualifying as a small business.

Jimmy Manan's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated and microcontract-focused. Eighty-five prime awards over the past twenty years carry combined potential value of $896 thousand, with $246 thousand obligated across the portfolio — roughly 27% of total ceiling value, indicating heavy reliance on task-order volume over dollar magnitude per call. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 98% of awards (82 contracts) and 89% of combined potential value ($796 thousand); a single additional Department of State award adds $110. The vendor holds no sub-award work and operates on four active blanket purchase agreements under the Bureau of Administration's Language Services Agreement (LSA) vehicle. All 83 awards in the primary NAICS category (translation and interpretation services) are classified under PSC code for support-administrative translation and interpreting; two outlier awards cover expert witness services. Work is performed entirely in Washington, D.C.

Activity has contracted sharply. The vendor recorded eighteen awards in 2021, thirty-two in 2022 (peak year), seventeen in 2023, six in 2024, and one award placed in 2025—an 97% decline from the 2022 baseline. The most recent award dates to October 1, 2025, a $110 language services BPA call from the Department of State Bureau of Administration with ultimate completion on February 6, 2026. Four active BPAs span October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2026: the current vehicle (LSA 190PRL25A0413) carries a $250,000 ceiling and has generated six task orders valued at $961 combined; the prior-year BPA (190PRL24A0413) holds a $150,000 ceiling with sixteen task orders worth $19 thousand; the 2023 BPA (190PRL23A0413) contains thirty-one task orders for $18 thousand against a $150,000 ceiling; and the 2022 BPA (190PRL22A0413) issued seventeen task orders valued at $26 thousand. Call values across all vehicles range from $40 to $5,508, with the majority clustered in the $100–$500 band. The vendor's service scope within language services spans translation, interpretation, audience segmentation, conference support, and counter-disinformation initiatives as described in prior period BPA abstracts. No documented recompete cliff or sub-tier exposure exists; the vendor operates as sole prime on all awards with no subcontract relationships in the source.