Mcfadden Maria-Raquel

Mcfadden Maria-Raquel, a sole proprietor operating as a minority-owned, woman-owned small disadvantaged business based in Washington, DC, provides translation, interpretation, editing, and localization services to the Department of State as a prime contractor exclusively under full-and-open (no set-aside) BPA calls. The vendor is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and holds active minority-owned, woman-owned, and Hispanic American-owned designations.

Mcfadden's federal footprint is concentrated entirely with the Department of State Bureau of Administration, which accounts for 79 of 83 awards and $861 thousand of the $863 thousand combined potential value across the vendor's recent portfolio. The remaining four awards, valued at $2 thousand, are with the broader Department of State organization. All work is performed in Washington, DC and focuses on language services supporting the Bureau's diplomatic programs, international affairs interpretation, and administrative functions across the Department's global operations.

The vendor holds three active BPA vehicles with the Bureau of Administration, all titled "MARIA RAQUEL MCFADDEN LSA" with multiple-award status and full-and-open competition. The current BPA (BPA 190PRL25A1824) carries a $250 thousand ceiling running through September 30, 2026 and has generated 20 task orders valued at $61 thousand as of the source date. A prior BPA (BPA 190PRL24A1824) holds a $150 thousand ceiling expiring September 30, 2025 with 16 task orders at $55 thousand. A second expired BPA (BPA 190PRL23A1824) carried a $150 thousand ceiling and produced 32 task orders at $65 thousand before expiring September 30, 2024. Representative task orders range from under $200 to $13,731 and cover diplomatic initiatives, international affairs support, and Bureau operations including anticorruption programs in El Salvador and water-treatment training facilitation. For example, a $13,731 call awarded October 1, 2024 provided language services through May 22, 2025; a $4,800 call awarded the same date supported general Bureau operations through August 8, 2025.

Activity contracted sharply in 2022 (33 awards) before stabilizing at 17 awards per year in 2023 and 2024; only four awards appear in the 2025 snapshot to date. Across the combined BPA ceilings ($250 thousand current plus prior expired vehicles), Mcfadden has drawn $213 thousand obligated against $863 thousand potential value, representing 25% utilization. All awards are firm fixed-price BPA calls with no subcontracting noted. The vendor operates exclusively as a self-performing prime with no federal sub-award footprint, and holds no parent contract vehicles beyond the three State Department language-services BPAs.