Petra Lent Mccarron

Petra Lent Mccarron, a woman-owned sole proprietorship based in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, provides language services — translation, interpretation, video production, survey administration, and diplomatic consulting — to the Department of State as a prime contractor operating exclusively under full-and-open competition on multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreements with no set-aside designation.

The vendor's customer footprint is entirely concentrated within the Department of State. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 21 of 24 total awards and $659 thousand of the $661 thousand combined potential value, with three additional awards valued at $2 thousand directed to the Department of State proper. The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract activity. All work falls under NAICS 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services) and PSC code Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting.

Petra Lent Mccarron holds four successive multiple-award BPAs with the Bureau of Administration. The first, awarded October 1, 2022, carried a $150 thousand ceiling through September 30, 2023. A second, awarded October 1, 2023, also carried $150 thousand through September 30, 2024. The third, awarded October 1, 2024, raised the ceiling to $250 thousand with performance through September 30, 2026. Task orders issued against these vehicles range from $71 to $3,160, with the October 2024 BPA generating five task orders ($4 thousand combined) and the October 2023 BPA generating six task orders ($3 thousand combined). Representative work includes a $3,240 firm fixed price task order for language services supporting diplomatic and public outreach operations, a $3,160 task order for language translation and video production, and multiple smaller orders for translation and interpretation work with completion dates through March 2026.

Activity volume is episodic. The vendor recorded nine awards in 2021, one in 2022, six in 2023, two in 2024, and three in 2025, reflecting task-order issuance patterns rather than new vehicle awards. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $11 thousand against $661 thousand in combined potential value (2% draw rate), indicating light invoicing to date relative to ceiling capacity. No awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months; performance extends through September 2026 on the active BPA. The vendor's engagement is entirely transactional — discrete language-service task orders issued by State's Bureau of Administration to support diplomatic operations and administrative communication needs with no prime contracting relationships, subcontract activity, or vehicle holdings outside State.