Rizvi, R Tasnim

Rizvi, R Tasnim, doing business as Tasnim Interpreting Services, is a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship providing foreign language interpretation and translation services to the Department of State Bureau of Administration as a prime contractor operating exclusively on open, full-and-open competitions with no set-aside designations. The vendor is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, with performance conducted from Washington, D.C., and has maintained federal contractor registration since 2005.

Tasnim Interpreting Services delivers professional foreign language interpretation and translation across diplomatic operations, international exchanges, foreign assistance initiatives, and facility support requirements. The vendor's portfolio reflects specialized government language services work, exemplified by recent firm fixed-price BPA call orders from October 2024 valued at $10,600, $8,955, and $1,791 for language services under the Department of State's Tasnim Rizvi LSA blanket purchase agreement, and by work across multiple prior BPA vehicles including the Interpretation Translation Acquisition agreement (ITA-TRA) and the Federal Digital and Related Business Acquisition (FDRBA), where individual call values ranged from under $100 to approximately $14,000 per task.

Customer concentration is extreme and singular. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 52 of 61 awards (85% of all awards) and $1.1 million of combined potential value across the vendor's footprint; a second Department of State entity accounts for two additional awards carrying $2 thousand in potential value. The 89% coverage threshold on the top customer reflects the vendor's total dependence on the Bureau of Administration's language services BPA vehicles.

The vendor's vehicle position consists entirely of Department of State blanket purchase agreements under its control. The primary active vehicle is Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL25A0256 (Tasnim Rizvi LSA, 2024–2025 period, $250 thousand ceiling), against which six task orders have been placed totaling $23 thousand. Prior year BPAs include 190PRL24A0256 ($37 thousand across five task orders, 2023–2024 period), 190PRL23A0256 ($69 thousand across twelve task orders, 2022–2023 period with $150 thousand ceiling), and 190PRL22A0256 ($99 thousand across thirteen task orders, 2021–2022 period with $100 thousand ceiling). These vehicles show the vendor's incremental BPA ceiling growth over time, from $100 thousand in 2021–2022 to the current $250 thousand for 2024–2025.

Activity has declined materially since 2022. The vendor received 14 awards in 2022 and 13 in 2021, but declined to 6 awards in 2023, 5 in 2024, and 2 in 2025. Combined potential value across all awards is $1.1 million, with $458 thousand obligated (41% of potential value). The vendor holds no subcontract relationships and competes exclusively as a prime contractor with no sub-award presence in the source data. The entire footprint rests on a single customer agency and its multi-award BPA language services vehicles, creating significant concentration risk and limited diversification opportunity in the federal marketplace.