Brian A Ross

Brian A Ross, a sole proprietorship based in Capitol Heights, Maryland, provides professional language interpretation and translation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor across multiple blanket purchase agreements, competing in full and open procurements without set-asides.

Ross operates exclusively under Blanket Purchase Agreements issued by the Department of State Bureau of Administration, with no subcontracting footprint. The vendor holds a continuous language-services relationship with State since at least 2005, delivering simultaneous and consecutive interpretation, written document translation, event support, and subject matter advisory services across Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, and German. Recent representative work includes a $11,200 BPA call awarded October 1, 2025, for language services with ultimate completion January 22, 2026; a $5,768 BPA call awarded October 1, 2025, with completion November 3, 2025; and a $4,176 BPA call awarded October 1, 2025, completing October 29, 2025. All work is performed in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for approximately 83% of awards (169 awards, $1.2 million combined potential value) from a three-agency footprint. The Department of State (separate from Bureau of Administration) placed 15 awards ($41 thousand combined potential value), and the Department of State Office of Language Services placed one award. This vendor serves a single customer agency across all award activity in the source record.

Ross cycles through successive BPA IDVs with the Bureau of Administration. The top five parent vehicles are consecutive annual or multi-year BPA renewals: the $250,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL25A0043 (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025) carries 47 task orders ($86 thousand combined potential value); the $150,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL24A0043 (October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024) carries 43 task orders ($48 thousand combined potential value); the $150,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL23A0043 (October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023) carries 49 task orders ($207 thousand combined potential value); the $100,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL22A0043 carries 22 task orders; and the $100,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL21A0043 carries 11 task orders. Individual task orders typically range from $300 to $5,768, with frequent calls valued in the $700–$1,600 band.

Activity has declined substantially: 50 awards in 2022, 44 in 2023, 33 in 2024, and only 14 in 2025, with one award recorded in 2026. The trajectory reflects the vendor's cyclic BPA structure—each annual renewal generates 40–50 task orders before expiring. Combined potential value across all 203 awards stands at $1.3 million, with $491 thousand obligated (38% execution rate). The vendor operates a micro-scale, high-frequency call-off model under standing BPA agreements, with no involvement in larger contract vehicles, prime teaming arrangements, or agency diversification. All procurement is non-competitive against the same language-services BPA vehicle; there is no indication of work on other federal vehicles or with other agencies.