Ross, Michael P

Ross, Michael P, a sole proprietorship based in Brookfield, Illinois, provides professional foreign language interpreting, translating, and cultural advising services to the Department of State as a prime contractor operating entirely on full-and-open, non-set-aside blanket purchase agreements. All twenty awards in the source footprint are BPA calls issued by the Department of State's Bureau of Administration for language services, with no subcontracting activity.

Ross holds a deep single-customer concentration with the Department of State, which accounts for 100% of awards and $775 thousand in combined potential value across the portfolio. Nineteen of twenty awards come from the Bureau of Administration, with one award to the parent Department of State entity. The vendor operates under a recurring BPA structure: three consecutive multiple-award BPAs renewed annually (October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024; October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024; October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2026) each carrying $150 thousand ceilings, with a current active BPA ceiling of $250 thousand running through September 30, 2026. Four task orders flow under the 2022 BPA (20 thousand potential value), three under the 2025 BPA (29 thousand), and smaller allocations under prior-year vehicles. Recent awards include two BPA calls totaling nearly $25 thousand issued on October 1, 2025 for language services with performance in Washington, DC — one valued at $4,340 with completion by October 21, 2026, and another at $14,880 with completion by November 8, 2025.

Activity has remained flat to declining over the past five years: four awards in 2021 and 2022, three in 2023 and 2024, and one in 2025. Combined obligated dollars total $125 thousand against a $775 thousand combined potential value (16% utilization rate), indicating the vendor receives frequent task orders but at modest individual call values — historical awards have ranged from $450 to $14,880. The vendor's recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months consists of a single $4 thousand award. All work is categorized under NAICS Translation and Interpretation Services and PSC Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting. The vendor has maintained a continuous relationship with the Bureau of Administration since SAM.gov registration in February 2017, demonstrating sustained demand for language support across State Department diplomatic and administrative operations.