Ruth Kohn

Ruth Kohn, doing business as Hebrew Polish Yiddish Interpreting & Translating, is a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship providing interpretation and translation services in Hebrew, Polish, and Yiddish to the Department of State as a prime contractor exclusively under blanket purchase agreements with no set-aside designation.

Based in New York, Ruth Kohn operates as a sole proprietor competing on full-and-open ground without SBA set-aside status. The vendor's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated with the Department of State's Bureau of Administration, which accounts for 29 of 33 awards (91% of recent activity) and $782 thousand of the combined $818 thousand potential value across all awards. A single additional award from the Department of State itself adds $650 in potential value, bringing Department of State concentration to 96% of the portfolio. Kohn has maintained a steady vendor relationship since initial registration in 2003 and has sustained activity through successive BPA renewals; activity patterns show eight awards in 2022, eight in 2023, seven in 2024, and one award recorded in 2025.

Kohn's entire capability set centers on language services — interpretation of conversations and translation of documents in Hebrew, Polish, and Yiddish to support the State Department's global foreign affairs and diplomatic operations. Representative work includes a $13,731 BPA call awarded October 1, 2024 with ultimate completion July 19, 2025; a $9,810 BPA call awarded October 1, 2022 completing May 14, 2023; and a $9,450 BPA call awarded October 1, 2023 completing July 21, 2024. Work is performed primarily in Washington, D.C. to support the Bureau of Administration's operational and administrative needs.

Kohn holds five successive multiple-award BPA vehicles with the Department of State Bureau of Administration: the current vehicle (190PRL25A0504, $250 thousand ceiling, October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2026) has generated seven task orders ($54 thousand combined potential value); the prior vehicle (190PRL24A0504, $150 thousand ceiling, October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024) generated seven task orders ($30 thousand combined potential value); earlier vehicles covering 2022–2023 and 2021–2022 generated two and two task orders respectively. Task order values range from $123 to $13,731 against these BPAs. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. Combined dollars obligated across all 33 awards total $168 thousand, representing 21% of the combined potential value; the gap reflects the structure of BPA ceilings relative to actual task order placement.