Sandra Aidar-Mcdermott

Sandra Aidar-Mcdermott is a sole proprietorship registered in the System for Award Management as a self-certified small disadvantaged business and woman-owned business entity. Based in Columbia, South Carolina, the company specializes in providing language services to the federal government, with a primary focus on translation, interpretation, and document conversion services. Sandra Aidar-Mcdermott has established itself as a recurring vendor to the U.S. Department of State, delivering foreign language services that support the agency's diplomatic operations and international programs.

Since October 2022, Sandra Aidar-Mcdermott has received multiple blanket purchase agreement call contracts from the Department of State Bureau of Administration for language services, all performed in Washington, DC. The contract awards demonstrate a consistent pattern of direct awards without set-aside designations, with individual call orders ranging in value from $195 to $13,731. Specific call orders include a $13,731 contract awarded on October 1, 2024, with completion expected by October 18, 2025; a $2,985 call order issued on October 1, 2024, with completion by July 5, 2025; a $7,164 contract awarded on October 1, 2023, for completion by August 28, 2024; a $7,761 call order issued on October 1, 2023, for completion by November 25, 2023; a $9,420 contract awarded on October 1, 2022, for completion by July 29, 2023; and a $195 call order issued on October 1, 2022, for completion by June 23, 2023. All contracts were awarded directly to Sandra Aidar-Mcdermott as the prime contractor with no identified subcontractors, and all involved translation and interpretation services to facilitate State Department communication and support foreign affairs and international programs.

Sandra Aidar-Mcdermott holds three Blanket Purchase Agreements from the Department of State Bureau of Administration for language services. The most recent BPA, awarded on October 1, 2024, carries a ceiling value of $250,000 with a performance period through September 30, 2026, and has already generated at least two call orders totaling $16,716. The preceding BPA, awarded on October 1, 2023, had a ceiling value of $150,000 with a performance period through September 30, 2024, and supported multiple call orders issued throughout 2023 and 2024. The earliest BPA in Sandra Aidar-Mcdermott's contract history was awarded on October 1, 2022, also with a ceiling value of $150,000 and a performance period through September 30, 2023, which generated multiple call orders during the 2022-2023 period. All three IDVs are multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreements with no set-aside designations, focusing on the provision of translation, interpretation, and document conversion services to support the Department of State's foreign affairs and international programs, with performance locations primarily in Washington, DC.