Schiaffino Riccardo

Schiaffino Riccardo, a sole proprietorship and self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Denver, Colorado, provides translation, interpretation, content development, and multilingual research services to the Department of State as a prime contractor exclusively — all 44 recent awards are prime contracts with no subcontract footprint. The vendor operates entirely within a single customer (the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 42 of 44 awards, $669 thousand combined potential value) and competes in full-and-open procurement with no set-aside designation across any award.

Schiaffino Riccardo's work is confined to language services supporting diplomatic and public affairs operations worldwide. The vendor holds recurring seats on five Department of State Bureau of Administration BPAs issued between October 2022 and October 2024, with ceiling values ranging from $150,000 to $250,000. The most recent parent vehicle — Blanket Purchase Agreement 190PRL25A0600 — carries a $250,000 ceiling and runs through September 30, 2026. Representative task orders under these BPAs include a $571 call for language services awarded October 1, 2024 with completion by August 25, 2025, a $1,595 call awarded October 1, 2023 for translation, interpretation, and content development, and a $1,100 call awarded October 1, 2023 for video content, memoranda drafting, and cultural exchange materials. The 44 awards span discrete, small-dollar calls averaging around $15 thousand in potential value but only $454 in obligated dollars, indicating the vendor delivers task-order-driven, on-demand language support rather than sustained staffing or longer-term engagement.

Activity has contracted significantly. The vendor received 14 awards in 2022 and 10 in 2021, but declined to 8 in 2023, 5 in 2024, and 2 in 2025 to date. The combined obligated dollars across all 44 awards total only $20 thousand — 3% of the $670 thousand combined potential value — reflecting the transactional, call-based nature of the work. All work is performed in Washington, D.C., with primary NAICS and PSC coding consistently appearing as translation and interpretation services (44 awards). Two secondary awards appear under "Department of State" proper (rather than Bureau of Administration) totaling $312 in combined potential value. The vendor's footprint shows extreme customer concentration and minimal financial traction relative to award count, characteristic of a sole-proprietor language-services provider operating at the margin of the federal marketplace.