Shqarri Engjellushe

Shqarri Engjellushe, a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, provides translation and interpretation services to the Department of State as a prime contractor operating entirely under full-and-open competition. The vendor competes on Blanket Purchase Agreements issued by the State Department's Bureau of Administration and is not an SBA 8(a) certified firm, HUBZone firm, or holder of any other formal set-aside designation beyond self-certification as a small disadvantaged business.

All 17 awards in the source span language services exclusively. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 16 awards carrying $762 thousand in combined potential value, with a single additional award from the broader Department of State valued at $16 thousand. Shqarri Engjellushe delivers document translation and verbal interpretation supporting the Bureau's international programs and global administrative functions, with documented work supporting human trafficking prevention initiatives in Albania and probation service improvements in Kosovo. Representative recent work includes a $14,925 firm fixed-price BPA call awarded October 1, 2024, for language services with completion by October 11, 2025; a $7,416 BPA call issued the same date for interpretation and translation support completing April 12, 2025; and a $15,500 BPA call awarded October 1, 2025, completing October 3, 2026. All work is performed in Washington, DC.

Shqarri Engjellushe sits on four Department of State Bureau of Administration multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreements: BPA 190PRL24A1057 (ceiling $250 thousand, three task orders, $30 thousand combined potential value, running through September 30, 2026); BPA 190PRL23A1057 (ceiling $150 thousand, three task orders, $24 thousand combined potential value, ended September 30, 2024); BPA 190PRL22A1057 (ceiling $150 thousand, three task orders, $36 thousand combined potential value, ended September 30, 2023); and BPA 190PRL25A1057 (ceiling $250 thousand, three task orders, $38 thousand combined potential value, running through September 30, 2026). Individual call orders under these BPAs range from $199 to $14,978.

Activity has remained flat — four awards annually in 2021, 2022, and 2023, declining to three in 2024 and one in 2025. Combined potential value is $778 thousand with only $128 thousand obligated to date (16% utilization). The vendor operates a niche, low-dollar footprint with no subcontract activity and complete customer concentration in a single agency.