Top Linguist

Top Linguist, doing business as Fahmi Slail, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Beaverton, Oregon that provides translation, interpretation, and linguistic support services to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor through blanket purchase agreements. The vendor competes on a full-and-open (no set-aside) basis and has not held a federal contract vehicle award. All 34 recent federal awards are prime BPA calls issued by the Department of State Bureau of Administration for language services performed in Washington, D.C., with a combined potential value of $968 thousand and $318 thousand obligated to date (33% of potential).

Top Linguist's customer concentration is absolute: the Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 33 of 34 awards ($952 thousand combined potential value), with one additional award from the Department of State proper ($16 thousand). The vendor's entire footprint sits on four successive annual Department of State Bureau of Administration blanket purchase agreements: 190PRL25A0542 (October 1, 2024–September 30, 2026, $250 thousand ceiling, 7 task orders to date at $60 thousand combined potential value), 190PRL24A0542 (October 1, 2023–September 30, 2024, $150 thousand ceiling, 5 task orders at $48 thousand), 190PRL23A0542 (October 1, 2022–September 30, 2023, $150 thousand ceiling, 6 task orders at $58 thousand), and 190PRL22A0542 (October 1, 2021–September 30, 2022, $150 thousand ceiling, 5 task orders at $64 thousand). Individual BPA calls range from $195 to $16,300 in value. Top Linguist has delivered language services across cultural heritage preservation, museum management, regulatory consulting, youth leadership development, and entrepreneurship program support. Activity has been steady—six to seven awards per year from 2021 through 2024—with only one award recorded in 2025. The vendor faces minimal recompete exposure: one award with ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months carries $16 thousand in potential value.