Noh, Jacki

Noh, Jacki, doing business as Transkorean Services, is a woman-owned, minority-owned sole proprietorship that provides Korean-English translation and interpretation services to the federal government as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal contracts. The San Rafael, California-based firm competes exclusively without set-asides and specializes in language services for diplomatic and international engagement programs.

Transkorean Services operates entirely within a single customer relationship and a narrowly defined service scope. The Department of State Bureau of Administration accounts for 93% of recent awards (53 contracts, $1.1 million combined potential value), with an additional three awards from the broader Department of State and one from the Department of Justice Criminal Division. All work is delivered in Washington, D.C. and centers on Korean-English translation and interpretation for U.S. diplomatic initiatives involving Korea and the Indo-Pacific region. Representative contracts include a $24,400 BPA call for language services supporting the International Visitor Leadership Program, US-Korea Security Consultative Meetings, and Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (awarded October 1, 2024, ultimate completion June 28, 2025); a $25,132 BPA call for similar services (awarded October 1, 2025, completion July 25, 2026); and a $15,600 call for Korean-English translation and interpretation in support of State Department diplomatic engagement (awarded October 1, 2023, completion August 31, 2024). The firm also performed program management and legislative support work under State contracts covering Japan-Korea-US trilateral cooperation, customs cooperation, and cultural promotion initiatives.

Transkorean Services operates under five successive Department of State Bureau of Administration BPAs spanning 2021 through 2026. The most recent vehicle, awarded October 1, 2024, carries a $250,000 ceiling through September 30, 2026 and has generated ten BPA calls to date. Earlier vehicles (2023, 2022, and 2021) carried ceilings of $150,000, $150,000, and $100,000 respectively and generated 13, 5, and 8 task orders. All BPA calls are firm-fixed-price with no set-aside designation. Combined potential value across the five vehicles and their call orders totals $1.1 million.

Activity has been volatile. The vendor received fourteen awards in 2022, eight in 2023, eight in 2024, and three in 2025 (through October). Of the 61 awards in the portfolio, only one award—a $25,132 BPA call—carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months. The broader recompete exposure is concentrated in the October 1 renewal cycle for the Department of State Bureau of Administration BPA vehicle, which has cycled annually since 2021 and represents the vendor's entire prime footprint. Transkorean Services has no subcontract presence and does not sit on any government-wide acquisition contracts, GSA Schedules, or agency-wide IDIQs beyond its State Department BPA positions. The combined dollars obligated across all awards total $350 thousand, representing 31% of the $1.1 million combined potential value.

Korean English Interpretation and Translation