Translation Excellence Inc.

Translation Excellence Inc. Language Services Division, doing business as Translation Excellence Inc., operates as a prime contractor delivering sign language interpretation, transcription, translation, and language instruction services to federal agencies. The company is an SBA-certified 8(a) program participant and HUBZone firm, minority-owned and headquartered in Aurora, Colorado. It competes predominantly under full-and-open procurements and set-asides (8(a) sole source, competitive 8(a), and total small business designations recur across the prime portfolio), with 100% of recent awards as prime contracts—no subcontractor engagement in the federal space.

Translation Excellence's concrete capability footprint spans sign language interpretation (in-person, platform, televised, Computer Assisted Real Time Captioning, Video Remote Interpreting), transcription of audio and video materials, multilingual translation (including specialized technical translation for medical and regulatory materials), and language coaching. Representative prime work includes a $2 million definitive contract with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (awarded October 2025, 8(a) sole source) for language translation, interpretation, and multilingual desktop publishing through September 2030; a $2.26 million delivery order with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (September 2025, 8(a) sole source) for transcription and translation of investigative interview recordings through September 2030; a $1.9 million definitive contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (February 2023, 8(a) sole source) for Spanish instruction and translation services for deportation officers through February 2028; and a $2.16 million definitive contract with the Transportation Security Administration (November 2022, 8(a) sole source) for sign language interpretation services through January 2028.

Customer concentration sits with civilian agencies. The top five funding agencies by count—Navy SECNAV Criminal Investigative Service Quantico (50 awards, $562 thousand), FDA (30 awards, $12.9 million), IRS (16 awards, $34.6 million), NASA Shared Services Center (13 awards, $12.3 million), and CDC (8 awards, $7.2 million)—account for 68% of recent awards. By potential value, the rankings diverge: the Executive Office for Immigration Review anchors the portfolio at $35 million (2 awards, one being a $30 million multi-award IDIQ issued February 2026), the IRS carries $34.6 million across 16 orders, FDA holds $12.9 million, NASA $12.3 million, and the Executive Office of the President rounds the top five at $10 million. Navy SECNAV CIS dominates by volume (50 small transcription task orders) but represents minimal dollars, while the immigration and IRS vehicles concentrate the majority of potential value.

Vehicle position spans GSA Multiple Award Schedule (132 task orders, $52.2 million combined potential value) and agency-specific BPAs. Translation Excellence holds single-award BPAs with the Executive Office of the President ($10 million through March 2028), NASA Shared Services Center ($8.5 million through September 2027), and USDA Farm Production and Conservation ($2.8 million through April 2028). It also holds multi-award BPAs with the Department of Defense Office of the Secretary ($700 thousand, April 2025–April 2030), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ($1 million, May 2024–April 2029), Defense Contract Management Agency ($714 thousand, January 2024–January 2029), and Naval Sea Systems Command ($249 thousand, May 2025–May 2030). A $30 million multi-award IDIQ issued by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (February 2026, total small business set-aside) for transcription services with base year through December 2026 and four optional 12-month periods through June 2031 represents the largest vehicle in the recent portfolio.

Activity has remained stable at 21–28 awards per year over the past five years, with 7 awards recorded in 2026 (partial-year data). Thirteen awards (combined potential value $18.6 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoiced revenue across service contracts above $150,000 totaled $23.7 million in FY2022–FY2024, with FY2023 peaking at $9.6 million across 41.7 FTEs. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $111.91/hr, with a spectrum from roughly $62/hr (10th percentile) to $374.78/hr (90th percentile), reflecting a mix of entry-level transcription work and senior interpretation and language instruction. Translation Excellence self-performed all reported hours across SCI-reportable prime contracts with zero subcontractor engagement; the company builds its own delivery teams rather than relying on sub networks.

Translation Excellence maintains 165 awards categorized under NAICS 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services), with PSC coding dominated by Support–Administrative: Translation and Interpreting (156 awards). The vendor has registered as a federal contractor since January 2011, demonstrating sustained market presence in civilian language access and accessibility services across a broad customer base spanning civilian health, homeland security, national security, and independent agencies.

Provide translation of hard copy and digital documents, websites, software localization, and desktop publishing. Interpretation services include ASL Interpreting, Consecutive Interpreting, conference Interpreting, Over-the-Phone Interpreting (OPI), Remote Simultaneous Interpreting (RSI) and voiceovers. Interpreting equipment is available for rent, including booths, radio transmitters, and receivers. Our linguists are subject matter experts (SME), and highly experienced professional quality control managers to ensure that our clients receive quality service that is second to none.