Elisabetta Ullmann

Elisabetta Ullmann, a woman-owned sole proprietorship based in Washington, D.C., delivers Italian language interpretation, translation, and transcription services to the Department of State as a prime contractor on blanket purchase agreements, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations. The vendor operates exclusively through BPA call orders issued by the State Department Bureau of Administration, with no subcontract footprint.

Ullmann's capability portfolio is narrowly specialized: Italian language interpretation (including simultaneous interpretation for high-level bilateral meetings), written translation, transcription, and related communication support services for diplomatic operations. Representative work includes a $11,536 firm-fixed-price BPA call awarded October 1, 2025, for Italian-language interpretation, translation, and transcription services through June 19, 2026; a $6,400 call awarded October 1, 2023, for the same services through September 2024; and a $5,245 call awarded October 1, 2023, for interpretation and translation support through June 15, 2024. Named call types in the award history indicate work supporting Secretary of Defense calls with Italian ministers, bilateral defense discussions, State Department diplomatic initiatives, and routine operations support—all performed in Washington, D.C. with performance periods typically measured in months.

Customer concentration is absolute: 53 of 56 awards fund Bureau of Administration work ($783 thousand combined potential value), with the remaining 3 awards directed to the Department of State proper ($16 thousand combined potential value). The vendor's entire footprint sits under five blanket purchase agreements held with the Bureau of Administration: a $250,000 BPA awarded October 1, 2024, running through September 30, 2026 (17 task orders, $55 thousand combined potential value); a $150,000 BPA awarded October 1, 2023, running through September 30, 2024 (10 task orders, $28 thousand combined potential value); a $150,000 BPA awarded October 1, 2022, running through September 30, 2023 (3 task orders, $5 thousand combined potential value); a $100,000 BPA awarded October 1, 2021, running through September 30, 2022 (7 task orders, $9 thousand combined potential value); and a $150,000 BPA awarded October 1, 2023, running through September 30, 2024 (9 task orders, $24 thousand combined potential value). Combined potential value across all BPAs is $798 thousand, with obligated dollars totaling $148 thousand (19% of potential value). Individual call orders range from $585 to $11,536, and call completion dates span from 2021 through 2026.

Activity grew year over year from seven awards in 2021 to fifteen in 2024, with three awards recorded in 2025. The BPA cycle structure—with successive annual or multi-year renewals from the same customer—creates predictable recompete events. The $250,000 BPA awarded in October 2024 running through September 30, 2026 anchors the current vehicle posture, with prior-year BPAs having reached completion or near-completion. Ullmann's award history reflects a sustained niche capability serving State Department diplomatic operations at a modest scale, with no prime contracts, no agency diversification beyond State Department, and no subcontract engagements.