Contracting office · Department of State

OFFICE OF LANGUAGE SERVICES

OFFICE OF LANGUAGE SERVICES obligated $12.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 2,517 contract actions (−27% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was SHU CATHERINE FENGYI ($173.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$12.8M
Actions
2,517
New awards: 2,515
Sole-source
0.0%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 11MFY2017
  2. 18.2MFY2018
  3. 17.8MFY2019
  4. 8.3MFY2020
  5. 2.7MFY2021
  6. 13.6MFY2022
  7. 21.2MFY2023
  8. 19.8MFY2024
  9. 17.6MFY2025
  10. 12.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. SHU CATHERINE FENGYI$173.3K1.4%
  2. JAO-SHEPPARD GRACE$151.2K1.2%
  3. GAO HUI$148.3K1.2%
  4. WATANABE YASUO$146.2K1.1%
  5. FREDERICK HARRIMAN STIMSON$126.3K1.0%
  6. RUBY HSING-YI HUANG$119.1K0.9%
  7. YUMI SCHWEIZER$118.3K0.9%
  8. MARSHALL KAORI$111.2K0.9%
  9. IRINA HOBBS$106.5K0.8%
  10. MAI JIANHANG$105.2K0.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$12.8M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$12.8M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $12.8M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.7% · $12.8M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush11%
    US 6.0% · $1.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. LANGUAGE SERVICES$44.5K
    RIE OKOSO· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· 190PRL26F2050007
  2. LANGUAGE SERVICES$34.6K
    YUMI SCHWEIZER· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 25, 2026 – Mar 25, 2026· 190PRL26F0522010
  3. LANGUAGE SERVICES$34.6K
    MARSHALL KAORI· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 25, 2026 – Mar 25, 2026· 190PRL26F0431003
  4. LANGUAGE SERVICES$33.8K
    WATANABE YASUO· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 29, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· 190PRL26F0507009
  5. LANGUAGE SERVICES$33K
    RIE OKOSO· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 23, 2026 – Jun 23, 2026· 190PRL26F2050012
  6. LANGUAGE SERVICES$32.1K
    FREDERICK HARRIMAN STIMSON· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 190PRL26F0358005
  7. LANGUAGE SERVICES$25.1K
    CORABO INC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 29, 2025 – Dec 29, 2025· 190PRL26F1965000
  8. LANGUAGE SERVICES$25.1K
    SHU CATHERINE FENGYI· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Feb 25, 2026 – Feb 25, 2026· 190PRL26F1685004

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.