Blanket Purchase Agreement GS00F074GA-28321321A00040018

The Social Security Administration (SSA), a civilian federal agency, awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Schreiber Translations, Inc. (STI), a woman-owned small business, for the provision of verbatim translations of original foreign language documents. The BPA, valued at up to $7,561,929.25, serves as a contract vehicle for the SSA to issue task orders for translation and interpretation services to support the agency's hearing offices and operations nationwide. STI has previously delivered translation services from various foreign languages, including Spanish, Japanese, Swedish, Slovak, Hebrew, and others, to English for the SSA and other federal agencies such as the Department of Commerce and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The BPA does not utilize any set-aside designations, and the work will be primarily performed in Potomac, Maryland. In addition to the BPA, STI holds larger indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) translation-related contracts with the SSA and Department of Commerce, with potential values over $7.5 million, that provide vehicles for issuing task orders for foreign language document translation, interpretation services, and language bank expansion through 2028.

The contracted services under the BPA and associated task orders aim to provide the SSA with professional translation, interpretation, localization, and desktop publishing services to support the agency's hearing offices and operations across the country. The BPA calls for the verbatim translation of original foreign language documents, with task orders issued for language pairs such as Spanish-to-English, Japanese-to-English, and others as needed. These translation services are critical to the SSA's mission of serving the public and adjudicating cases involving individuals with limited English proficiency.