The federal contract IDV award, awarded by the Office of the Director, a civilian agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is for the provision of sign language interpreting services. The prime contractor is Access Interpreting Inc., a Deaf and Coda-owned for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Oakton, Virginia. The contract has a ceiling value of $30,941,882.15 and a period of performance through August 31, 2025. It is a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract that...
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) awarded a $714,285 Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Language Training Center Inc. (dba LTC Language Solutions), a minority-owned small business, for the provision of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter services. This firm fixed-price contract is intended to facilitate reasonable accommodations for DCMA employees and job applicants with disabilities, specifically those who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. The period of performance runs through...
The U.S. Air Force's Air Education and Training Command (AETC) has awarded a multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) valued at $600,000 to MT & Associates, LLC, a woman-owned small business, to provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter services. This BPA contract, which runs through June 2026, enables AETC to issue individual task orders for ASL interpreter services in support of the command's training and education programs. The BPA was awarded without any set-aside...
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Sign Language USA Inc., a small for-profit business, to provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services. The $556,500 IDC, awarded on July 29, 2020, allows DoDEA to issue firm fixed-price delivery orders for ASL interpreting services as needed to support its defense-related educational programs and activities. Under this IDC, DoDEA has issued multiple delivery orders to...
The U.S. Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) has awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call contract to Natural Languages LLC, a minority-owned and woman-owned small business, to provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter services. The firm fixed price contract has a ceiling value of $714,285.00 and a period of performance through January 13, 2029. This contract, which is set aside for small businesses, requires Natural Languages LLC to provide ASL interpreter services to...
The Blanket Purchase Agreement establishes a multiple award contract vehicle for sign language interpretation services across various bureaus and offices within the Department of State. Awarded by the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, the BPA facilitates on-demand ordering of interpreting support from a pool of qualified vendors for a period of three years, with a potential value of $30,000. Sign language interpretation is a critical accommodation to ensure effective communication and...
The Department of Energy Office of Management established a blanket purchase agreement with Sorenson Communications LLC to provide sign language interpretation services for a deaf employee as a reasonable accommodation. The single award agreement, valued at $0.00 with a period of performance through December 31, 2021, was awarded on a non-set aside basis to support the employee at the agency's location in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sorenson Communications LLC will deliver interpreter services on an...
The federal contract IDV awarded by the Department of Defense (DOD) Washington Headquarters Service to Mid-Atlantic Interpreting Group, Inc. (dba Maigtech) is for the provision of daily on-site American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter services. Maigtech, an SBA-certified 8(a) Program Participant, Small Disadvantaged Business, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, has a history of delivering accessibility, disability accommodation, and...
This multiple-award Federal Supply Schedule contract, valued at $1,000,000 and awarded by the General Services Administration, enables Joyful Signing LLC, a small disadvantaged and woman-owned business, to provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting, Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART) captioning, and other accessibility services to federal agencies. The contract covers a wide range of services under SIN 541930, including general and specialized ASL interpreting, CART, and...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has awarded a $19 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Fis-Das Interpreting Services, a certified small disadvantaged and woman-owned business, to provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, communication access real-time translation (CART), closed captioning, and video remote interpreting services. The IDIQ contract, which was originally competed as an 8(a) set-aside, serves as the primary vehicle through which the...