Language Services (FSS-738-II)

GSA Federal Acquisition Service established Language Services (Schedule 738 II) on February 18, 2000, but ceased accepting new Federal Supply Schedule contracts under this vehicle as it transitioned offerings to The Professional Services Schedule (PSS). The last date to place orders against this legacy schedule was May 26, 2020, and that ordering window has closed; this vehicle is no longer active for new work.

Eleven delivery orders and BPA calls, totaling $71 million in combined potential value, were awarded under the schedule. Translation services dominated the work, with orders for Title III translation and transcription, general translation support, and interpretation services. The portfolio included deployment-related interpreter and intelligence analyst positions as well as training services. Leidos, Inc. captured all 11 orders and the entire $71 million potential value; no other prime contractors were awarded work under this vehicle.

Ordering activity concentrated heavily in the first half of the decade, with two orders in 2011 and single awards in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. The most recent order was placed on September 17, 2015, more than ten years ago. By 2020, when the ordering window closed, the vehicle had already matured well beyond its active acquisition phase.

Customer concentration was extreme: the Office of the Secretary of Defense placed a single order valued at $50 million, representing approximately 70 percent of the schedule's combined potential value. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI together accounted for the remaining orders. The Army Africa Command placed one order for interpreter and analyst support valued at $6.5 million.

All 11 orders carried no set-aside designation and competed unrestricted. Task orders ranged from $29,945 to $50 million in ceiling value, with pricing structures split between labor-hour and firm fixed price arrangements. As of the source date, $67.1 million—95 percent of combined potential value—had been obligated, leaving minimal unspent authorization.

This is the summary page for contract activity under the LEGACY Schedule 738 II Master Federal Supply Schedule for Language Services. GSA is no longer awarding new Federal Supply Schedule contracts under this vehicle as it is being phased out. Services formerly procured under Schedule 738 II are being transitioned to The Professional Services Schedule (PSS), also referred to as 00CORP or The Consolidated Schedule. Delivery order activity under this vehicle may continue until all of the vendor-level Federal Supply Schedule contracts, and the delivery orders themselves, have expired. Contract activity contained under this LEGACY vehicle is for companies that did not move over to PSS, or that did move over to PSS but did so under a new contract number. Services procured under this schedule included Translation Services, Interpretation Services, Sign Language and Title III work, and related Training Services.