Blanket Purchase Order for the period of July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, to obtain Sign…

The Florida Department of Children and Families issued a blanket purchase order (BPO) contract award to Signs of Excellence, LLC for the provision of sign language interpreting services. The contract, designated C78D65, covers the period from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, with a total contract value of $1,500.00. Services are to be provided on an as-needed basis to support Child Protective Investigation staff and clients of the Department of Children and Families in Circuit 17.

The interpreting services are structured with tiered pricing: standard services are billed at $150 per hour with a two-hour minimum per interpreter, while services scheduled with less than one full business day notice, weekend and holiday services, trilingual services, deaf-blind services, and services provided outside standard business hours (before 7:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m.) are billed at $200 per hour with a two-hour minimum. All legal assignments require deployment of a two-person interpreter team. The contract includes a cancellation policy whereby jobs canceled with less than one full business day advance notice are billed at full cost, while jobs canceled with greater notice incur no charge. No mileage fees apply, though interpreter travel expenses for hotels, meals, and airfare may be reimbursed directly by the contractor to interpreters when circumstances warrant such expenditures.