UNSPSC 82112067: In person sign language interpretation service

UNSPSC 82112067 In person sign language interpretation service is a Commodity code tracking state and local procurement of American Sign Language interpreting services delivered on-site to deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals across educational, judicial, healthcare, social services, and administrative settings. The work being solicited diverges markedly from the code's nominal scope: the recent-opportunities block contains one irrigation-system construction bid (City of DeBary, Florida) and one managed special-education staffing RFP (Griffin-Spalding County School System) that are plainly unrelated to sign language interpretation. The remaining opportunities in the block focus on comprehensive language access services spanning written translation, telephonic and video remote interpretation, real-time captioning, and multilingual interpretation—a scope substantially broader than in-person sign language interpretation alone.

School districts and county governments drive the bulk of recent activity under this code. Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) issued separate RFPs for speech-language pathology services and interpreting services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students; Katy Independent School District (Texas) posted overlapping sign language and educational interpreting RFPs; and Hays Consolidated Independent School District (Texas) solicited as-needed interpreting across multiple languages including American Sign Language. Counties and state agencies also appear frequently: Marion County (Oregon) requested interpreter and translation services; Jackson County (Missouri) sought interpreting and translation services; and the California Department of Developmental Services, California Public Utilities Commission, and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation each issued separate ASL interpreting bids. Collin County (Texas) sought Spanish court interpretation services; the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education requested American Sign Language interpreter quotations under a blanket purchase agreement. Recent activity spans California, Florida, Texas, Oregon, Missouri, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, and other jurisdictions coast to coast, with significant clustering in California (due to the state's active procurement cadence) and Texas (multiple school districts).

Recent representative opportunities include Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26041-DST for interpreting services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, due April 15, 2026, with an estimated annual budget of $950,000 and anticipated award of one primary contractor and multiple alternates; the California Department of Developmental Services' IFB 2167 for in-person American Sign Language interpreting statewide, with bids due September 28, 2026; and the Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority's RFA S-10000-00017152 for telephonic interpretation services statewide, with applications due September 28, 2026, spanning a joint cooperative procurement requiring 24/7 availability and 60+ languages. The code shows strong recent activity but faces a structural mismatch: current solicitations frequently bundle ASL services with broader language access mandates (telephonic, video remote, written translation, real-time captioning, and accessibility services), making pure ASL-interpretation opportunities difficult to isolate and suggesting firms pursuing this code should position themselves within full-spectrum language-access capability rather than point solutions.