ESBD_358370_1716577300371_Addendum #1 734-05072024-KM Sign Language Interpreters IDIQ.pdf

REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS

FOR

INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY

SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS

RFP #734-05072024-KM

ADDENDUM 1

Submittal Due Dates:

June 4, 2024

2:00 P.M. local time

RFP 734-05072024-KM

SECTION 3 – DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE OF SERVICES

Sign Language Interpreters

1. Provide certified American sign language (ASL) interpreters who are qualified to interpret effectively, accurately, and impartially using any necessary specialized vocabulary.

2. Provide certified American sign language interpreters with strong receptive skills who can convey the meaning and spirit of the Deaf individual using correct English grammar and appropriate register.

3. Provide certified American sign language interpreters who utilize their skills to establish content specific signs for technical terms where there are no established signs.

4. Provide certified American sign language interpreters who adhere to the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Code of Professional Conduct in the performance of all duties.

5. Provide American certified American sign language interpreters who can work harmoniously when teamed with other sign language interpreters.

6. Provide American certified American sign language interpreters who can physically and mentally interpret without a team except in situations where the subject matter and/or interpreting environment is deemed too physically and/or mentally taxing to provide effective communication access while interpreting solo.

7. Provide certified American sign language interpreters who will report to University’s Communication Access contact for reassignment when an assignment is cancelled after the interpreter arrives for the assignment or the Deaf individual does not arrive to the assignment within 15 minutes of the schedule start time.

8. Allow University’s Communication Access contact direct access to interpreters in situations where a last minute event or class change becomes necessary during the interpreter’s agreed upon service hours. (In this situation, University’s Communication Access contact will also contact the agency’s coordinator to make them aware of the class or event change.)

9. In the event the agency’s scheduled interpreter becomes unavailable to provide services during the agreed upon service hours, the agency will contact University’s Communication

Access contact before scheduling an alternate interpreter. In the event University’s Communication Access does not have an available interpreter, the agency will provide an alternate interpreter to cover the assignment.

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