LPRO Notice of Intent to Award Jan 10, 2025.pdf
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- American Sign Language Services
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- S-14300-00012501
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- Marion County, Oregon
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This is a Notice of Intent to Award issued by the Oregon Legislative Policy and Research Office (LPRO) for RFP 2025-1, announcing the intent to award a contract to ZP Better Together for American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation services during the 2025 legislative session. The scope includes providing ASL interpretation for approximately 800 committee meetings across 40 committees and subcommittees, with up to eight concurrent committees requiring interpreter pairs. Services will be primarily delivered remotely via Microsoft Teams, with occasional in-person interpretation needs. Interpreters must meet NAD-RID code of professional conduct standards and provide high-quality interpretation with effective communication skills and good memory retention.
The file does not contain information about pricing terms, set-asides, incumbents, or specific funding sources and requirements. Questions about the award can be directed to Oliver Droppers, Deputy Director of Policy Research, at the provided contact information.
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Memorandum PREPARED FOR: OregonBuys DATE: January 10, 2025 BY: Oliver Droppers, Deputy Director, Policy Research RE: RFP 2025-1 -American Sign Language Services
Interested Parties, Provision of American Sign Language (ASL) Services for Legislative Committees for the 2025 legislative session.
On behalf of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, the Legislative Policy and Research Office (LPRO) was directed to ensure the provision of Language Access Services to the legislature.
During the 2025 legislative session, LPRO expects to provide simultaneous ASL interpretation for 800 or more committee meetings. There will be an estimated 40 committees and subcommittees that will meet regularly throughout the session. Up to eight committees may meet in each time block, requiring a pair of ASL interpreters for each meeting. The external interpreters provide services remotely via Microsoft Teams. Occasionally, an interpreter is requested to provide in-person services for special meetings or if an internal interpreter is unavailable.
The services are to:
• Provide virtual and in-person interpretation for American Sign Language (ASL) for committee hearings and as requested by legislative members or their staff.
• Provide high-quality interpretation in ASL, virtually and in-person, upon request.
• Ensure sufficient interpreters are assigned to each scheduled committee hearing to maintain high-quality interpretation throughout the 2025 session.
• ASL interpreters who can communicate effectively with good listening skills and good memory retention.
• Deliver ASL services by interpreters who abide by the professional conduct as detailed in the National Association of the Deaf/Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (NAD-RID) code of professional conduct.
To meet the needs of ASL services for the 2025 session, LPRO is issuing a notice of intent to award to ZP Better Together.
If there are questions about this notification, please contact Oliver Droppers @ Oliver.Droppers@Oregonlegislature.gov or 503-986-1520.
mailto:Oliver.Droppers@Oregonlegislature.gov
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