ASL Interpreter Services

1. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, intends to solicit quotes for American Sign Language Interpreter service in support of the Winston-Salem NC VBA Regional Office. Services will be needed at the W/S VBA Regional Office and at Fort Bragg. A Statement of Work will be included in the solicitation. The Request for Quotations number is 36C10E18Q0179.

2. The solicitation will result in the award of a single contract. The resulting contract will be a firm fixed-price contract. The applicable NAICS code is 541930, (Translation and Interpretation Services) and the small business size standard is $7.5 Million. This procurement will be competed as a Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-aside in accordance with FAR Part 13 procedures. Only verified SDVOSBs in the VIP database when a quote is submitted and at the time of contract award will be considered for award and unverified firms will be considered non responsive and ineligible for award.

3. The intended contract period is a base year plus four (4) one-year option years.

4. Telephonic requests for the solicitation will not be honored. When issued, the solicitation will be available via the FedBizOpps website, http://www.fbo.gov/. The tentative solicitation issue date is June 18, 2018. Interested Quoters are advised to consult the actual solicitation for final dates and times.



5. Quoters from all capable and responsible sources will be considered. Businesses quoting a response to this notice should ensure that their registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ is current and should ensure that the applicable NAICS code (541930) is included in the SAM profile prior to submission of quotations.