American Sign Language Services

The Defense Health Agency is soliciting American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter services through Request for Quotation HT941026Q2020 to support deaf and hearing-impaired individuals at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The contract requires qualified ASL interpreters to provide on-site interpretation services during administrative meetings and command events, scheduled Monday through Friday between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., with a minimum of 48 hours' notice required for standard requests and 36-hour notice for cancellations. Interpreter qualifications must include the ability to effectively sign spoken communication to deaf individuals and voice sign language to hearing persons with specialized vocabulary, though formal certification is not required if the interpreter possesses necessary skills. Award will be made to the responsible offeror offering the lowest reasonable price with acceptable past performance, evaluated based on total pricing for all contract periods and three years of recent and relevant experience providing same or similar services. The original quotation deadline of April 20, 2026, was extended to May 1, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time due to government understatement of service quantities, with questions due by April 25, 2026.

This acquisition is not designated as a small business set-away, meaning all eligible contractors may compete. The contract spans five one-year periods from May 2, 2026, through May 1, 2031, with three contract line items per year covering on-site ASL interpreter services (12 months), short-notice requests (12 months), and short-notice cancellations (one lot). Services will be performed at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, with the contractor paid only for actual hours services are provided through the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) invoicing system. The estimated requirement is approximately one hour per month plus two to three command events annually, with prevailing wage rates established under Wage Determination Number 2015-5693 applicable to all contractor personnel. Quotations must be submitted via email in PDF format using the required pricing sheet to the designated contracting officers, though notably, a subsequent Change in Contract Responsibility notice dated April 23, 2026, placed this solicitation in inactive status, indicating the requirement will instead be fulfilled through an existing task order under the Army's Language Interpretation and Translation Enterprise II (DLITE II) Multiple Award Task Order Contract.