Human Translation Services
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- FY26r1062052
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Woman-Owned Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541930 Translation and Interpretation Services
- Place of performance
- El Paso, Texas 79902, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section seeks human translation services for its El Paso headquarters, with quotes due June 29, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. MDT. This procurement is a 100% SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) set-aside, restricting competition to WOSB-certified firms only.
Place of performance is El Paso, Texas, with all work performed remotely anywhere within the United States. The contract requires Spanish-to-English translation services, estimated at approximately 32,200 words monthly (over 90% Spanish-to-English, under 10% English-to-Spanish) with approximately 30 hours per week effort. The contractor must assign no more than two individual translators, both of whom must demonstrate extensive experience translating complex technical, legal, engineering, and scientific documents. Qualifications may be verified through Department of State experience, technical translation samples, client references in water/engineering/scientific fields, or professional certifications; Department of State certification is the preferred credential. Priority documents require one-day turnaround. The contractor must maintain 90 percent translation accuracy with no material errors and 100 percent grammatical accuracy using standard American English, perform document formatting in MS Word and PowerPoint, maintain translation logs in Excel, update MemoQ translation memory databases (required exclusively through December 2026), utilize the GovCraft machine translation plugin with human review, and participate in weekly staff webinars and quarterly binational meetings. Contractor must complete a Non-Sensitive Public Trust background investigation prior to full system access. The base period runs 12 months (July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027) with one option year (July 1, 2027–June 30, 2028). This is a firm fixed-price contract with monthly invoicing based on actual hours worked not exceeding an average of 30 hours per week. Evaluation uses Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) methodology. NAICS code is 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services), and PSC code is R608 (Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting). The SBA size standard for this sector is $22.5 million. Contractor must include an active UEI in the submission. Questions were due June 22, 2026; Q&A responses posted June 18, June 15, and June 23 are available.
Notice text
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Update #5 · Latest ·
NOTE: due date for offers extended to June 29, 2026 at 3PM MDT. Responses to questions added as an attachment.
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NOTE: Answers to questions posted as an attachment Q&As 6-18-26.
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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued separately.
The solicitation number is FY26r1062052. This solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ) for Translation Service at the El Paso, HQ.
This is a 100% SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program (FAR 19.15) Only.
The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541930 – Translation and Interpretation Services. Product of Service Code for this requirement is R608 –Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting. The Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for this sector is $22.5 Million.
Only offers from SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program will be considered for this solicitation.
Services shall be quoted ALL or NONE as per CLIN structure attached and returned with your quote via e-mail directly to my attention at angelica.baca@ibwc.gov
Quotes shall be good for 90 Days.
Offer due date/local time: June 29, 2026; 3:00 pm MST
Only questions submitted by email to angelica.baca@ibwc.gov and Seone.jones@ibwc.gov
will be considered. Questions received from Offerors after 3p on 6/22/26 may not be responded to.
Active UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) must be included in your offer.
Description: The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section (IBWC) requires Human Translation Services for El Paso HQ, Base Year + One Option Year as per CLIN Structure attached.
Refer to attached SOW for description of requirements.
COR for this request: Sally Spener
Evaluation of Offer – The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate Offers: Technical acceptability to meet IBWC requirements; Technical Approach and Past Performance.
The Government will award a contract resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), responsible offeror.
Technical Approach - Quote must demonstrate the technical approach by providing a narrative addressing all the items in the scope. The narrative shall at a minimum include your plan of action, equipment, key team members, and schedule.
Past Performance – Quotes shall demonstrate successful past performance of at least 3 three (3) references for similar projects. The information shall include name of person, company, phone number, email address, and brief description of the project.
Offerors shall meet or exceed and specifications and scope of work of items being quoted.
Failure to submit required technical approach and past performance will deem a proposal non-responsive and no consideration for award will be given.
Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. NOTE: The offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website accessed at https://www.sam.gov.
FAR Clause 52.232-18 Availability of Funds - Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government’s obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.
INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM
The U.S. Section International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) has transitioned to an electronic invoicing system. The Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) is a secure, web-based system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. IPP is available at no cost to any commercial vendor or independent contractor doing business with a participating government agency.
Information concerning accessing the IPP system will be provided at time of award.
END of combined synopsis/solicitation
Attachments:
CLIN Structure
Clauses and Provisions
SOW
Wage Determination
6/10/2026 - M001 - to remove the "wage determination" form, remove clauses 52.222-41, 52.222-42 and 52.222-44. Add clauses 52.204-21 and 52.239-1.
6/15/2026 - M002 - to add Q&As attachment.
Update #4 ·
NOTE: due date for offers extended to June 29, 2026 at 3PM MDT.
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NOTE: Answers to questions posted as an attachment Q&As 6-18-26.
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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued separately.
The solicitation number is FY26r1062052. This solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ) for Translation Service at the El Paso, HQ.
This is a 100% SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program (FAR 19.15) Only.
The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541930 – Translation and Interpretation Services. Product of Service Code for this requirement is R608 –Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting. The Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for this sector is $22.5 Million.
Only offers from SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program will be considered for this solicitation.
Services shall be quoted ALL or NONE as per CLIN structure attached and returned with your quote via e-mail directly to my attention at angelica.baca@ibwc.gov
Quotes shall be good for 90 Days.
Offer due date/local time: June 29, 2026; 3:00 pm MST
Only questions submitted by email to angelica.baca@ibwc.gov and Seone.jones@ibwc.gov
will be considered. Questions received from Offerors after 3p on 6/22/26 may not be responded to.
Active UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) must be included in your offer.
Description: The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section (IBWC) requires Human Translation Services for El Paso HQ, Base Year + One Option Year as per CLIN Structure attached.
Refer to attached SOW for description of requirements.
COR for this request: Sally Spener
Evaluation of Offer – The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate Offers: Technical acceptability to meet IBWC requirements; Technical Approach and Past Performance.
The Government will award a contract resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), responsible offeror.
Technical Approach - Quote must demonstrate the technical approach by providing a narrative addressing all the items in the scope. The narrative shall at a minimum include your plan of action, equipment, key team members, and schedule.
Past Performance – Quotes shall demonstrate successful past performance of at least 3 three (3) references for similar projects. The information shall include name of person, company, phone number, email address, and brief description of the project.
Offerors shall meet or exceed and specifications and scope of work of items being quoted.
Failure to submit required technical approach and past performance will deem a proposal non-responsive and no consideration for award will be given.
Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. NOTE: The offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website accessed at https://www.sam.gov.
FAR Clause 52.232-18 Availability of Funds - Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government’s obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.
INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM
The U.S. Section International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) has transitioned to an electronic invoicing system. The Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) is a secure, web-based system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. IPP is available at no cost to any commercial vendor or independent contractor doing business with a participating government agency.
Information concerning accessing the IPP system will be provided at time of award.
END of combined synopsis/solicitation
Attachments:
CLIN Structure
Clauses and Provisions
SOW
Wage Determination
6/10/2026 - M001 - to remove the "wage determination" form, remove clauses 52.222-41, 52.222-42 and 52.222-44. Add clauses 52.204-21 and 52.239-1.
6/15/2026 - M002 - to add Q&As attachment.
Update #3 ·
NOTE: Answers to questions posted as an attachment Q&As 6-18-26.
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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued separately.
The solicitation number is FY26r1062052. This solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ) for Translation Service at the El Paso, HQ.
This is a 100% SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program (FAR 19.15) Only.
The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541930 – Translation and Interpretation Services. Product of Service Code for this requirement is R608 –Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting. The Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for this sector is $22.5 Million.
Only offers from SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program will be considered for this solicitation.
Services shall be quoted ALL or NONE as per CLIN structure attached and returned with your quote via e-mail directly to my attention at angelica.baca@ibwc.gov
Quotes shall be good for 90 Days.
Offer due date/local time: June 25, 2026; 3:00 pm MST.
Only questions submitted by email to angelica.baca@ibwc.gov and Seone.jones@ibwc.gov
will be considered. Questions received from Offerors after 3p on 6/22/26 may not be responded to.
Active UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) must be included in your offer.
Description: The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section (IBWC) requires Human Translation Services for El Paso HQ, Base Year + One Option Year as per CLIN Structure attached.
Refer to attached SOW for description of requirements.
COR for this request: Sally Spener
Evaluation of Offer – The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate Offers: Technical acceptability to meet IBWC requirements; Technical Approach and Past Performance.
The Government will award a contract resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), responsible offeror.
Technical Approach - Quote must demonstrate the technical approach by providing a narrative addressing all the items in the scope. The narrative shall at a minimum include your plan of action, equipment, key team members, and schedule.
Past Performance – Quotes shall demonstrate successful past performance of at least 3 three (3) references for similar projects. The information shall include name of person, company, phone number, email address, and brief description of the project.
Offerors shall meet or exceed and specifications and scope of work of items being quoted.
Failure to submit required technical approach and past performance will deem a proposal non-responsive and no consideration for award will be given.
Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. NOTE: The offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website accessed at https://www.sam.gov.
FAR Clause 52.232-18 Availability of Funds - Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government’s obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.
INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM
The U.S. Section International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) has transitioned to an electronic invoicing system. The Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) is a secure, web-based system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. IPP is available at no cost to any commercial vendor or independent contractor doing business with a participating government agency.
Information concerning accessing the IPP system will be provided at time of award.
END of combined synopsis/solicitation
Attachments:
CLIN Structure
Clauses and Provisions
SOW
Wage Determination
6/10/2026 - M001 - to remove the "wage determination" form, remove clauses 52.222-41, 52.222-42 and 52.222-44. Add clauses 52.204-21 and 52.239-1.
6/15/2026 - M002 - to add Q&As attachment.
Update #2 ·
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued separately.
The solicitation number is FY26r1062052. This solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ) for Translation Service at the El Paso, HQ.
This is a 100% SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program (FAR 19.15) Only.
The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541930 – Translation and Interpretation Services. Product of Service Code for this requirement is R608 –Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting. The Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for this sector is $22.5 Million.
Only offers from SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program will be considered for this solicitation.
Services shall be quoted ALL or NONE as per CLIN structure attached and returned with your quote via e-mail directly to my attention at angelica.baca@ibwc.gov
Quotes shall be good for 90 Days.
Offer due date/local time: June 25, 2026; 3:00 pm MST.
Only questions submitted by email to angelica.baca@ibwc.gov and Seone.jones@ibwc.gov
will be considered. Questions received from Offerors after 3p on 6/22/26 may not be responded to.
Active UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) must be included in your offer.
Description: The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section (IBWC) requires Human Translation Services for El Paso HQ, Base Year + One Option Year as per CLIN Structure attached.
Refer to attached SOW for description of requirements.
COR for this request: Sally Spener
Evaluation of Offer – The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate Offers: Technical acceptability to meet IBWC requirements; Technical Approach and Past Performance.
The Government will award a contract resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), responsible offeror.
Technical Approach - Quote must demonstrate the technical approach by providing a narrative addressing all the items in the scope. The narrative shall at a minimum include your plan of action, equipment, key team members, and schedule.
Past Performance – Quotes shall demonstrate successful past performance of at least 3 three (3) references for similar projects. The information shall include name of person, company, phone number, email address, and brief description of the project.
Offerors shall meet or exceed and specifications and scope of work of items being quoted.
Failure to submit required technical approach and past performance will deem a proposal non-responsive and no consideration for award will be given.
Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. NOTE: The offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website accessed at https://www.sam.gov.
FAR Clause 52.232-18 Availability of Funds - Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government’s obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.
INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM
The U.S. Section International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) has transitioned to an electronic invoicing system. The Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) is a secure, web-based system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. IPP is available at no cost to any commercial vendor or independent contractor doing business with a participating government agency.
Information concerning accessing the IPP system will be provided at time of award.
END of combined synopsis/solicitation
Attachments:
CLIN Structure
Clauses and Provisions
SOW
Wage Determination
6/10/2026 - M001 - to remove the "wage determination" form, remove clauses 52.222-41, 52.222-42 and 52.222-44. Add clauses 52.204-21 and 52.239-1.
6/15/2026 - M002 - to add Q&As attachment.
Update #1 ·
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued separately.
The solicitation number is FY26r1062052. This solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ) for Translation Service at the El Paso, HQ.
This is a 100% SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program (FAR 19.15) Only.
The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541930 – Translation and Interpretation Services. Product of Service Code for this requirement is R608 –Support-Administrative: Translation and Interpreting. The Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for this sector is $22.5 Million.
Only offers from SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program will be considered for this solicitation.
Services shall be quoted ALL or NONE as per CLIN structure attached and returned with your quote via e-mail directly to my attention at angelica.baca@ibwc.gov
Quotes shall be good for 90 Days.
Offer due date/local time: June 25, 2026; 3:00 pm MST.
Only questions submitted by email to angelica.baca@ibwc.gov and Seone.jones@ibwc.gov
will be considered. Questions received from Offerors after 3p on 6/22/26 may not be responded to.
Active UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) must be included in your offer.
Description: The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section (IBWC) requires Human Translation Services for El Paso HQ, Base Year + One Option Year as per CLIN Structure attached.
Refer to attached SOW for description of requirements.
COR for this request: Sally Spener
Evaluation of Offer – The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate Offers: Technical acceptability to meet IBWC requirements; Technical Approach and Past Performance.
The Government will award a contract resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), responsible offeror.
Technical Approach - Quote must demonstrate the technical approach by providing a narrative addressing all the items in the scope. The narrative shall at a minimum include your plan of action, equipment, key team members, and schedule.
Past Performance – Quotes shall demonstrate successful past performance of at least 3 three (3) references for similar projects. The information shall include name of person, company, phone number, email address, and brief description of the project.
Offerors shall meet or exceed and specifications and scope of work of items being quoted.
Failure to submit required technical approach and past performance will deem a proposal non-responsive and no consideration for award will be given.
Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. NOTE: The offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website accessed at https://www.sam.gov.
FAR Clause 52.232-18 Availability of Funds - Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government’s obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.
INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM
The U.S. Section International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) has transitioned to an electronic invoicing system. The Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) is a secure, web-based system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. IPP is available at no cost to any commercial vendor or independent contractor doing business with a participating government agency.
Information concerning accessing the IPP system will be provided at time of award.
END of combined synopsis/solicitation
Attachments:
CLIN Structure
Clauses and Provisions
SOW
Wage Determination
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| QAs 6-23-26v2FAO.docx | DOCX document | |
| QAs 6-18-26.pdf | ||
| QAs 6-15-26.docx | DOCX document | |
| Applicable Terms and Conditions.pdf | ||
| CLIN Structure FY26r1062052 Human Translation Service.odt | ODT document | |
| Updated -Performance Work Statement Translation and Related Linguistic Support ServicesFAOrev.docx | DOCX document | |
| Wage Determination.pdf | ||
| Applicable Terms and Conditions.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Human Translation Services | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation |
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