R608--FY23: ASL Interpreter Services

This solicitation seeks American Sign Language interpreter services for the Bay Pines VA Medical Center. The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8 is procuring these services to facilitate communication for deaf and hard of hearing employees, patients, and visitors. Interpreters must be available 365 days a year between 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM EST with occasional after-hours work, and fill assignment requests with two days notice when possible. Qualified interpreters must possess RID certification or equivalent. The closing date for responses is November 7, 2022 and evaluation will consider technical qualifications, past performance, and price.

The solicitation contains no set-aside designations. Services are covered under NAICS code 541614 and PSC code R699. An amendment added service line items to the base year and option year one, adjusting the period of performance for the base year to December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023 and option year one to December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2024. Interpreter services include regular, specialty, night/weekend/federal holiday, and emergency rate sessions to be performed on-site at various locations of the Bay Pines VA Medical Center.