Sign Language Services (SLS) Request for Proposal
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- HM047625R0035
- Agency
-
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Woman-Owned Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541930 Translation and Interpretation Services
- Place of performance
- Springfield, Virginia, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) is seeking proposals for Sign Language Services (SLS) to provide comprehensive interpreting and related support services. The procurement requires contractors to supply daily on-site sign language interpreters, intermittent interpreting labor, and Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART) services across multiple NGA locations. Key qualifications include maintaining interpreters with Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) clearance eligibility, Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) or Missouri Interpreter Certification System (MICS) certification, and the ability to support dynamic, unpredictable work environments. Proposals will be evaluated on a best-value basis using three primary factors: technical approach (most important), security capabilities (pass/fail), and pricing. The final proposal submission deadline is December 1, 2025, at 10:00 AM ET, with the most recent amendment (Amendment 0005) posted on November 19, 2025, incorporating industry Q&A responses and revised attachments.
This solicitation is set aside exclusively for SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program participants under FAR 19.15, with a small business size standard of $22.5 million. The contract is anticipated to be a hybrid Firm Fixed Price and Time and Materials arrangement with a total not-to-exceed amount of $40,000 for travel and other direct costs, totaling an estimated value of $200,000 across the performance period. The contract will run for 66 months, consisting of a 12-month base period, four 12-month option years, and a potential 6-month extension. Staffing requirements include a minimum pool of 24 Contractor Sign Language Interpreters (CSLIs) with TS//SCI clearance for NGA Washington, 13 CSLIs for NGA St. Louis, and 2 intermittent CSLIs for NGA Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Services will be performed at NGA facilities in Springfield, Virginia; St. Louis and Arnold, Missouri; and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, with a 49-week work year during base and option periods.
Notice text
7 versions
Update #7 · Latest ·
The purpose of Solicitation HM047625R0035_Amendment 0005 is to incorporate Industry Q&A responses for clarification into the revised PWS, Attachments, and RFP Sections (4.0 and 5.0). All changes are highlighted in yellow within the respective attachment document, or RFP sections, and include the following:
1. Attach_1_SLS_PWS_rev1_dated_12_Nov_2025
2. Attach_2_SLS_Resume_Format_Key_Personnel_rev1
3. Attach_6_Price_Proposal_Workbook_rev1: Tab A - NGA Washington-St Louis; offerors shall only
submit rates and totals for base and option periods
4. Attach_10 – Compliance Checklist_rev1: corrected inconsistencies for the format of documents MS
Word/PDF
5. Attach_11_Industry_Q&A_rev1: added to incorporate the Industry Q&A responses
6. RFP Section 4.0 Instructions to Offeror – clarification revisions in response to industry Q&As include:
a. 4.1.2 Page Limitations – format of documents
b. 4.3 Volume I Technical (Factor I) - Sub-Factor 1.2 Key Personnel Resumes (s) – One (1)
resume per key position at each location
c. 4.5 Volume III – Price (Factor) 3 – FTE and core hours
7. RFP Section 5.1.2.1 Factors and Sub-factors and Relative Order of Importance: revised language.
All interested offerors shall submit proposal in accordance with the attached solicitation amendment 0005 section 4 and 5 and attachments. All offerors shall include signed solicitation amendments 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004 and 0005 front page to their proposal submittal as acknowledged of those amendments.
Q&As are now close.
All other terms and conditions remained unchanged and in full force.
Update #6 ·
The purpose of this solicitation HM047625R0035_Amendment 0004 is to extend the RFP submission due date to 1 December 2025, 10:00 A.M., ET. The PWS revision 1 and Government response to industry Q&As will be posted in a later date.
All interested offerors shall submit proposal in accordance with the attached solicitation amendment 0004 section 4 and 5 and attachments. All offerors shall include signed solicitation amendments 0001, 0002 , 0003 and 0004 front page to their proposal submittal as acknowledged of those amendments.
All other terms and conditions remained unchanged and in full force.
Update #5 ·
The purpose of Solicitation HM047625R0035_Amendment 0003 is to change the attachment document listed in each CLIN from Attach_1_SLS_PWS_rev1_10_21_2025 in Amendment 0002 to the correct attachment document Attach_1_SLS_PWS dated 12 September 2025. The PWS revision 1 and Government response to industry Q&As will be posted in a later date.
All interested offerors shall submit proposal in accordance with the attached solicitation amendment 0003 section 4 and 5 and attachments. All offerors shall include signed solicitation amendments 0001, 0002 and 0003 front page to their proposal submittal as acknowledged of those amendments.
All other terms and conditions remained unchanged and in full force.
Update #4 ·
The purpose of Solicitation HM047625R0035-Amendment 0002 is to extend the written proposal submission due date to November 14, 2025, 10:00 AM ET.
All interested offerors shall submit proposal in accordance with the attached solicitation amendment 0002 section 4 and 5 and attachments. All offerors shall include signed solicaition amendments 0001 and 0002 front page to their proposal submittal as acknowledged of those amendments.
All other terms and conditions remained unchanged and in full force.
Update #3 ·
This notification amendment is to attach the soliciation amendment document 0001 to notify the below competition set aside changes. No other changes were executed.
The purpose of this solicitation amendment 0001 is to change competition set aside from SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB Program Sole Source to as originally intended to SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program Set-Aside (FAR 19.15), in response to industry Q&A “I am reaching out to confirm whether the solicitation for Sign Language Services (SLS) Request for Proposal is open for all Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) companies”.
All interested offerors shall submit proposal in accordance with the attached solicitation amendment 0001 section 4 and 5 and attachments. All offerors shall include signed amendment 0001 front page to their proposal submittal as acknowledged of this amendment.
All other terms and conditions remained unchanged and in full force.
Update #2 ·
The purpose of this solicitation amendment P0001 is to change competition set aside from SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB Program Sole Source to as originally intended to SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program Set-Aside (FAR 19.15), in response to industry Q&A “I am reaching out to confirm whether the solicitation for Sign Language Services (SLS) Request for Proposal is open for all Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) companies”.
All interested offerors shall submit proposal in accordance with the attached solicitation amendment P0001 section 4 and 5 and attachments. All offerors shall include signed amendment P0001 front page to their proposal submittal as acknowledged of this amendment.
Update #1 ·
This solicaition is to obtain proposals from ineterested vendors that can provide all the TS//SCI personnel and services needed to perform the work set forth in the attached SLS Performance Work Statement (PWS) for Sign Language Services Support. Intererested vendors shall submitt proposal in accordance with the attached solicitaiton section 4 and 5 and attachments.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Attach_10_SLS_Compliance_Checklist_rev1.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| HM047625R0035_0005_11_19_2025.pdf | ||
| Attach_11_Industry Q__A_Responses_rev1..pdf | ||
| Attach_6_SLS_Price_Proposal Workbook_rev1.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Attach_2_SLS_Resume_Format_Key_Personnel_rev1.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attach_1_SLS_PWS_rev1_dated_11_12_25.pdf | ||
| HM047625R0035_0004.pdf | ||
| HM047625R0035_09302025.pdf | ||
| HM047625R0035_0003.pdf | ||
| HM047625R0035_0002.pdf | ||
| HM047625R0035_0001.pdf | ||
| HM047625R0035_P00001.pdf | ||
| Attach_7_SLS_DD254.pdf | ||
| Attach_3_SLS_SF328-18b.pdf | ||
| Attach_2_SLS_Resume_Format_Key_Personnel.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attach_8_SLS_QASP.pdf | ||
| Attach_6_SLS_Price_Proposal Workbook.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Attach_4_SLS_FCL_template.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attach_1_SLS_PWS.pdf | ||
| HM047625R0035.pdf | ||
| Attach_10_SLS_Compliance_Checklist.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Attach_9_SLS_NDA.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attach_5_SLS_PCL_template.docx | DOCX document |
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Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Sign Language Services (SLS) Special Notice/Synopsis | Special Notice |
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