American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation Services
Past Recompete Updated
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $500,000 to $1,000,000
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Through
- Acquisition strategy
- Follow-on to Existing Contract
- NAICS code
- 541930 Translation and Interpretation Services
- Place of performance
- Washington, DC
- Forecast number
- F2026074027
- Points of contact
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- Candace Thomas candace.thomas@hq.dhs.gov (202) 805-3200
Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Acquisition Division is recompeting a labor-hour contract for American Sign Language interpretation services as a total small business set-away, with solicitation release targeted for July 24, 2026 and award on September 30, 2026. The contractor shall provide both in-person and video remote interpretation services to support communication access for DHS S&T employees and program participants; video remote interpretation providers are required to meet the same certification requirements as on-site interpreters and to supply videoconferencing technology, equipment, and high-speed internet with sufficient bandwidth.
The estimated award value ranges from $500,000 to $1,000,000, with performance running from September 30, 2026 through February 29, 2028 in Washington, DC. Candace Thomas (candace.thomas@hq.dhs.gov, 202-805-3200) serves as the requirements contact, and Nicholas Milillo (oposmallbusiness@hq.dhs.gov, 771-888-5623) is the small business coordinator.
Forecast text
S&T requires sign language interpretation to help support communication access for individuals who are employed by S&T and those who are served or encountered in S&T programs and activities. The Contractor shall provide sign language interpretation. Sign language interpretation is visual communication that provides interpretation and translation of spoken words to and from individuals using a sign language system in various situations including in- person meetings, or via VRI. S&T requires Video Remote Interpretation (VRI) services to help support communication and ensure equal opportunity for individuals who are employed by S&T and those who are served or encountered in S&T programs and activities as an option when in-person, on-site interpreting services are not immediately available. Contractors providing VRI services must have the same certification requirements as on-site language interpreters. The Contractor shall be able to use and provide videoconferencing technology, equipment, and a high-speed internet connection with sufficient bandwidth to provide the interpretation services of an interpreter from one location to people at a different location(s).
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