Deaf and Hard of Hearing Task Order
Past Recompete Updated
- Agency
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $350,000 to $500,000
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Forecast facts
- Incumbent contract
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- 70CDCR21P00000039 Federal contract award held by Visual Language Professionals LLC Ends Feb 4, 2027 · Value with all options $306,516
- Anticipated award
- Through
- Acquisition strategy
- Follow-on to Existing Contract
- NAICS code
- 541930 Translation and Interpretation Services
- Place of performance
- Multiple
- Forecast number
- F2026074926
- Points of contact
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- Juebiline Mbandi juebiline.mbandi@ice.dhs.gov (202) 680-9158
Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is conducting a total small-business recompete to procure sign language interpretation services for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals across ICE detention operations and programs nationwide on a 24/7/365 basis. The contractor must deliver in-person sign language interpretation, Video Remote Interpretation, Video Relay Service, and Certified Deaf Interpretation using qualified and certified interpreters capable of providing American Sign Language and foreign sign languages including Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican, Spanish, and Russian Sign Language. The solicitation releases October 12, 2026, with award estimated for February 1, 2027, and performance through January 31, 2028.
The estimated award value ranges from $350,000 to $500,000 under a labor-hour purchase order contract vehicle, with services delivered at ICE detention facilities and other locations across the United States and its territories. Juebiline Mbandi of ICE's Detention, Compliance & Removal office serves as the requirements contact at juebiline.mbandi@ice.dhs.gov or (202) 680-9158.
Visual Language Professionals LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, holds the incumbent award under purchase order 70CDCR21P00000039, awarded August 5, 2021, with a ceiling value of $306,516.02. The existing labor-hour award provided sign language services at ICE detention facilities with no set-aside applied and the incumbent self-performed all labor. Actual government-invoiced activity in FY2024 totaled $20,000 across 130 contractor hours at a derived rate of $151.20 per hour.
Forecast text
ICE requires contractor-provided sign language services to support effective communication with deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals encountered in ICE programs, activities, and detention operations nationwide. The contractor shall provide in-person sign language interpretation, Video Remote Interpretation, Video Relay Service, and Certified Deaf Interpretation on a 24/7/365 basis, including routine, surge, and emergency support at ICE detention facilities and other locations across the United States and its territories. The requirement includes the ability to provide American Sign Language and foreign sign language services, including but not limited to Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican, Spanish, and Russian Sign Language, to address ICE’s diverse detained population and ensure accurate, timely, and complete communication. Services must be delivered by qualified and certified interpreters and supported by appropriate staffing, quality control, reporting, program management, technology, security, and rapid deployment capabilities.
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