Field Operations Directorate American Sign Language Support Services
Past Recompete Updated
- Agency
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Citizen and Immigration Services
Department of Homeland Security
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $1,000,000 to $2,000,000
- Set-aside
- Woman-Owned Small Business
Forecast facts
- Incumbent contract
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- 70SBUR23P00000047 Federal contract award held by CLF Consultants LLC Ended Jul 9, 2026 · Value with all options $80,052 · Set aside: Total Small Business
- Previous solicitation
- Sign Language Interpretation Services - USCIS Field Offices 70SBUR23Q00000229 · Posted Aug 29, 2023
- Anticipated award
- Through
- Acquisition strategy
- Follow-on to Existing Contract
- NAICS code
- 541930 Translation and Interpretation Services
- Place of performance
- Multiple
- Forecast number
- F2026072248
- Points of contact
Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Field Operations Directorate is seeking qualified providers to deliver American Sign Language (ASL) and Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) services on an as-needed basis for deaf and hard of hearing applicants. Services will be provided through both in-person and Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) modalities during immigration interviews, naturalization ceremonies, information services appointments, and other interactions with USCIS staff. The solicitation is scheduled for release on November 14, 2025, with an estimated award date of March 29, 2026.
The estimated award value ranges from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, with services to be performed across USCIS field offices nationwide on a labor-hour pricing basis. This is a woman-owned small business set-aside contract requiring interpreters qualified in both sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign interpretation using Signed English and/or ASL, with availability to provide qualified replacement interpreters when scheduled interpreters cannot meet required timeframes. Inquiries should be directed to Contract Specialist Marianne Green at marianne.green@uscis.dhs.gov or (802) 872-4112, or to Requirements Contact Patricia Kemling at patricia.a.kemling@uscis.dhs.gov or (816) 308-2524.
This recompete follows the existing purchase order awarded to CLF Consultants LLC (operating as CLFC Healthcare) under contract number 70SBUR23P00000047, valued at $985,816.20 and scheduled to expire on March 28, 2026. The incumbent contract, originally awarded as a total small business set-aside on September 29, 2023, provides ASL and CDI services across the 80+ USCIS field office locations and was structured as a labor-hour contract to allow flexible scaling based on demand.
Forecast text
**1/8/2026- updated Solicitation Release, PoP and Est award date**
**10/30/2025- updated set-aside and solicitation release date and type of award and period of performance**
USCIS has a requirement for in-person and Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) sign language interpretive services on an as-needed basis for Deaf or Hard of Hearing applicants within Field Operations Directorate. These services will be utilized during interviews, naturalization ceremonies, information services appointments, and other interactions with USCIS staff members as required. USCIS requires interpreter services of both sign to voice and voice to sign utilizing Signed English (SE) and/or American Sign Language (ASL) and Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI). Scheduled appointments are crucial for the applicants to attend and it is imperative that interpreter services are received, if a scheduled interpreter cannot meet the required timeframes a qualified replacement interpreter should be made available.
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