GO-Biz Translation Services

The State of California, through the Governor's Office of Business & Economic Development (GO-Biz), is procuring written translation services from English to several languages for all department programs. This contract opportunity covers the jurisdictions of Sacramento County and Sacramento City, as required by the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act. The translation services must meet accuracy and quality requirements, with specific guidelines for typesetting and formatting. The contract term is three years, not to exceed $10,000. Proposals are due by March 14, 2024, and the anticipated contract start date is April 2, 2024. GO-Biz will evaluate proposals based on criteria such as the bidder's qualifications, experience, and proposed costs.

The contract opportunity encourages participation from California Small Businesses and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises, who will receive a 5% preference. The incumbent contractor is Global Interpreting Network, Inc. under contract #22GOB033, which previously combined translation and interpretation services. Bidders must be legal business entities authorized to operate in California and comply with the state's Darfur Contracting Act and Drug-Free Workplace requirements. The total budget for the previous combined translation and interpretation services contract was $20,000, and GO-Biz has had 7 translation requests in the past 12 months.