Access Interpreting Inc.

Access Interpreting Inc., a Deaf and CODA-owned small business based in Oakton, Virginia, provides sign language interpreting, Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART), Cued Speech transliteration, and captioning services to federal agencies as a prime contractor exclusively. The company competes under Total Small Business set-asides on recent IDIQs and BPA vehicles, though it holds a mix of open and set-aside delivery orders across its customer base, demonstrating established capability to compete in unrestricted federal procurements.

The customer concentration is pronounced and anchored by a single agency. The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health accounts for 49 awards valued at $124.4 million combined potential value, representing 20% of award count and 49% of total potential value. When NIH's two offices are combined (Logistics and Acquisition Operations plus Office of the Director), the agency and its sub-offices represent roughly 60 awards and $146 million in potential value. The next tier includes the Department of Agriculture Office of Operations (18 awards, $11.4 million), the Department of State Bureau of Human Resources (7 awards, $18.9 million), and the Environmental Protection Agency (8 awards, $10.9 million). The company serves 56 distinct customer agencies across the federal government, but NIH dominance creates significant recompete risk: only four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months total $5.5 million in potential value, a conservative cliff signal that reflects the multi-year nature of Access Interpreting's existing vehicle work.

Access Interpreting's vehicle portfolio is anchored by the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), which carries 78 task orders valued at $42.3 million combined potential value. The company also holds a newly awarded $45 million multiple-award IDIQ (Total Small Business set-aside, April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031) with the NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations for American Sign Language interpreting, CART, captioning, and accessibility services supporting federal agency compliance with Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. A $15 million multiple-award IDC (no set-aside, awarded March 24, 2023 through March 23, 2028) sits with the Department of State Bureau of Human Resources for sign language interpreter services. The company also holds a $5 million Total Small Business BPA (single-award, September 10, 2024 through September 9, 2029) under the MAS with USDA's Office of Operations for sign language interpreting in Washington, DC and subordinate U.S. locations. The Professional Services Schedule carries 28 task orders valued at $9.3 million. An indefinite delivery contract designated 75N98019D00055 anchors 23 task orders valued at $32 million, primarily serving NIH's Office of the Director.

Activity has contracted modestly over the past five years (nine awards in 2022, five in 2026 year-to-date), though this reflects the shift toward larger, longer-duration IDIQs and BPAs rather than spot purchases. SCI-reported invoicing of federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold shows $1.6 million in FY2022, $7.6 million in FY2023, and $7.4 million in FY2024, across 7.3 to 42.7 full-time equivalents reported against those contracts. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $87.56 per hour, with pricing spanning from roughly $69.69 per hour at the tenth percentile through $103.76 per hour at the ninety percentile, reflecting a mix of junior and senior interpreting labor. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for an average 3% share of total contractor hours, with nine named subs reported across all prime contracts, indicating Access Interpreting delivers the bulk of its work through in-house staff. The company's 242 total awards since 2008 split 100% to prime work; it has not registered as a subcontractor in the federal contract record. Award distribution by NAICS heavily concentrates on 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services), which accounts for 222 of 242 awards, reflecting narrow and deep specialization in language access.

Recent prime work exemplifies the vehicle footprint and customer concentration. The July 1, 2026 delivery order from NIH's Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations carries a $2.441 million ceiling for American Sign Language interpreting and CART accommodations under the newly awarded Total Small Business IDIQ. A February 1, 2026 $1 million firm fixed-price delivery order from the same office (no set-aside) for sign language interpreting services in Bethesda, Maryland demonstrates Access Interpreting's unrestricted-competition capability. Department of State's Bureau of Human Resources issued a $250,000 delivery order on December 16, 2024 (labor-hour pricing, no set-aside) under the $15 million multiple-award IDC. A May 21, 2026 BPA call valued at $299,000 from USDA's Office of Operations under the $5 million Total Small Business BPA supports the Target Center with sign language interpreting in Washington, DC. The September 10, 2024 BPA call valued at $899,999.22 from USDA for sign language interpreting as employee reasonable accommodations (Total Small Business set-aside) rounds out recent work. All delivery orders are priced either labor-hour or firm fixed-price and focus narrowly on interpreting and accessibility services with no component or IT work.

Access Interpreting provides full-service sign language interpreting and captioning services, with innovative onsite or remote technologies and coordination.