PRESOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Sign Language Interpretation
- Notice Date
- 12/3/2001
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Procurement and Property Management, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 1830, Washington, DC, 20212
- ZIP Code
- 20212
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-BLS-02-15
- Response Due
- 12/13/2001
- Archive Date
- 12/13/2001
- Point of Contact
- Edris LaRoche, Contractor Administrator, Phone (202) 691-6046, Fax (202) 691-6026 - Lourine Henry, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 691-6040, Fax (202) 691-6026
- E-Mail Address
-
laroche_e@bls.gov, henry_lourine@bls.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Women-owned Business
- Description
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics, (BLS) Contracts and Procurement Branch intends to award a service requirement to Signing Hands at 7432 Alban Station Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia, to provide for the hearing impaired employees one (1) primary interpreter to work on-site from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The contractor shall also provide within forty (40) hours notification sign language interpreters for training courses in the Washington, D.C. area on an as needed basis. All Interpreters shall have the ability to interpret/transliterate Spoken English using either Manually Coded English (MCE), American Sign Language (ASL), Or Pigeon Signed English (PSE). The interpreter shall be equally skilled in every mode of communication commonly used in the American Deaf Community and shall be ready to interpret in the most effective mode for a professional body of employees having varied communication styles and preferences. The ability to interpret MCE, ASL, and PSE into Spoken English for hearing employees who are not acquainted with manual methods of communication. The interpreter shall have equal facility in all languages required (MCE, ASL, PSE, and Spoken English). The knowledge of computer technology and terminology in all required forms of communication (MCE, ASL, PSE, and Spoken English). The ability to understand and effectively express with conceptual accuracy computer technology and terminology or any other technical vocabulary as necessary. Ability to interpret/co-interpret in a team meeting setting (several speakers at an intense and rapid pace) and coordinate sign language interpreter services. Knowledge of assistive/technical equipment for deaf/hard-of-hearing employees and deaf culture. Certification from an accredited and recognized body such as the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) or the National Association for the Deaf (NAD) is required. All interpreters shall adhere to and apply the letter and spirit of the RID Code of Ethics. Interpreters shall have four (4) years experience as a sign language interpeter All information shall be submitted to BLS, Room 1830, 2 Massachusetts Avenue,N.E. Washington, D.C. 20212 no later than 3:00 p.m. EDT, December 13, 2001, and be clearly marked with Identification Number BLS-02-15. The point of contact for all information is Edris La Roche, Contract Administrator, at the address and phone number listed above. If your response is not received by the date/time and at the location specified in the announcement, it will not be considered. Offerors may access the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed through the FBO site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. Quotations are encouraged and must state name, address and Identification Number. Quotations may also be submitted electronically provided that all the necessary documentation requested is included. This is a solicitation for services. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued as an Intent to Award in accordance with the FAR. Award shall be made on an all or nothing basis
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C.
- Zip Code: 20212
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20212
- Record
- SN20011203/00000105-011207172336 (fbodaily.com)
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