MODIFICATION
R -- Sign Language Interpreting Services
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 812199
— Other Personal Care Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Tranportation (OST) Procurement Operations, OST Acquisition Services Division, 400 7th Street SW, Room 5106, Washington, DC, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- DTOS59-07-R-INT
- Response Due
- 9/18/2006
- Archive Date
- 10/4/2006
- Point of Contact
- Pleshette Brown, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-366-4959, Fax 202-366-9848,
- E-Mail Address
-
pleshette.brown@dot.gov
- Description
- The purpose of this modification is to post replies to questions received and to extend the response date. Q: Can you confirm that the metro Washington, DC area was removed from the SOW? A: The Washington, DC area is not being competed. Q: Will the core interpreter be asked to work longer than an 8 hour day? A: No, the core interpreters' working hours are at the discretion of the vendor. Q: How many core interpreters is the government requesting each day? A: The number is unknown and would be the discretion of the vendor. Q: Will a core interpreter/s be needed in each of the 7 offices listed in the Scope of Work? A: No Q: Are we able to set different rates in each of the areas? A: Yes, the government does not direct pricing Q: Because of regional differences in cancellation policies, is there any flexibility to the stated policy? A: To lesson the administrative burden for the government and vendor one standard policy across the board was selected. DOT employees and managers are educated on the importance of both providing adequate notice to vendors to order and when needed, cancel services. Excessive late requests and cancellations will not be tolerated by the COTR and frequent abusers will be addressed. Section VI. Reporting Requirements: The paragraph indicated a sample form is attached. Q. There was no form attached in the SOW, please send a sample form. A: The form should have been attached at it is the last page of the SOW. Please resend if necessary. Section VII. Invoice Requirements: The contractor shall submit with each invoice the attached verification of services form attached for payment. Q: Clarification needed. Is the interpreter expected to have the attached sample ?Interpreting Service Receipt/Job Verification? with them to have signed at the completion of each assignment? Is that needed for when the core interpreter is working an 8 hour day? A: The Job verification sheet proves that the services were actually rendered. It must accompany the vendor's invoice to DOT. It is purely the vendor's discretion as to when this is signed by DOT personnel. Q: number of interpreters needed for the SOW A: That would be determined by the vendor based on the daily and weekly request trends Q: number of workers who are deaf in the SOW A: Approximately 22 known Deaf and hard of hearing in the Regions and 40 in metro Washington, DC. Q: The SOW states that one interpreter may be sufficient for most assignments of two hour or less. Is there a way that this can be modified to 1.5 hours or less. A: most cases means that there will be inherent exceptions. Two-hours is the minimum requirement for services A: Each assignment will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. The One interpreter model is based on simple meetings where the meeting may only be an hour long (even though the vendor's minimum will be 2 hours) and the Deaf employee is not a presenter but merely an attendee. The COTR and Vendor will recommend two interpreters when the requirement for two interpreters becomes known. Q: If the working/core hours for interpreters are 7-5pm,and an interpreter works 10 hours days, are we able to charge/bill for the overtime hours for that day? A: We have not in the past needed to provision for overtime. Most services are structured so there is no unexpected or expected overtime. Q: Will the government provide TTY or equivalent communication system or should we include the cost of such equipment in our proposal? We would be contracting for this requirement at our corporate office in Oklahoma City, Ok. However, the personnel to support the various locations would be provided by our local offices in the various locations. Should the local offices have the TTY system or would having the equipment in our corporate office suffice? Following this procedure we see no or little travel requirements. A: The government will provide communication devices to its own Deaf NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (14-SEP-2006); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
-
Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/TASC/TASCASD/DTOS59-07-R-INT/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Tranportation (OST) Procurement Operations, OST Acquisition Services Division, 400 7th Street SW, Room 5106, Washington, DC
- Zip Code: 20590
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20590
- Record
- SN01144554-F 20060916/060914230555 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |