Description
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is seeking a qualified contractor to provide sign language interpretation services for deaf or hard of hearing students in health-related fields. The services will be used to provide effective communication access in both classroom instruction and clinical training environments. The contractor must be able to provide certified and qualified American Sign Language (ASL) or equivalent sign language interpreters to support students in a variety of instructional and clinical settings, including classroom lectures, laboratory sessions, simulation-based instruction, and clinical training environments. The contractor must also be able to provide team interpreting services for assignments of extended duration or high cognitive demand.
Some key requirements for the contractor include:
* Providing certified and qualified ASL or equivalent sign language interpreters
* Providing team interpreting services for assignments of extended duration or high cognitive demand
* Maintaining sufficient staffing capacity to meet demand across multiple concurrent assignments
* Ensuring seamless transitions and coordination between team members to maintain linguistic accuracy and service quality
* Complying with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.
The evaluation criteria for this RFP include:
* Proposer's pricing proposal (40%)
* Proposer's experience and reputation (10%)
* Proposer's product/service specifications (50%)
The contract resulting from this RFP will be a non-exclusive agreement, and TTUHSC reserves the right to enter into one or more agreements with third parties covering the same or similar services.