Interpreting Services

This contract is a competitive procurement by Washington County Public Schools for comprehensive interpreting services. The scope includes both sign‑language (ASL, PSE, SEE, Cued Speech, CART, Protactile, Tactile, Certified Deaf Interpreters) and world‑language interpretation (French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian) delivered in‑person and virtually. Minimum session lengths are two hours for sign‑language services and one hour for world‑language services, with a “minimum‑hour” rate plus an incremental hourly or 30‑minute rate. The bid tabulation evaluated ten vendors, assigning 30 % weight to price and 70 % to technical merit; three vendors (Birnbaum Interpreting Services, Dantli Corporation, HIS Sign, Inc.) achieved perfect scores and were awarded the contract. The procurement was conducted through full and open competition with no set‑aside restrictions and uses a labor‑hour pricing structure. • Services: In‑person & virtual sign‑language and world‑language interpretation for routine, expedited, and specialized communication‑access needs. • Pricing model: Minimum‑hour rate (2 hr for sign‑language, 1 hr for world‑language) plus after‑minimum hourly or 30‑minute rates. • Award: Multi‑vendor award to three firms that each received a perfect 100‑point score.