Sign Language Interpreting Services

The vendor is required to provide sign language interpreter services for students who have been approved for this accommodation.
- Students who are deaf or hearing-impaired may be approved for sign language interpreters as a reasonable accommodation in order to allow for equal access to the classroom and meet their communication and educational needs.
- Prepare and facilitate accurate, competent and impartial communication with the utilization of American Sign Language and/or signed English as dictated by a student’s preferred mode of communication, in a professional manner.
- The settings include, but are not limited to, the classroom, tutoring/learning centers and other academic or administrative offices, as needed.
- Communicate effectively with deaf/hearing-impaired students, their professors and any staff members who might be assisting those students.
- Adhere to the registry of interpreters for the deaf code of professional conduct
- If additional classes are identified at any point during the semester as requiring two interpreters, those classes will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and, if appropriate, approved by the college, in writing.
- For semester long courses, assignments shall be confirmed by the consultant a minimum of two (2) weeks prior to the start of the semester.
- Interpreter assignments shall be, at a minimum, a two (2) hour engagement.
- In the event that an assignment is less than two (2) hours, the college will compensate the contractor for the two-hour minimum.
- Any assignment over the two-hour minimum shall be billed in fifteen (15) minute increments.
- Consecutive classes are defined as those classes that end and start within twenty (20) minutes of each other.
- College may cancel any scheduled assignments within twenty-four (24) hours of the assignment start date and time at no charge.
- Unless the cancellation is caused by a force majeure event, the college will compensate the contractor for a scheduled appointment when the cancellation notice is less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the start of the appointment.
- Based on this listing and discussion, the consultant shall identify which classes will require two interpreters and which will require one, and provide grounds for their determination.
- Disability services office will provide further course descriptions to the consultant, detailing what each class entails, and whether it is a lecture-based class or a hands-on class, such as a physical education class or a culinary arts class.
- Contract Period/Term: 3 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: May 21, 2025