The vendor required to provide sign language interpreter services for both on-site and video remote interpreter (VRI) american sign language interpreting services.
- The following entities are eligible to apply for the interpreter referral service and VRI:
• Sign language interpreter referral services;
• Private and proprietary agencies providing sign language interpreting services; and,
• Independent living centers whose services include providing sign language interpreting services.
- Interpretation services are offered to individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have severe speech impairments, and who, due to their disabilities, face challenges with verbal communication but can benefit from interpreter assistance.
- These individuals may communicate using various modes, including american sign language (asl) or specific language systems such as signing exact english (SEE), pidgin signed english (PSE), or signed english.
- The services provided may include:
• Interpreting, this is to convey spoken english to american sign language;
• Transliterating, which is to convey spoken english to a signed code of english;
• Oral interpreting, which is conveying what is spoken without voice using natural lip movements; and
• Voice interpreting, which is conveying that which is signed into spoken english.
- Base services
1. Pre-certified sign language interpreter – on site
• Rate: $78.52 per hour per interpreter
• Unit: 1 hour
• Minimum: two-hour minimum for on-site services, with payment made in 15-minute increments thereafter.
• Documentation: a completed timesheet verifying the provision of services signed by the interpreter and the customer or, when applicable, office staff.
2. Video remote interpreting
• Rate: $78.52 per hour per interpreter
• Unit: 1 hour
• Minimum: one-hour minimum for VRI services, with payment made in 15-minute increments thereafter.
• Documentation: a completed timesheet signed by the interpreter and supported by appropriate confirmation from the customer or office staff (e.g., email confirmation, session log, or other agreed-upon documentation).
- Service add-ons
1. Certified interpreter differential
• Rate: $13.10 per hour per interpreter
• Unit: 1 hour
• Payment made in 15-minute increments
• Documentation: documentation requirements follow the base service provided.
2. Regional differential
• Rate: $16.92 per hour per interpreter
• Unit: 1 hour
• Payment made in 15- minute increments
• Documentation: documentation requirements follow the base service provided.
3. Complex interpreting
• Rate: $5.00 per hour per interpreter
• Unit: 1 hour
• Payment is made in 15-minute increments
• Documentation: documentation requirements follow the base service provided.
4. Interpreter travel
• Rate: $78.52 per hour per interpreter
• Unit: 1 hour
• Documentation: vendor travel log and supporting documentation of the shortest reasonable route mileage as determined by a web mapping service (e.g., google maps, Bing maps).
• The corresponding service deliverable must be submitted to confirm the travel deliverable.
- Contract Period/Term: 5 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: February 6, 2026
