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R -- SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER SERVICES SOL 52-PAPT-5-00027 POC Douglas R. Clift, Contract Specialist (703) 305-8399; David J. Zelnick, Contracting Officer. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has a requirement for full-time and on-call sign language interpreter services. These services will be provided on-site at the various PTO locations in Arlington, VA. The interpreters should possess experience in interpreting from Pidgin Sign English (PSE) and American Sign Language (ASL) to English and vice versa and experience in transliterating from spoken English to Manually Coded English (MCE) and vice versa. PTO anticipates awarding a contract for a base period of one year with four additional one-year option periods. This procurement is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. See Numbered Note 1. (0082)

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