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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 20,1999 PSA#2458

Defense Distribution Center, Office Of Procurement, ATTN: DDC-PP, Building 2001, 2nd Floor, New Cumberland, PA 17070-5001

R -- INTERPRETER SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED SOL SP3100-00-T-0010 DUE 102299 POC Robbie Witmer, Contract Specialist, 717-770-7126 E-MAIL: rwitmer@ddc.dla,mil, rwitmer@ddc.dla.mil. The Defense Distribution Center San Diego, CA has a requirement to receive interpreter services for the deaf and hearing impaired for the period of 1 Oct 99 through 31 Dec 2000. The Government, under normal situations and to the extent possible, will request interpreter services by telephone at least two (2) workings prior to the scheduled appointment. In the case of an emergency situation, the Government will request interpreter service as soon as possible. The Contractor will provide professionally trained, qualified and certified sign language and oral interpreting services for the deaf, hearing imparied and deaf/blind persons and to facilitate communication assistance between the parties as needed. The Contractor needs to provide interpreters that are professionally trained and/or certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (R.I.D) and/or National Association of the Deaf (including California Coalition Agencies Serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing (C-CASCO) that meet the skills and ethics appropriate for the assignments. The Contractor must have a pool of interpreters available daily. The contractor must be able to provide services Monday through Friday, Saturdays, Sundays and possibly holidays during the following hours: 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM; 3:30 PM to 11:00 PM; and 11:00 PM to 7:30 AM. Must have twenty-four hour emergency service available for evenings, weekends and holidays as well as normal working hours. The interpreters will be provided with a two(2) hour minimum time and anything over two (2) hours requires two (2) interpreters. The Contractor will only be paid for interpreting service used. Contractor must be capable of accepting payment for services by Government IMPAC VISA Card or by Government purchase order. The Government is requesting an hourly rate for this service. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for Small business concerns. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 7389. The small business size standard is $5.0 million. All responsible small business concerns may submit a quotation which shall be considered by this agency. This requirement is being processed in accordance with Simplified Acquisition Procedures. A Request for Quotation will NOT be issued for this requirement. Please call 717-770-7126 or fax 717-770-5689 with your quotations. NOTE: All vendors and prospective Department of Defense contractors MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE DOD CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) DATABASE to receive awards after MAY 31, 1998. Registration may be done on-line at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil. Posted 10/18/99 (W-SN392582). (0291)

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