Transcription, Translation & Interpretation Services

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SOLICITATION HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN ITS ENTIRETY! The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Investigations (IG/I) requires linguistic transcription, translation, and interpretation services to support ongoing investigations. The office is looking to obtain a qualified Supplier to perform language support services on an as-needed basis under a blanket purchase agreement (BPA).

The anticipated period of performance includes a one-year base period and four, one-year, priced, option periods to be exercised unilaterally at the USAID OIG's sole discretion given at least 60 calendar days' written notice to the Supplier. The objective of this BPA is to provide as needed transcription, translation, and interpretation services for initiated and ongoing investigations. To be eligible for award, offeror must be registered in SAM.gov and cannot be debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment.

ALL OFFERS ARE DUE ON APRIL 26, 2024 BY 1600. OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT A PROPOSAL ADDRESSING THEIR CAPABILITY TO FULFILL ALL REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDE ALL SERVICE TYPES (TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION, AND INTERPRETATION), AND SUPPORT ALL LANGUAGES LISTED IN THE SOW. AS SUCH, USAID OIG ANTICIPATES MAKING ONE AWARD AS A RESULT OF THE SOLICITATION OR NO AWARD AT ALL, IF IT IS DETERMINED TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT. SUBCONTRACTING IS PERMITTED TO ENSURE SERVICE COVERAGE CAN BE PROVIDED.

SUBCONTRACTING WITH SMWOBS IS ENCOURAGED. TO SUBMIT YOUR OFFER, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR PROPOSAL AND REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE CONTACTS LISTED IN THIS POSTING. YOU MUST INCLUDE THE SOLICITATION NUMBER (72001G24R00002) IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF ALL EMAILS RELATED TO THIS SOLICITATION, INCLUDING YOUR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION.

PLEASE REVIEW THE QnA REFERENCE DOCUMENTS AND INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS DOCUMENT FOR ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION CONTEXT PRIOR TO SENDING QUESTIONS TO THE CO. International travel will NOT be required throughout the course of the contract. The scope of work consists of the following language support services defined as follows:

Consecutive interpretation: listening to English or non-English language and orally converting to non-English or English, respectively. In-person Telephonic Video remote Transcription: rendering non-English audio and video recordings into the same written non-English language and then translated into written English.

Translation: replacing written, non-English text (i.e., highly technical contracts or legal documents) into equivalent written English documents (translationtranscription) or replacing written, English text (i.e., highly technical contracts or legal documents) into equivalent written non-English documents (translationtranscription). All interpreters, transcriptionists, and translators must be certified in accordance with the qualifications outlined under section 12 of this SOW to ensure that all spoken words and gestures of a proceeding are produced accurately. The list below provides for the frequently common languages to anticipate. The list includes but is not limited to:

Albanian Amharic Arabic (Northern and Southern Levantine, Iraqi, Egyptian, Sudanese, Yemeni) Bahasa Bengali Burmese Creole Dari Farsi French Hindi Khmer Laotian Malay Mongolian Nepali Pashto Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Sinhala Spanish (Latin American and European) Swahili Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese