Transcription, Translation & Interpretation Services

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 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 JANUARY 21, 2024 BY 1600.

OFFERORS MAY SUBMIT PARTIAL BIDS FOR THE SERVICE TYPE (TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION, OR INTERPRETATION) BUT BIDS MUST INCLUDE PRICING FOR EVERY LANGUAGE LISTED IN THE SOW. WITH SUCH, USAID OIG RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE MORE THAN ONE AWARD TO PROCURE THE SERVICES REQUIRED OR NO AWARD AT ALL, IF IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT.

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. 

QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS AND/OR CONTENT OF THIS SOLICITATION MAY BE SUBMITTED UNTIL DECEMBER 29, 2023 BY 1600. REPONSES WILL BE PROVIDED NO LATER THAN JANUARY 5, 2024.

International travel will be required throughout the course of the contract.

The scope of work consists of the following language support services defined as follows:

1. Consecutive interpretation: listening to English or non-English language and orally converting to non-English or English, respectively.
   • In-person
   • Telephonic
   • Video remote
2. Transcription: rendering non-English audio and video recordings into written English.
3. Translation: replacing written, non-English text (i.e., highly technical contracts or legal documents) into equivalent written English documents (translation-transcription) or replacing written, English text (i.e., highly technical contracts or legal documents) into equivalent written non-English documents (translation-transcription).
4. Certified transcripts from professional, certified court reporters to ensure that all spoken words and gestures of a proceeding are recorded to produce an accurate transcript.

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