American Sign Language Interpreting and CART Accommodation Services with Captioning and Other Accessibility Services

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research Services, Events Management Branch, is seeking proposals for a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) accommodation services. This requirement includes captioning and other accessibility services to support the agency's events and operations. The acquisition is categorized under NAICS 541930 for Translation and Interpretation Services and PSC R499 for Support- Professional: Other.

This solicitation is designated as a Small Business Administration (SBA) set-aside. Performance will take place in Bethesda, Maryland, under the management of the National Institutes of Health OLAO. The solicitation, identified as 75N98025R00007, has been updated through multiple amendments to provide responses to offeror questions, revise the Statement of Work, and update internal policies and procedures.

Interested parties must submit their proposals by the response deadline of November 1, 2025. The current solicitation package includes five attachments: the original RFP, two revised versions of the RFP, a formal amendment notice, and a document containing questions and responses. Callie Prassinos serves as the primary point of contact for this requirement.