SDVOSB SET ASIDE | 437-19-2-6041-0005 | Service ASL Live Interpreter - FARGO
Statement of Work
American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation Services
1.0 BACKGROUND
This contract is for the provision of American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation Services for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Fargo VA Health Care System (Fargo VA HCS), 2101 N Elm Street, Fargo, North Dakota. Interpreter will perform under this agreement, as an independent contractor, and nothing contained herein must in any way be construed to imply that Interpreter is an agent, employee, partner, or joint venture of the Fargo Veterans Health Care System.
Interpreter is responsible for reviewing and complying with all pertinent State and federal laws including, but not limited to, state and local taxes, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and all other applicable state and federal employment laws. Interpreter is responsible for reviewing and complying with all pertinent county and city ordinances.
2.0 SCOPE
Interpreter Services will include interpretation for a Fargo VA HCS, hearing impaired employee in the work place in a classroom training environment or designated work space setting.
Activities may include, but are not limited to intercepts, voiceovers, and sign language and other settings where a member or employee may require the services of an interpreter for the hearing impaired. Interpreter must be able to interpret/transliterate fluently and understand the continuum of sign communication. Interpreter will furnish sign language and other communication services between people who are deaf or hard of hearing and people who hear to interpret and translate in a work or training environment in an office setting or classroom training environment. Interpreters must provide, a minimum, interpreting services in American Sign Language (ASL) format.
The interpreter shall provide interpreting services from English into American Sign Language format and be prepared to provide interpreting services in any or all the following modes: simultaneous interpretation, consecutive interpretation, and sight translation as needed. The main responsibility will be to translate the spoken work into sign language.
Interpreter services may range from simple to complex and be sensitive. The interpreter shall be able to work in a high-pressure, fast paced environment and stay within the role of interpreter. In the performance of services under this contract, the contract interpreter shall adhere to the provisions of this contract.
The contract interpreter must be able to perform with general office equipment (i.e. computers and computer monitors, video screens and equipment, etc.) and provide interpreting services via computer microphone or telephone conversations.
David A. Raad
David.Raad@va.gov
