Human Translation Services

The U.S. Section, International Boundary and Water Commission awarded Contract PO# 191BWC26P0059 to Languagers Inc. for Human Translation Services under a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection method, with a base year value of $61,776 and a total potential value of $125,376 including one optional year. The contract is a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) agreement requiring professional Spanish-to-English translation services, including the translation of approximately 32,200 words per month, document formatting in MS Word and PowerPoint, use of the FAO-provided MemoQ translation memory and GovCraft machine-translation plug-in, and maintenance of Excel logs on OneDrive or SharePoint. Performance is measured by strict standards: translations must achieve 90% accuracy with no material errors, 100% grammatical accuracy in American English, 90% formatting consistency with source documents, 90% compliance in log entry within two days, and 100% attendance at weekly and quarterly coordination meetings. The contractor must also handle occasional English-to-Spanish translations, approximately once per year, and participate in required meetings. The contract is set aside exclusively for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) under NAICS code 541930 and is governed by FAR clauses through FAC-Circular 2025-06, including mandatory compliance with Service Contract Labor Standards, Equal Opportunity regulations, Combating Trafficking in Persons, Privacy Training, and Buy American provisions. The contractor is required to maintain active SAM registration with a valid Unique Entity Identifier and ensure all representations and certifications are current. Payment is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds, and no legal obligation arises until the Contracting Officer provides written notice of funding. Invoicing must be conducted electronically via the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), managed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Personnel involved must undergo personal identity verification, and all records must be retained for three years after final payment. The place of performance is El Paso, Texas, with no minimum hour requirement, though performance is historically estimated at approximately 30 hours per week. Languagers Inc. was selected because their offer was the lowest-priced among those deemed technically acceptable, having submitted a compliant technical approach and three verifiable references for similar past performance, thereby meeting the pass/fail criteria required for