ACM Special Projects Team

The ACM Special Projects Team operates within the Peace Corps Office of Acquisition and Contract Management (OACM) to execute specialized procurement initiatives that directly support global operational readiness and institutional resilience. Responsible for managing mission-critical contracts, the team focuses on acquiring high-integrity, time-sensitive services essential to volunteer safety, workforce development, and digital infrastructure sustainability. Their acquisitions are predominantly service-based, emphasizing linguistic and cultural enablement to facilitate Peace Corps’ international mission, with a strict focus on translation and interpretation services that ensure accurate communication across diverse linguistic environments. The team maintains a primary working relationship with Biometrics4All, Inc., a trusted vendor providing specialized linguistic support solutions tailored to sensitive government operations. This partnership reflects a pattern of sustained, performance-driven collaboration with a single, highly specialized contractor capable of delivering secure, scalable, and culturally nuanced language services under demanding operational conditions. The team prioritizes reliability, compliance, and technical precision over broad vendor competition, fostering a deep, operational-level alignment with their core contractor. The ACM Special Projects Team does not utilize any socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of procurements conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic decision to prioritize specialized capability and operational continuity over socioeconomic targeting, ensuring access to the highest-caliber linguistic expertise required for mission-critical contexts where accuracy and security are non-negotiable. The team’s procurement activity is exclusively focused on NAICS 541930—Translation and Interpretation Services—demonstrating deep technical expertise in linguistic support for federal operations. They procure certified human translation, real-time interpretation, document localization, and culturally adapted communication services, primarily for sensitive medical, safety, and training materials used by Peace Corps volunteers and staff abroad. Their domain expertise lies in secure, compliant, and context-sensitive language solutions that uphold the integrity of international service delivery.