SLED Opportunity · OHIO · CITY OF COLUMBUS
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City of Columbus seeks telephonic foreign language interpreting services for 911 emergency calls, available 24/7, requiring expertise in legal, medical, and law enforcement terminology.
It is the intent of the City of Columbus, Division of Support Services to obtain bids to establish a contract for the purchase of telephonic foreign language interpreting services to be used to provide telephonic interpreting services for the limited English speaking population seeking emergency services from the City of Columbus Division of Support Services through the Columbus 911 Emergency Communications Center, on a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week, 365 day a year (24/7/365) basis. The Columbus 911 Emergency Communications Center processes roughly 1.4 million call transactions annually and utilizes telephonic interpreting services roughly 1,500 times per month. Interpreters must be able to perform simultaneous and consecutive telephonic interpreting as required by the Columbus 911 Emergency Communications Center. Interpreters must be familiar with legal, medical and law enforcement terminology in an emergency and non-emergency setting. Interpreters will be required to translate from English to multiple languages and from multiple languages to English.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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