Translation Services
- Client
- Massachusetts
- RFP Number
- TRANSLATION-8430
- Posted
- 10/16/2026
- Category
- Translation and Interpretation
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
- —
- Set-aside
- —
- Contact
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Description
AI GeneratedThe Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources needs up to two vendors to provide foreign language interpretation and translation services. The scope requires offsite work, including scheduled and unscheduled 24/7 over-the-phone interpretation, remote video interpretation for meetings, and complex document translations from English into primary non-English languages. Interpreters must be fluent in both English and the targeted language, and translators must have written proficiency in both. All businesses are eligible, though onshore USA organizations, Small Business Purchasing Program (SBPP) participants, and registered non-profits meeting state criteria are highlighted. If an eligible SBPP bidder meets the best value criteria, that bidder will receive the award preference. Applicants must submit quotes electronically through the COMMBUYS system. Evaluation teams score responsive proposals based on price competitiveness (15 points), product quality (25 points), ability to meet deliverables (30 points), and experience delivering interpretation and translation services to government agencies (30 points). Contractors must submit invoices directly via email at least monthly.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from DOER RFQ-ENE-2027-009 Translation Services Request for Quotes - PRF88 Category 3.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The Department of Energy Resources is soliciting quotes to provide foreign language interpretation and translation services for non-English speakers. The target maximum number of awards is two contractors. Bidders may submit quotes, with preference given to eligible Small Business Purchasing Program participants.
- Issued by
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Department of Energy Resources
- Bid Release Date
- October 15th, 2026
- Deadline for Quotes/Bid Responses
- October 21st, 2026 5:00 PM EST
- Notification of Apparent Successful Bidder(s) (Estimated)
- October 28th, 2026
- Contract Start Date (Estimated)
- November 1st, 2026
- How to submit
- Electronic via COMMBUYS
- Submission details
- Responses must be submitted electronically via the Create Quote functionality in COMMBUYS.
- Contract term
- Initial duration of one year with one 1-year renewal option, for a total maximum contract duration of two years.
- Set-aside
- Small Business Purchasing Program (SBPP) award preference
- Place of performance
- Offsite
- Funding
- MGL c. 7, § 22; c. 30, § 51, § 52; 801 CMR 21.00
How proposals are evaluated
| Price competitiveness | 15 points |
| Product quality | 25 points |
| Ability to meet deliverables | 30 points |
| Experience providing interpretation and translation services for government agencies | 30 points |
Scope of work
- In-person interpretation for communicating between panelists and meeting attendees
- Remote video interpretation for communicating between panelists and meeting attendees
- Translation of complex documents from English to other languages
- Scheduled and unscheduled over-the-phone interpretation services available 24/7
- Live representative customer support line for phone interpretation
Minimum qualifications
- Interpreters must be fluent in both English and the target language
- Translators must have written proficiency in both English and the target language
Verify important details
Document checkConfirm submission instructions and amendments with the issuing agency before responding.
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