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BPA call 70RTAC22FC0000050TCS INTERPRETING, INC.

Overview

Award facts

Net obligations
$214.37K
$214,373of $335.59K potential value
Outlays (paid to date)
$119.68K
$119.68K paid of $214.37K obligated$119,682
Period of performance
Sep 29, 2022 to Sep 28, 2025
Ended
Modifications
6
Latest action Jan 28, 2025
Contract type
BPA call
PIID 70RTAC22FC0000050

Contract value is the most the government could spend; obligations are what it has legally committed; outlays are what it has actually paid.

Description of requirement

TO PROVIDE CAPTIONING (CART) AND VIDEO REMOTE INTERPRETING (VRI) SERVICES FOR DHS HQ PERSONNEL WHO ARE DEAF, HOH OR HAVE OTHER DISABILITIES.

Dates and value

Award date
Signed on Sep 28, 2022
Potential end of performance
Sep 27, 2025
Current value
$315,673Base and exercised options
Potential value (if all options are exercised)
$335,593
Parent contract vehicle
70FA4022A00000009 (BPA, single award) — 39 orders recorded under it

Obligations by fiscal year of action

  • FY2024: $139,885
  • FY2023: $27,989
  • FY2022: $46,499

Total across 3 fiscal years: $214,373

Source: Federal Procurement Data System contract actions as published by SAM.gov and USAspending.gov; latest action recorded Jan 28, 2025. View on USAspending · Recipient on SAM.gov

Recipient

NameTCS INTERPRETING, INC.
LocationSILVER SPRING, MD
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CAGE code1FPR1
Business sizeSmall businessSize at award, per the contracting officer
Organization typeCorporate not tax exempt
Parent companyTCS INTERPRETING, INC.

Business types and certifications

Women-ownedWomen-owned small business (WOSB)Economically disadvantaged WOSB (EDWOSB)Minority-ownedSelf-certified small disadvantaged businessFor-profit organizationCorporation (not tax-exempt)

Self-reported at the time of the action.

Agency and place

Awarding and funding

Awarded by
  1. Department of Homeland Security
  2. Office Of Procurement Operations
  3. INFO TECH ACQ CENTER
Funded by
  1. Department of Homeland Security
  2. Office Of The Chief Information Officer
  3. OFC OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFCR
Funded from
CAS - office of the chief information officerProgram activities070-0112Federal accounts (agency financial reports)

Place of performance

Place of performance
Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland 20910-3743
Congressional district (place of performance)
MD-08As reported at the time of the action

Classification and competition

Classification

NAICS
541930TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES
Product or service (PSC)
R608SUPPORT- ADMINISTRATIVE: TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING (service)

Competition

Extent competed
Full and open competitionA
Solicitation procedures
Subject to multiple award fair opportunityMAFO
Set-aside
Not reported
Contract pricing
Labor hoursZ

Solicitation and notices

Solicitation ID
70RTAC22Q00000088(as reported)
Solicitation date
Aug 31, 2022

Contract details

Major program
Communication and services (CAS)
Service Contract Act labor standards
No
Commercial procedures
Commercial products/servicesA
Government-furnished property
Transaction does not use GFE/GFPN
Bundled requirement
Not bundledH
Consolidated requirement
Not consolidatedD
Undefinitized action (terms not final)
No
Performance-based service acquisition
No - service where PBA is not used.N

Transaction history

Modification history

Base award
Sep 28, 2022Base obligation at award: $46,499
Latest action
Jan 28, 2025 — Other administrative actionModification P00006; administrative: no change in scope or value
Latest substantive action
Sep 27, 2024 — Option exercisedModification P00005; obligation change +$111,280
Latest funding action
Sep 17, 2024 — Funding onlyModification P00004; obligation change +$8,950; funding only: changes obligations, not scope
Actions by type
  • Base award1
  • Other administrative action3
  • Funding only2
  • Option exercised1
7 actions recorded, Sep 28, 2022 to Jan 28, 2025; each action counted once.

All contract data

All contract data

Every other field reported for this award, as of its latest reported action

Competition

Evaluation preference
No preference used
Local area set-aside
No
Simplified procedures for commercial items
No
A-76 (FAIR Act) action
No

Pricing and financing

Paid by purchase card
No

Socio-economic and policy

Inherently governmental functions
Other functionsOT
Recovered materials and sustainability
No clauses included and no sustainability includedC
EPA-designated product
Not requiredE
Clinger-Cohen Act planning (IT)
No

Place and origin

Domestic or foreign entity
U.S. owned businessA
Country of product or service origin
United statesUSA
Place of manufacture
Not a manufactured end productC

Structure

Award or IDV
Award
Award type
BPA callA
Parent vehicle type
BPAE
Parent vehicle: multiple or single award
Single awardS
Parent vehicle agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency7022
Awarding agency code
7000
Awarding sub-tier code
7001
Contracting office code
70RTAC
Transactions recorded under this award key
7

Funding

Funding agency code
7000
Funding sub-tier code
7058
Funding office code
70JTE1
Treasury accounts
  • 070-2022/2022-0112-000
  • 070-2023/2023-0112-000
  • 070-2024/2024-0112-000
  • 070-2025/2025-0112-000
Object classes
  • 25.1: Advisory and assistance services
Disaster or emergency funding (DEFC)
  • Q: Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression