Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
MCOTEA American Sign Language Interpreting
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryThe Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity (MCOTEA), under the Department of the Navy, wants American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters for a deaf or hard of hearing employee, including classified work. It is set aside for small businesses, and bidders need a facility security clearance (FCL), the Government's approval to handle classified information. The response due date is November 14, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern; the full request for quotes (RFQ) is on PIEE. More in the summary
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The Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity (MCOTEA), under the Department of the Navy, wants American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters for a deaf or hard of hearing employee, including classified work. It is set aside for small businesses, and bidders need a facility security clearance (FCL), the Government's approval to handle classified information. The response due date is November 14, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern; the full request for quotes (RFQ) is on PIEE.
Who can bid
- Small business, since SAM.gov lists a total small business set-aside
- Facility security clearance (FCL) required for the contract
- Personnel assigned to classified work must maintain the required eligibility and access
How to submit: Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Facility security clearance required. A business without an FCL cannot meet the security requirements, and getting one takes sponsorship and time.
- Serious: Small businesses only. SAM.gov shows a total small business set-aside, so only small businesses can bid.
- Worth checking: Cleared interpreters needed for classified work. Interpreters on classified work must have the required eligibility and access, which limits who you can staff.
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- Worth checking: Solicitation documents are on PIEE. The request for quotes and its attachments are only in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), a Defense Department portal, so you must get access there to see the requirements.
- Minor: Date passed (Oct 19, 2026): Two amendments uploaded. Amendment 0001 and Amendment 0002 documents were uploaded October 19, 2026, and quoters must review the amended documents.
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Full summary
What they want
- Provide qualified interpreters who interpret spoken English into ASL
- Convey the employee's signed and written communications to audiences who do not read ASL
- Support both unclassified and classified activities
- Keep assigned personnel eligible and cleared for access to classified work
- Contract type
- Combined synopsis/solicitation for a request for quotes (RFQ); price type not stated
- Place of performance
- VA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 14, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module
What to include when you submit
- Get the RFQ and all attachments from the PIEE Solicitation Module, including Attachment 1 (Performance Work Statement) and Attachment 6 (DD Form 254, the contract security classification specification)
- Review the documents amended by Amendment 0001 and Amendment 0002
Not in the notice text
- The RFQ, Performance Work Statement, DD Form 254 and other attachments, with hours, schedule, interpreter qualifications, evaluation and submission rules, are on PIEE
- The contract length and number of hours or interpreters
- What Amendment 0001 and Amendment 0002 changed
- How the award will be decided
- The place of performance beyond the state shown on SAM.gov
Eligibility and how to respond
- SAM.gov lists this with a WOSB sole-source set-aside code, but the notice asks for offers by Nov 14, 2026. Ask the contracting officer who may submit an offer. The notice also names requirements: More open women-owned set-asides under NAICS 541930
- The notice mentions a security clearance. Check who needs one, and whether you must hold it by the time offers are due.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Commander, Quantico, VA
- Product/service code
- R608 · Support – Administrative: Translation and Interpreting
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541930)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 14, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 14, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 14, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Open WOSB set-aside contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, WOSB (women-owned small business), Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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