Over $180M for GWoT Interpreter Services

Global Linguistic Solutions LLC in Springfield, VA received a delivery order amount of $49 million as part of a recent big $4.65 billion contract win for translation services. Work will be performed in Iraq and any related mission location, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 8, 2011. Bids were solicited via the World Wide Web on June 29, 2006, and 3 bids were received by the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command in Fort Belvoir, VA (W911W4-07-D-0001). N.B. DID believes the Pentagon meant to say “Global Linguistic Solutions LLC,” instead of “Global Language Systems L.L.C.” in their release, and has presented this article as such. Jabra Gheim has some impressive translation qualifications and excellent testimonials; he both trains US personnel and creates standard training material at the Defense Language Institute and West Point Academy. Still, a $4.65 billion contract vehicle is pretty unique. CENTCOM’s other front was not neglected, nor was Guantanamo Bay… Feb 02/07: Small business qualifier International Management Services Inc. in Rumford, ME received the full delivery order amount of $39.5 million as part of a cost-plus-award-fee contract for interpreter and translation services in Afghanistan. Work is expected to be complete by Jan. 28, 2012. Bids […]