Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Emma Gonzalez, Manager, Office of Community Affairs
Subject: Amendment to Agreement with On Point Language Solutions, LLC to Provide Language Interpretation Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution to authorize an amendment to the agreement with On Point Language Solutions, LLC to provide language interpretation services to increase the maximum amount payable by $150,000 in an amount not to exceed $340,000 with no change to the term.
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BACKGROUND:
According to the 2021 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, nearly half of San Mateo County residents (47.6 percent) speak a language other than English at home. Collectively, the County's residents speak more than 100 different languages from across the world with the most prevalent being English, Spanish, Chinese, and Tagalog.
Since 2021, the County has contracted to provide language interpretation services, such as in-person or via remote video to County departments. Interpretation services are available in 25 unique languages.
DISCUSSION:
On June 2, 2021 the San Mateo County Office of Community Affairs (OCA) entered into an agreement with On Point Language Solutions, LLC, to provide in-person and video remote interpretation services.
The agreement provides in-person interpretation services for events, trainings, Board of Supervisor meetings, County commissions, and County councils. Additionally, On Point Language Solutions, LLC, provides video remote interpretation services for webinars, trainings, and meetings. The County accesses video remote interpreting services through a video device (which might include but is not limited to a video phone device, tablet device, or video-equipped computer) and if remotely connected to an interpreter for American Sign Language and/or spoken language interpreting.
The initial agreement did not account for the incr...
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