Communication Accessible Real-Time (CART) Transcription Services

To amend the closing date to May 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) is committed to providing reasonable accommodations (RA) and communication access to individuals who need communication support. The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) requires that Title II entities, State and local governments, communicate effectively with people who have communication disabilities. The goal is to ensure that communication with people with disabilities is equally effective as communication with people without disabilities. The ADA uses the term ‘auxiliary aids and services’ to refer to the ways to communicate with people who have communication disabilities. The Department of Justice interprets auxiliary aids and services as those aids and services designed to provide effective communications, (i.e., making aurally and visually delivered information available to persons with hearing, speech, and vision impairments). Transcription services are used to relay aurally delivered material almost simultaneously in written form to persons who are deaf or hearing-impaired.

OOD is seeking vendors to supply on-site and/or remote captioning services in all eighty-eight (88) Ohio counties Respondent’s response must include the hourly rate for on-site services, in a minimum of one, (1) Ohio county.

A) OOD shall base the award on lowest cost.

B) OOD will also base the award on the respondent that is responsive, responsible, and able to complete the work described in the summary.

Mailed, emailed, or faxed responses will NOT be accepted.

OhioBuys provides the primary platform for Supplier Partners to engage in procurement activities with the State of Ohio. For additional information on submitting proposals see the “Viewing and Responding to Solicitations” Learner Guide or the “Viewing and Responding to Solicitations” Supplier Training Video linked below.

OhioBuys Supplier Training Materials can be located at this site
https://procure.ohio.gov/bidders-and-suppliers/resources/bidder-and-supplier-training/04-ob-training

Viewing and Responding to Solicitations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6iE32BUMJ0&feature=youtu.be

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