QUESTION
Who holds the master contract for language services in New York City?
2:49:04
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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) holds the master contract for language services, and it oversees procurement for the Mayor's Office for Immigrant Affairs (MOIA).
- DCAS is responsible for the master contract for language line services.
- The contract covers procurement of language services for MOIA.
- A new Request for Proposals (RFP) is expected, indicating there will no longer be a master contract.
- MOIA relies on this contract as the main tool for language services used by city agencies.
Alexa Avilés
2:49:04
WHO WHO HOST THE MASTER CONTRACT for language line.
2:49:08
What agency?
Jasniya Sanchez
2:49:12
So decast does.
2:49:14
And they also over see our procurement for language services contracts for Moia.
Alexa Avilés
2:49:21
And is there to your knowledge, are there other contracts that serve a similar function that are used by the city?
Jasniya Sanchez
2:49:31
I would have to defer to to them and probably mocks in terms of the specific, but my understanding is that there there will no longer be a master contract or there was a there's gonna be an RFP, I believe, that is gonna Yeah.
Alexa Avilés
2:49:46
And I totally made that up.
2:49:47
I don't know if there was a master con
Jasniya Sanchez
2:49:49
What it was in the past?
Alexa Avilés
2:49:50
It is it is the the tool that agencies say they use, and that we hear most about.
2:49:57
So I just assumed that
Jasniya Sanchez
2:49:58
we Yeah.
2:49:59
I mean, there was a master contract, but it has been it has tired and, I know, the teams, both at TCAS and Mocks are still working on that to be able to provide the services to me.