# City of Columbus #RFQ033852

Columbus Public Health multilingual document translation services

**Posted:** October 13, 2026
**Respond By:** November 09, 2026
**Identifier:** RFQ033852
**NAICS:** 541930, 561410

The City of Columbus, through Columbus Public Health, is seeking a language-services provider for public health and Franklin County WIC materials.
- **Government buyer:** City of Columbus; Columbus Public Health (CPH), Language Services office. Services support CPH and Franklin County Women, Infants and Children (WIC) staff and customers.
- **Requested services:** On-demand professional document translation for health and social-services materials, vital documents, program and event advertising, and clinical-appointment materials. The provider must be able to handle at least 500 translations annually; the City reports completing approximately 350 in the past year.
  - Languages include Agri, Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Braille, Brazilian Portuguese, Burmese, Cambodian, Chin (Hakha Chin), Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Creole, Dari/Afghani, Farsi, French, Fulani, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Laotian, Macedonia, Mandingo, Nepali, Oromo, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yoruba, and Zomi.
  - Deliverables may be electronic or tactile, including Braille when requested. Scope also includes basic and complex formatting and desktop publishing; auxiliary services such as closed captions may be requested and must be described and priced.
- **Notable requirements:** Translations must be medically accurate, culturally sensitive, and appropriate for health topics and sensitive information. Translators must demonstrate English and target-language proficiency and relevant qualifications. Each translation must receive proofreading and editing by a second qualified person, with personnel documented; field testing or peer review may also be requested. Protect confidential medical information, accommodate urgent and occasional same-day requests, and maintain fixed unit prices throughout the contract.
- **Reporting and quality references:** Provide monthly electronic invoices and Excel utilization summaries, along with quarterly and annual translation summaries. ISO 17100 compliance is preferred. The American Translators Association (ATA) is cited as an example of a translator certification agency.
- **Named platforms and software examples:** Euna Procurement; Microsoft Office, Canva, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe InDesign. These are referenced as submission or document-production platforms, not as requested translation products.
- **Award context:** One provider is expected to receive the contract. Proposals are evaluated on competency, service quality and feasibility, past performance, and cost.

### Description

The City of Columbus, Columbus Public Health (CPH), is seeking proposals for document translation services to provide written language assistance to clients. The scope includes professional translations for CPH and Franklin County Women Infants and Children (WIC) staff and customers, covering health and social services materials, vital documents, advertising, and clinical appointments. The selected vendor must support requested languages, urgent requests, quality assurance and confidentiality requirements, and services such as formatting and desktop publishing when needed. The initial twelve-month contract begins April 1, 2027, with an option to renew for four additional one-year periods.

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