Global Linguist Solutions Awarded $4.6B Army Linguistic Services Contract

Falls Church, VA - The U.S. Army has again awarded a contract for management of translation and interpretation services in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) to Global Linguist Solutions LLC (GLS).

The five-year contract, with a maximum value of $4.6 billion, was awarded by the U.S. Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). GLS is a partnership formed by DynCorp International and McNeil Technologies. DynCorp International is the majority partner and will consolidate GLS revenue on its books.

The contract, originally awarded in December 2006, was protested by the incumbent, and the protest was sustained by the General Accountability Office (GAO). The U.S. Army expedited a Request for Reconsideration with the GAO, and the U.S. Army INSCOM issued a revised Request for Proposal.

Under the contract, GLS will provide foreign-language interpretation and translation services to the U.S. Army and other U.S. government agencies supporting OIF, including embedded Iraqi translators who will operate with U.S. forces. GLS will employ up to 6,000 locally hired translators and up to 1,000 U.S. citizens with security clearances who are native speakers of languages spoken in Iraq.

GLS combines the core competencies of DynCorp International and McNeil Technologies to offer INSCOM an innovative management-services solution for its linguist program. DI has a 60-year history supporting and sustaining large-scale personnel deployments in high-threat zones, and includes its current experience in recruiting and sustaining 2,500 employees, including linguists, in Iraq. McNeil Technologies has 21 years' experience in recruiting, deploying, and sustaining linguists, including in Iraq. It possesses unique language research, development, and testing capabilities in less-commonly taught languages, including all languages required by the contract.

SOURCE: DynCorp International and McNeil Technologies