Language Line Services, Inc.
City-funded organization
Language Line Services, Inc. (LanguageLine Solutions) is a Monterey, CA-based company, founded in 1982 and now owned by Teleperformance, that is the world's largest provider of telephonic and video interpretation and document translation services. It holds $20.6 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 spanning ACS, DCAS, DFTA, DCWP, DoITT, Probation, and Social Services, out of $306 million awarded citywide since 2005; about 49% of that value ($151 million) was won without a fresh competitive bid, including a $24.5 million no-bid emergency COVID-19 contact-tracing interpretation contract and large renewal-without-rebid interpretation/translation contracts.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts (active)
- $20,639,777 · 5 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $306,029,554 · 236 since 2005, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $235,032,594
- Won without a fresh bid
- 49% of contract value · $151,127,772 · 18 contracts
- Based in
- Monterey, CA (out of state)
- Chairman / CEO
- Scott Klein
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service City agency
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Consumer & Worker Protection City agency
- Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications City agency
- Department of Probation City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Primary Contract with Language Line Services for Telephonic DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service · MA185720248807152 $18,569,200
- Translation Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800791 $984,264
- Document Translation - Multi-year extension Department of Consumer & Worker Protection · CTA186620217201666 $505,000
- Telephonic Interpretation Services (Language Line Services) Department of Probation · CTA178120217201156 $482,313
- PROVIDE LANGUAGE SERVICES FOR TELEPHONIC INTERPRETATION Department for the Aging · CT112520231413936 $99,000
- PROCURE TELEPHONIC INTERPRETATION SERVICES DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service · MMA185720186201621 · ended 2022 $53,104,176
- TRANSLATION SERVICES DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service · MMA185720186201608 · ended 2022 $27,246,218
- TELEPHONIC INTERPRETATION SERVICES FOR HRA AND DHS Department of Social Services · CTA106920187211941 · ended 2025 $24,535,932
- COVID19 EMERGENCY: CONTACT TRACING TELEPHONIC INTERPRETATION Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · CT185820201426195 · ended 2023 $24,509,764
- WRITTEN TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR HRA AND DHS Department of Social Services · CTA106920187211133 · ended 2026 $16,278,522