Blanket Purchase Agreement N3654A11A2002

The Department of the Navy United States Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic) awarded a single award blanket purchase agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees to procure interpreter and translator services in Djibouti. The original solicitation sought English, Somali, and French interpretation services with a potential value of $500,000 and period of performance through December 7, 2012. Subsequent task orders awarded against this blanket purchase agreement and held by various Department of Defense agencies and military commands provided interpretation, translation, cultural advisory, and logistical expedition services in Djibouti valued at over $350,000 total. Places of performance under these task orders included Camp Lemonnier, the largest United States military base in Africa and key location for counterterrorism and humanitarian operations in the Horn of Africa and Yemen under United States Africa Command and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. As a foreign contractor, no set aside provisions applied to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees. The blanket purchase agreement and task orders facilitated rapid procurement of frequently required language and logistical support services for contingency operations in the region.

The Defense Intelligence Agency also awarded multiple firm fixed price task orders against Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees' blanket purchase agreement for interpretation, translation, and cultural advisory services in Djibouti in support of the Agency's intelligence collection activities. Task order periods of performance ranged from one month to over one year, and collectively valued these services at over $200,000. National interest action codes indicated work supported Operation Enduring Freedom. The blanket purchase agreement and task orders established terms and conditions for procuring linguistic and advisory capabilities critical to the Defense Intelligence Agency's mission in the Horn of Africa.