Award Recommendation and Evaluation Synopsis RFP 250000002718.docx

Michigan.gov/MiProcurement

Michigan.gov/MiProcurement

AWARD RECOMMENDATION

The Michigan State Police-Purchasing office has completed the evaluation of RFP 250000002718 Translation and Training Services MCOLES and has recommended no award.

Bidders who were not recommended for the award are encouraged to schedule a debriefing session with the Purchasing Manager. The debriefing session will provide the bidder with the State’s rationale on why the bidder was not recommended for the award. The Purchasing Manager may be contacted as follows:

Paula Hurst, Purchasing Manager HurstP3@michigan.gov

Public copies of all bidder proposals can be found here: DTMB - Bid Proposals (michigan.gov) Background Information:

This Request for Proposal (RFP) was to solicit responses for selection of a Contractor to provide Translation and Training Services MCOLES.

Bidders:

The RFP was posted on SIGMA VSS on July 02, 2025, at 2:07 P.M. EST for 19 days. The following bidders submitted proposals by the published due date of July 21, 2025.

*SDVOB: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business **GDBE: Geographically Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

EVALUATION SYNOPSIS

I. Evaluation Process A Responsible Vendor is a vendor that demonstrates it has the ability to successfully perform the duties identified by the solicitation. A Responsive proposal is one that is submitted in accordance with the solicitation instructions and meets all mandatory requirements identified in the solicitation.

Proposal Instructions: Mandatory Minimum Requirements

· Bidder must hold an oral transliteration certificate and must present certification with bid.

· Bidder must be certified by the international accreditors for continuing education and training and must present certification with bid.

· Bidder must provide a minimum of one letter of recommendation from an institution or department supported by the bidder’s prior experience using an instructional systems design method attached to this RFP.

· Bidder must have 2 previous experiences developing a research based multidisciplinary synchronous and asynchronous program using the ADDIE instructional systems design method (or an MCOLES approved equivalent).

Proposal Instructions: Evaluation Process The bidder is not IACET certified and did not meet the mandatory minimum requirements.

The full evaluation process is stated in the RFP Proposal Instructions.

II. Evaluation Method Responses to this solicitation were reviewed by the Solicitation Manager in collaboration with the Subject Matter Experts, which consisted of the following individuals:

Voting

Joseph Kempa, Deputy Executive Director Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards

Joanne Catania, MPA, D-ABMDI, Section Manager, Career Development Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards

Susan Mellon, Buyer MSP Purchasing

III. Evaluation Results A. Bidder # 1 Global Interpreting Services, LLC Global Interpreting Services LLC did not meet the requirements of being responsive and responsible because Mandatory Minimum Requirements were not met.

IV. Award Recommendation There is no award recommendation on this RFP. The sole bidder did not meet the mandatory minimum requirements; therefore, no technical evaluation was conducted.

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