DLPT5 Source Sought Notice 26AUG26.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR

US Army, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC)

Standard-Setting Study Support Services

INTRODUCTION

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) – Fort Eustis issues this Sources Sought as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for DLPT5 Standard-Setting Studies. The results of this market research will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy and to assess the market's capability to successfully meet the United States Government requirements.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. A Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached for review (Attachment 1).

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

This effort supports the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s (DLIFLC) responsibility to develop and maintain valid, reliable, and legally defensible language proficiency assessments for the Department of Defense. DLIFLC uses the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT5) to certify the proficiency of U.S.

Government personnel against the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill Level Descriptions. A critical component of test validation is the use of formal Standard-Setting Studies, which produce evidence-based "cut scores" (i.e., the number of correct answers required for a proficiency level). This requirement is for a contractor to provide turn-key services to conduct these essential studies.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The contractor should provide comprehensive services to plan, staff, execute, and report on up to six (6) DLPT5 Standard-Setting Studies per year. The contractor shall provide all personnel, facilities, supervision, and materials necessary to perform the tasks detailed in the attached PWS.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide a tailored capabilities statement addressing the particulars of this effort. This statement should include appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; and 3) implement a successful project management plan that ensures compliance with program schedules, cost containment, and risk mitigation.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

1.) Secure Facility Provision: The contractor is required to provide a commercial conference facility for each 5-day study. The facility must be located within a 50-mile radius of Washington, D.C., and contain, at a minimum, one plenary room and two separate acoustic breakout rooms.

2.) Personnel & Information Security: The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all sensitive Government test materials. This includes, but is not limited to, administering Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) for all participants and providing the Government with a formal Certificate of Destruction for all materials upon completion of each study.

3.) IT & Equipment Provision: The contractor must provide all IT hardware for each study, including 20+ password-protected laptops, external mice, and noise-canceling headsets, along with a stable, high-speed internet connection.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 611710 (Educational Support Services) with a Small Business Size Standard of $24.0 Million. The Product Service Code is U099 (Education/Training – Other). Each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement. Please also include both your UEI and CAGE Code in your responses.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES

STATEMENT)

Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than five

(5) pages in length.

The deadline for response to this request is no later than 12:00 PM EDT, 11 Sept 2026.

All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to:

Contract Specialist, Ms. Phoenix Fluker, at phoenix.m.fluker.civ@army.mil

Contracting Officer, Mr. Edward Wojtan, at edward.w.wojtan2.civ@army.mil.

The email subject line must read: "Sources Sought Response: DLPT5 Standard- Setting Study Support".

This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:

1.) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of standard-setting studies or similar psychometric/educational measurement requirements? Provide at least two examples from the past three years.

2.) Describe your company’s capability to manage a task of this nature, including the management of subcontractors or teaming partners if applicable.

3.) What specific technical skills and methodologies (e.g., Modified Angoff, Bookmark) do your company possess to ensure capability to perform the tasks?

4.) Describe your company's ability to recruit, vet, and retain specialized personnel who meet the high proficiency standards (ILR 3 and 4) detailed in PWS, including the ability to meet the 50/50 native-speaker balance.

5.) Provide a statement including current business size/status and a company profile to include number of employees, office locations, UEI, and CAGE code

ATTACHMENTS

Draft Performance Work Statement https://www.google.com/url?q=mailto%3Aphoenix.m.fluker.civ%40army.mil https://www.google.com/url?q=mailto%3Aedward.w.wojtan2.civ%40army.mil

DISCLAIMER

"THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS

NOT A 'REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)' TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT

CONSTITUTE SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A

COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT

OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A

CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE

TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY

INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING

TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE

REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ISSUED.

IF SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-

WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL

OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING

THIS REQUIREMENT