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Questions and Answers FA330022RFIA001: – Translator Services

Q1. Are federal court-certified translators acceptable under this contract's requirement?

A1: Yes.

Q2. The contract does not mention whether the requirement for the Portuguese language will be for Portuguese -Brazilian or Portuguese- European. Can you please let us know?

A2: Portuguese -Brazilian

Q3. Our company, Professional Language Solutions Group is a SWAM certified language company, based in Northern Virginia, registered in SAM. We have applied and are in process of getting WOSB certification for our business. Are we qualified to bid for this contract, as it is a total small business set aside?

A3: This is just a Request for Information (RFI) to determine what type of businesses are in the marketplace. We have not determined if it will be a small business set aside.

Q4. Regarding the above RFI, we noticed that the attached Statement of Work document, on page four, goes from Section 6, Administrative Requirements to Section 9, Performance Management. There are no sections 7 or 8. Is this simply a mis-numbering or is there additional information missing that you can send us? Please advise.

A4: Mis-numbering

Q5. Can we participate only for the translation from English to Spanish and vice versa, or shall we participate for all the languages requested?

A5: Yes.

Q6. Do we need to send the translators' certifications with our proposal? Or upon request?

A6: Yes. This is a Request for Information (RFI) only not a Request for Proposals or Quotes.

Q7. Is this a new requirement or is there a contractor presently performing the same or similar work (incumbent contract)? If that’s the case, can you kindly provide me the contract number and name of the vendor?

A7: This is a renewal of BPA’s FA330017A0010: Doris Cabezas and FA330017A0004: Luis Pradera

Q8. Do you have any instructions for the submission?

A8: This is a Request for Information (RFI) please submit a capability brief relating to the Statement of Work.

Q9: To win the award does the contractor have to be familiar with Government language, acronyms, and procedures?

A9: Yes, specifically Air Force language. This is a Request for Information (RFI) only not a Request for Proposals or Quotes.

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