Synopsis_-_FA8601-15-T-0200.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation (“synopsitation” hereafter), which is expected to result in award of a firm-fixed- price contract for commercial items, i.e. English instructor, as described under the paragraph below titled “Requirement.” The synopsitation is prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. An award, if any, will be made to the responsible offeror who submits a proposal that (1) conforms to the requirements of the synopsitation; (2) that receives a rating of “Acceptable” on the Technical Capability evaluation factor; and (3) that submits the proposal with the lowest total evaluated price (TEP), provided that the

TEP is not unbalanced and is fair and reasonable. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions or make no award at all depending upon (1) the quality of proposals received and

(2) the price fair and reasonableness of proposals received.

Synopsitation Number: FA8601-15-T-0200

NAICS Code: 611310

Requirement: Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) has has a requirement for English as a

Second Language Instructor for international AFIT students. This course will provides qualified students for whom English is a second or foreign language with specific, academically focused training and practice in English communication. The instructor should be able to meet with both professors and students out of the classroom setting to assist with inter-cultural and language communications issues. Listed below are all skilled areas and activities that shall be covered in this course:

Grammar, Reading, Pronunciation and Fluency, Interacting Effectively in Graduate Class, Listening Comprehension, Courtesy and Personal Interaction in the USA, and Paper and Thesis

Writing. The instructor needs to have knowledge of higher education- MS and PhD degrees, and have ability to determine if a student is capable to meet the requirements of the advance English communications to pursue MS and/or PhD degree at AFIT. Also, the instructor must have thorough knowledge of the American collegiate system, including university organization requirements for degrees, accreditation, and grading systems, and interpretation of college/university transcripts, knowledge of GRE/GMAT/TOEFL scores. In addition, the instructor shall have the ability to employ analytical techniques, interpret information, and logically analyze processes and procedures.

The instructor must have a full understanding of interpreting foreign student’s language and be able to communicate with student to assist them in the following seven components: Grammar, Reading, Pronunciation and Fluency, Interacting Effectively in Graduate Class, Listening

Comprehension, Courtesy and Personal Interaction in the USA, and Paper and Thesis Writing.

The instructor must analyze the skill areas and activities periodically throughout the seven (7) week time frame and evaluation results will be disseminated in academic venues, grading reports and presentations. The instructor must have extensive knowledge of and working experience with the Air Force Career Fields structure and the protocols employed by academic departments at the AFIT Graduate School, the Air Force Personnel Center, and the Academic Coding Section that is responsible for all Air Force Officers' education and training record Further details may be found on the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) dated 19 June 2015, which is located at Attachment 1.

Provisions and Clauses: Applicable provisions and clauses are incorporated in the attached solicitation document located at Attachment 2.

This solicitation incorporates FAR provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition

Circular (FAC) Fac 2005-83, effective 02 July 2015; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS) Publication Notice DPN 20150626, effective 26 June 2015; and Air Force

Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS) Air Force Acquisition Circular (AFAC)

2015-0406, effective 06 Apr 2015.

Offerors must complete and submit with their price list FAR 52.212-3—Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items with its Alternate I, located in Attachment 2. However, if the offeror has completed the FAR 52.212-3 provision online, the offeror shall only complete paragraph (b) of this provision, located at Attachment 4. Also, offerors must complete and submit with their price list DFARS 252.209-7992—Representation by Corporations Regarding an

Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law—Fiscal Year

2015 Appropriations, located at Attachment 3.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: All prospective awardees are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov. Any award resulting from this solicitation will include DFARS Clause 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests. Section

1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001 requires any claims for payment

(invoices) under DoD contract to be submitted in electronic form. Wide Area Workflow- Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) is the DoD system of choice for implementing this statutory requirement. Use of the basic system is at no cost to the contractor. Contractors must complete vendor training, which is also available at no cost at http://www.wawftraining.com. Prior to submitting invoices in the production system, contractors must register for an account at http://wawf.eb.mil/.

Evaluation: The evaluation factors for this solicitation are Technical and Price. Technical is approximately equal to Price.

Technical: The Government will review the documentation provided by the offeror and make an assessment of the offeror’s ability to perform the services called for in the PWS to the standards specified therein.

Price: The Government will evaluate the proposed price for the services. An offeror will be unawardable if the proposed price is determined not be fair and reasonable.

Award: Award will be made to the offeror that conforms to the solicitation; demonstrates that the offeror is capable of performing the services called for in the SOW to the standards specified therein;

and, proposes prices that are determined to be fair and reasonable, and represent the best overall value to the Government.

Consent to RFP Terms and Conditions: Submission of offers in response to this solicitation constitutes assent by the offeror to all of its terms and conditions including its attachments, which, with the exception of provisions, will be incorporated into the resulting contract.

Synopsitation Closing Date: Proposal must be received not later than 11:00am (EST), local time, on 03 August 2015.

Submit electronic proposal via Joshua Kena to: joshua.kena@us.af.mil.

Any correspondence sent via e-mail must contain the subject line “Synopsitation FA8601-15-T-

0020.” The entire quote must be contained in a single e-mail that does not exceed 5 megabytes including attachments, if any. E-mails with compressed files are not permitted. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe or .zip files). Therefore, if the specified subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-Patterson. If sending attachments with email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx documents are sent. The email filter may delete any other form of attachments.

Address questions regarding this synopsitation to either Joshua Kena telephonically at (937) 522-

4563 or via e-mail at joshua.kena@us.af.mil.

Attachments:

1. Statement of Work

2. CLINs, Provisions and Clauses

3. DFARS 252.209-7992, Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax

Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law—Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations

4. FAR 52.212-3, Paragraph (b), Offeror Representations And Certifications--Commercial Items mailto:joshua.kena@us.af.mil