Presolicitation_Notice_SGE50017R0016.pdf

November 18, 2016

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

Solicitation No. SGE50017R0016

The American Consulate General, Frankfurt hereby provides the following Pre-Solicitation

Notice in respect of the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for:

TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICES FOR THE U.S. EMBASSY

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

The Regional Procurement Support Office in Frankfurt, Germany intends to issue a firm-fixed price, multiple year (one base plus four option years) indefinite delivery indefinite quantity

( IDIQ ) contract for translating and interpreting services required by the U.S Embassy, Office of Program Management-Ministry of Interior (OPM-MOI), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The scope of work requires the successful contractor to provide qualified linguists for translating / interpreting from English into Arabic (written language: international “fus-ha”

Arabic; spoken language Gulf Arabic) and from Arabic (the same standards) into English.

The required services include: translating training course materials; interpreting training courses during classroom presentation and interaction between students and instructors; performing simultaneous or consecutive interpretation in a variety of settings ranging from private meetings with two or more American or Saudi interlocutors to events in a conference room, auditorium, or other open area with one or more principal speakers and/or interactions with multiple participants. Place of performance is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

All interpreters and translators to be assigned to this project by the contractor shall have to demonstrate:

- adequate education/qualifications incl. English language proficiency (Level IV- full professional proficiency) and equal or exceeding Arabic (required forms) language proficiency

- experience in translation and/or simultaneous/consecutive interpretation

- good knowledge of the Middle Eastern geography and culture and adequate knowledge of the American culture

- basic computer skills with Microsoft Word and Outlook

They shall also be submitted to testing and/or interviews for verification of their performance capabilities.

AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL

Regional Procurement Support Office

Giessenerstrasse 30

60435 Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Tel: (49) 69 7535 3319

E-mail: LazicV@state.gov

All interpreters and translators to be assigned to this project by the contractor shall have to be eligible for clearance by the Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia.

Companies interested in the solicitation shall express their interest not later than December 8, 2016 by written correspondence to the attention of Mrs. Vesna Lazic at the above e-mail address, using the solicitation number SGE50017R0016 in the subject line.

Please do not telephone.

All requests for a copy of the solicitation MUST include the following information:

- name of the company;

- name, telephone, fax number and e-mail address of the point of contact;

- complete physical and mailing address of the company

The solicitation document will only be available in the English language and will be distributed only to the parties which have expressed interest in receiving the solicitation package.

Solicitation and award will be subject to the laws and regulations of the United States of

America. The requirement is being competed utilizing full and open competition procedures.