Statement of Work (SOW) - English Classes.pdf

U.S. MISSION BRAZIL

Statement of Work (SOW) English Classes

February 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Objective

Scope of Work

Period of Performance

Place of Performance

Specific Requirements

Compliance Required

Statement of Work (SOW) Portuguese classes

Objective

The aim is to provide foreign language instruction to adult students that focuses on the in English (the “target language”) to Foreign Portuguese-speaking adult students at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Scope of Work

The selected Contractor is expected to provide English classes with focusing on improving professional interactions. Beginning level instruction will provide students with the skills and competency to converse with consular community dependents, colleagues, and visitors to conduct daily work duties. Intermediate and advanced students will hone their competency for professional and business interactions.

The Contractor will provide five English language classes (two beginning, two intermediate and one advanced level). Each class will meet once a week for one hour for a total of five hours per week of instruction time.

Services must comply with all relevant laws and regulations, as well as U.S. Consulate internal policies.

Period of Performance

The base period of instruction will be for 12 months: from April March 1st, 2025 – February 28, 2026, plus two 12-month option years.

! The service must be provided in accordance with the information provided in the approved order provided by the Procurement Office. Only a warranted U.S. Government Contracting Officer has the authority to enter, terminate, or change a contractual commitment on behalf of the Government. If any additional service is required, the Procurement Office must be contacted immediately to approve it.

Place of Performance

Classes will be conducted at the U.S. Consulate Recife premises, located in Rua Goncalves Maia, 163, Boa Vista, Recife, Brazil.

Specific Requirements

The Government necessitates a variety of services under this contract, detailed as follows:

A. The Contractor shall provide all instructional materials including texts, class exercises, handouts, tests, and audio-visual media.

B. The Contractor shall provide qualified instructor(s), who are well versed in all topics to be covered, capable of answering in-depth questions on each topic, will provide the required training in a classroom setting, based on the schedule of training modules or lessons and the objectives and goals for that training.

C. The Contractor shall provide instructor supervisor(s) who will supervise the performance of work under the contract, and who will perform quality assurance in meeting the objectives and goals for that training.

D. The Contractor shall provide other required classroom materials such as newspapers, magazines, dictionaries, or handouts, written in the designated language for use by students in exercises or testing.

Compliance Required

The company shall, without additional expense to the Government, be responsible for complying with all laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the performance of the work, including those of the host country, and with the lawful orders of any governmental authority having jurisdiction. Unless otherwise directed by the Government, the quoter shall comply with the more stringent of the requirements of such laws, regulations, and orders. In the event of a conflict among the contract and such laws, regulations and orders, the company shall promptly advise the Government of the conflict and of the company’s proposed course of action for resolution by the Government.