Solicitation Amendment W9124725RA0220001 SF 30 - 20250804.pdf

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER.

If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C. DATE SIGNED

Previous edition unusable STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016) Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

Solicitation/Contract Form Continuation

The following changes have been made:

INFORMATION FROM TO

Response Due Date 14 Aug 2025 21 Aug 2025

List of Contract Documents, Exhibits, or Attachments

The attachments table has changed from:

Identifier Document Name Document Description Reference Identifier

Date Line Item Page Numbers

Document Type

Provided Under Separate Cover

Clean Copy - Performance Work Statement (PWS)

FORSCOM

Language Contract1

- 20250716

Performance Work Statement 16 Jul 2025 33 Attachment No

Pricing Matrix Template - 20250717

Proposal 17 Jul 2025 Attachment No

A

TE 1_Performance Requirements Summary (Clean Copy) 20250716

Technical Exhibit 1 - Performance Requirements Summary

16 Jul 2025 4 Exhibit No

B TE 2_Deliverables Schedulev2 (Clean Copy) 20250716

Technical Exhibit 2 - Deliverables Schedule

16 Jul 2025 2 Exhibit No

C

TE 3_ILR Skill Level Descriptionv2 (Clean Copy) 20250716

Technical Exhibit 3 - ILR Skill Level Descriptions

16 Jul 2025 Attachment No

D

TE 4_List of Foreign Languages Potential List (Clean Copy) - 20250716

Technical Exhibit 4 -_List of Foreign Languages Potential List

16 Jul 2025 Attachment No

E

TE 5_STYLE

ORIENTATION

SCALEv2 (Clean Copy) - 20250716

TE 5_STYLE ORIENTATION

SCALEv2

16 Jul 2025 Attachment No

F

TE 6_Types of Instructions and Delivery Methodsv2 (Clean Copy) 20250716

TE 6_Types of Instructions and Delivery Methods

16 Jul 2025 Attachment No

TE 7_Wage Determination (Clean Copy) 20250716

TE 7_ Wage Determination 20250516 16 Jul 2025 Attachment No

TE 8 - Historical Data (Clean Copy) 20250716

TE 8 - Historical Workload Data 16 Jul 2025 2 Attachment No

To:

Identifier Document Name Document Description Reference Identifier

Date Line Item Page Numbers

Document Type

Provided Under Separate Cover

Clean Copy -

W9124725RA0220001

Performance Work Statement (PWS)

FORSCOM

Language Contract

- 20250804

Performance Work Statement 04 Aug 2025 33 Attachment No

Pricing Matrix Template - 20250717

Proposal 17 Jul 2025 3 Attachment No

A TE 1_Performance Requirements Summary 20250804

Technical Exhibit 1 - Performance Requirements Summary

04 Aug 2025 4 Exhibit No

B TE 2_Deliverables Schedulev2 (Clean Copy) 20250804

Technical Exhibit 2 - Deliverables Schedule

04 Aug 2025 2 Exhibit No

C

TE 3_ILR Skill Level Descriptionv2 (Clean Copy) 20250716

Technical Exhibit 3 - ILR Skill Level Descriptions

16 Jul 2025 12 Exhibit No

D

TE 4_List of Foreign Languages Potential List (Clean Copy) - 20250716

Technical Exhibit 4 -_List of Foreign Languages Potential List

16 Jul 2025 4 Exhibit No

E

TE 5_STYLE

ORIENTATION

SCALEv2 (Clean Copy) - 20250716

TE 5_STYLE ORIENTATION

SCALEv2

16 Jul 2025 11 Exhibit No

F

TE 6_Types of Instructions and Delivery Methodsv2 (Clean Copy) 20250716

TE 6_Types of Instructions and Delivery Methods

16 Jul 2025 2 Exhibit No

TE 7_Wage Determination (Clean Copy) 20250716

TE 7_ Wage Determination 20250516 16 Jul 2025 2 Attachment No

TE 8, Historical Data (Clean Copy) 20250804

TE 8 - Historical Workload Data 04 Aug 2025 2 Attachment No

The following contract documents were added:

Clean Copy - Performance Work Statement (PWS) FORSCOM Language Contract - 20250804 TE 1_Performance Requirements Summary 20250804 TE 2_Deliverables Schedulev2 (Clean Copy) 20250804 TE 8, Historical Data (Clean Copy) 20250804

The following contract documents were deleted:

Clean Copy - Performance Work Statement (PWS) FORSCOM Language Contract1 - 20250716 TE 1_Performance Requirements Summary (Clean Copy) 20250716 TE 2_Deliverables Schedulev2 (Clean Copy) 20250716 TE 8 - Historical Data (Clean Copy) 20250716

Addendum to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services

Miscellaneous text in this section has been modified to:

A. SOLICITATION/PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS.

Replace paragraph (b) entitled "Submission of offers" with the following instructions:

1. GENERAL. These proposal instructions are designed to provide general guidance for preparing responses as well as providing specific instructions on response organization, format, content and evaluation under FAR Part 15. Offeror should include all documents and information in accordance with the instructions herein. Noncompliance with the solicitation requirements may hamper the Government's ability to properly evaluate the proposal and may result in elimination of the proposal from further consideration for contract award. Offerors are cautioned to follow the instructions carefully and shall present their best technical proposals and prices in their initial proposal submission, as it is the Government's intent to make an award based on initial proposals received without discussions. However, should discussions become necessary, the Government reserves the right to communicate fairly and equally with contractors by entering into exchanges or discussions.

2. The submission of the documentation specified below and signing of the SF1449 and any amendments shall constitute the Offeror's acceptance of the terms and conditions of the solicitation, concurrence with the PWS, and contract type. If an Offeror believes that the requirements in these instructions contain an error, an ambiguity, omission, or otherwise deemed unsound, the Offeror shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer in writing with supporting rationale prior to the proposal due date.

3. All required proposal documents are due by EST. Responses shall be DATE 21 August 2025 at 04:00pm submitted prior to the closing date and time identified electronically to in Block 8 of the SF 1449 Contracting Officer, Mr. John Machine @ , Contract Specialist Ms. john.j.machine.civ@army.mil and the Andrena Zamor @ Andrena.s.zamor.civ@army.mil.

4. This is an electronic solicitation release. No hard copies will be mailed. All referenced documents for this solicitation are available on the System for Award Management website (SAM) at , https://sam.gov/ under Contract Opportunities. It is the responsibility of each Offeror to review the website for notice of amendments, updates, or changes to current information.

5. The Offeror shall provide a separate cover sheet with its response and include the following information:

a. Cover sheet shall contain the company's legal name and address, Cage Code, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and Tax Identification Number (TIN)

b. The name and title of the person authorized to sign and negotiate the offer

c. A statement that the offer is valid for at least 120 days

d. A statement that the offer is submitted in response to Solicitation W91247-25-R-A022

e. Additionally, the Offeror shall acknowledge receipt of any amendments issued to the solicitation.

B. PROPOSAL FORMAT.

All submissions documents should be in Microsoft Excel (unprotected), Microsoft Word format and/or Portable Document Format (PDF) and the total submission for Mission Capability shall not exceed 35 pages. If the page limits are exceeded, the pages in excess of the limit shall be removed and will not be considered for evaluations. This limit does not include cover page, table of contents, cover letter, and staffing matrix. There is no page limit on the Price Submission. Printing shall be easily readable (10 point font or larger proportional spacing). The proposal shall consist of the following:

Tab A: Mission Capability

Tab B: Pricing Schedule/Completed Staffing & Pricing Matrix

Tab C: Signed SF 1449 with all pricing completed.

Tab D: Acknowledgement of Solicitation Amendments

Tab E: Representations and Certifications

W9124725RA0220001

mailto:john.j.machine.civ@army.mil https://sam.gov/

Tab F: Responsibility Statement

Tab G: Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Mitigation Plan (If Applicable)

**Tabs A, and B should be submitted as separate files. Tabs C - G can be submitted as separate files, or all together as one attachment**

C. PROPOSAL CONTENT

TAB A, Mission Capability: Factor I:

(i) TAB A1 - Technical Acceptability Standard 1 - Management Approach

(ii) TAB A2 - Technical Acceptability Standard 2 - Technical Approach

(i) Technical Acceptability Standard 1: Management Approach: Management Approach: Overall the Management Approach shall thoroughly describe the Offeror's understanding of the FORSCOM Language and Culture Services requirement and how services will be managed to ensure successful execution of the work requirements. The Management Approach must also demonstrate a competent management structure, a competent recruitment and retention approach, and a comprehensive 30-day phase-in plan that addresses and mitigates the risks associated with contract transition. The Management Approach shall include the following:

(a) The Offeror shall provide a detailed narrative that demonstrates the Offeror's understanding of the FORSCOM Language and Culture Services requirement. This narrative shall also include a detailed description of the Offeror's recruitment and retention approach that addresses procedures for recruiting, training, and retaining a qualified workforce to satisfy all the requirements of the PWS. The narrative shall also demonstrate the techniques used to accommodate short-fused requirements and requirements for language instruction for languages not taught on a regular basis IAW the information contained in Technical Exhibit 5 and Technical Exhibit 6.

(b) The Offeror shall provide a detailed narrative thoroughly describing the Offeror's phase-in approach, to include transition of all full-time staff and addresses completion of the Pre-Instructor Instruction for all instructors.

(c) Staffing Plan: The Offeror shall provide a comprehensive Staffing Plan identifying the management and staffing structure of all labor including key personnel with descriptions of roles and responsibilities.

The chart must also depict the number of labor hours, & FTE's for each labor category. The Offeror's Staffing Plan shall also be accompanied with a narrative/table that includes all position descriptions (not resumes) for each labor category including management of key personnel as well as identify tasks performed by subcontractors. The job descriptions must contain proposed knowledge, skills, education, experience, certifications, security clearance, training (to include refresher training), and licenses required to perform the services IAW the PWS qualifications. Additionally, to meet AR 11-6 requirements, the proposal must include a written certification of the offeror to the following: that, if awarded this contract, a) instructors will have a foreign language proficiency level of at least L3/R3; b) foreign language instructors will have a 2+ or higher English fluency level (speaking, listening, and reading); and c) instructors will have a minimum of one year of prior experience teaching a foreign language to adult English-speaking students.

(ii) Technical Acceptability Standard 2: Technical Approach: Overall the Technical Approach shall provide a competent Pre-Service Instructor Certification Program (PSICP), Programs of Instruction (POIs), summary of offeror's Quality Control Plan; and provide a rational response to the Technical Scenario. The Technical Approach shall include the following:

(a) Programs of Instruction (POIs): Offerors shall submit two (2) detailed POIs, offerors may include their own additional scenario assumptions, if those are clearly noted. Offerors should address the procedures used to develop POIs to include a discussion of the successful use of previously developed POIs. These POIs shall include a lesson plan outlining the materials to be used, activities to be conducted and evaluation methods to be employed. Methods, instructional strategies and understanding of the Skill Level Descriptions shall be articulated.

(i) The first POI shall demonstrate a plan to train a 150-hour class targeted to bring a sub proficient linguist up to a 2/2 level on the ILR scale, after a yearlong deployment.

(ii) The second POI shall demonstrate a 150-hour class that takes a 2+/2+ linguist, whom graduated DLIFLC with a 2+/2+ level 1 year ago, to a 3/3 level professional linguist.

(b) Quality Control Plan (QCP) overview. The offeror shall provide a summary of QCP in writing, which demonstrates an effective control system and inspection techniques to attain the level of performance required by the PWS. At a minimum, the program shall address all of the requirements as listed at PWS Paragraphs 1.6.1. through 1.6.1.6.

(c) Technical plan development scenario: Offerors shall submit a detailed plan to provide a solution to the following training scenario. For this scenario use; 6 Korean linguists at Ft. Riley KS; two who have a 1+/1+ level proficiency, three who have a 2/2 level proficiency, and one who has a 3/3 level proficiency:

(d) The technical plan shall demonstrate how the offeror would train multiple linguists with varying proficiency levels at the same event. The offeror shall also show how they would incorporate available technology into their plan.

TAB B - Pricing Schedule: Factor II:

All proposed prices should be complete and accurate. The price submission file should be clearly marked "Tab B, Pricing Schedule" and shall contain a Pricing Matrix and a Pricing Narrative. The Pricing Matrix shall be prepared using MS Office Excel format ONLY. The Pricing Schedule shall include:

(a) The Contractor's quote shall include pricing on all Contract Line Item Numbers Pricing Matrix:

(CLINs) identified in the Pricing Schedule. The Contractor shall submit a completed CLIN Structure which includes an estimated price for each CLIN, a total estimated price for each contract period, and a total estimated price for all CLINs/sCLINs (Base Period, and ALL Option periods). The Offeror shall identify all labor categories by CLIN to include providing the hourly wage rate, labor hours, overhead, G&A, profit, etc. to arrive at a fully burden labor rate. The Pricing Matrix shall state if the labor category is exempt or non-exempt, and include the Wage Determination code for non-exempt labor categories.

The Pricing Matrix shall identify the performance location for each labor category.

i. Contractor shall provide a Firm Fixed Price unit prices one (1) month phase-in CLIN 0001 - Phase-In:

period IAW the PWS

ii. - Command Language Program (CLP): The Offeror shall separately price mentioned CLINs 0002 CLINs. For the purpose of price evaluation, the Offeror shall include a Pricing Matrix in contractor-own format, by contract period that details the calculation of its proposed monthly fixed prices for Program Management support.

iii. - CLINs 0003 Tech/Resource Support: The Offeror shall separately price mentioned CLINs. For the purpose of price evaluation, the Offeror shall include a Pricing Matrix in contractor-own format, by contract period that details the calculation of its proposed daily fixed prices and the extended price for the estimated quantity of 230 days (sCLIN 0003AA) and 460 days (sCLIN 0003AB).

iv. - Foreign Language Instruction (FLI): The Offeror shall separately price mentioned CLINs 0004 CLINs. For the purpose of price evaluation, the Offeror shall include a Pricing Matrix in contractor-own format, by contract period that details the calculation of its proposed daily fixed prices and extended price for the estimated quantity of 7,142 days (sCLIN 0004AA) and 2,940 (sCLIN 0004AB) for Language and Culture Services.

v. - CLINs 0005 FLSS Travel: The Government shall use the NTE amounts of $53,400.00 for each performance period as plug figure for purposes of evaluation.

vi. - CLINs 0006 Contractor Service Contract Report: Offeror shall separately price all CLINs for Service Contract Reporting. If the reporting of Service Equivalents is not separately priced, insert "NSP" in the blank shown

vii. CLINs 1001, 2001, 3001, 4001 - Command Language Program (CLP): The Offeror shall separately price mentioned CLINs. For the purpose of price evaluation, the Offeror shall include a Pricing Matrix in contractor-own format, by contract period that details the calculation of its proposed monthly fixed prices for Program Management support.

viii. CLINs 1002, 2002, 3002, 4002 - Tech/Resource Support: The Offeror shall separately price mentioned CLINs. For the purpose of price evaluation, the Offeror shall include a Pricing Matrix in contractor-own format, by contract period that details the calculation of its proposed daily fixed prices and the extended price for the estimated quantity of 249 days (sCLIN 1002AA) and 498 days (sCLIN 2002AB), 250 days (sCLIN 2002AA) and 500 days (sCLIN 2002AB), 252 days (sCLIN 3002AA) and 504 days (sCLIN 3002AB), 250 days (sCLIN 4002AA) and 500 days (sCLIN 4002AB).

xv. CLINs 1003, 2003, 3003, 4003 - Foreign Language Instruction (FLI): The Offeror shall separately price mentioned CLINs. For the purpose of price evaluation, the Offeror shall include a Pricing Matrix in contractor-own format, by contract period that details the calculation of its proposed daily fixed prices and extended price for the estimated quantity of 8,217 days (sCLIN 1003AA) and 2,988 (sCLIN 1003AB), 8,250 days (sCLIN 2003AA) and 3,000 (sCLIN 2003AB), 8,316 days (sCLIN 3003AA) and 3,024 (sCLIN 3003AB), 8,250 days (sCLIN 4003AA) and 3,000 (sCLIN 4003AB) for Language and Culture Services.

x. CLINs 1004, 2004, 3004, 4004 - FLSS Travel: The Government shall use the NTE amounts of $53,400.00 for each performance period as plug figure for purposes of evaluation.

xi. CLINs 1005, 2005, 3005, 4005 - Contractor Service Contract Report: Offeror shall separately price all CLINs for Service Contract Reporting. If the reporting of Service Equivalents is not separately priced, insert "NSP" in the blank shown

TAB C-Signed SF1449 with all pricing completed. It is not necessary to include CLIN/SLIN pricing for Travel, which has plug "not to exceed" prices, which will be used for purposes of price evaluation, and the Government will apply those amounts while determining the total evaluated price. If other pricing is proposed on the NTE Travel CLINs/SLINs, the Government will ignore those prices and instead use the NTE amounts.

TAB D-Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments. The offeror must submit a statement to acknowledge solicitation amendments, if applicable.

TAB E-Representations and Certifications. The offeror's representations and certifications in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 shall be verified in the System for Award Management (SAM). A statement that the Representations and Certifications have been completed in SAM is sufficient to meet this requirement.

TAB F-Responsibility Statement. The Offeror shall submit a statement of their responsibility, in accordance with FAR 9.104-1 along with supporting documents, such as an Annual Profit and Loss Statement, or other such document to indicate that the Offeror possess adequate financial responsibility, or the ability to obtain such resources. This will be used in the Government's determination of responsibility for the Offeror.

TAB G-Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) Mitigation Plan (If Applicable). In accordance with FAR 9.5, the PCO is currently examining whether or not potential OCI exists with performance of this contract which may impact prospective Offerors. However, all prospective Offerors are hereby advised to examine the Federal Acquisition Regulation 9.505 and identify any potential OCI conflicts that may now exist to include Unequal Access to Information, Biased Ground Rules, and Impaired Objectivity; if any such concerns exist, the impacted Offeror will submit an acceptable OCI Mitigation Plan to the PCO with its proposal. The PCO will determine based on the facts and circumstances of each individual case whether impacted Offeror's OCI Mitigation Plan is acceptable for this requirement prior to making an award. All Offeror's who do not submit an OCI Mitigation Plan, must include a statement that they have determined no actual or potential OCI exists. If any Offeror has questions with regards to your affirmative responsibility to identify OCI concerns and/or mitigate each issue, each potential Offeror is encouraged to ask questions and seek clarifications before proposal due dates. The Government will be prevented from awarding a contract to any Offeror who has an actual OCI issue that cannot be mitigated to the satisfaction of the Contracting Officer

FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS OR INFORMATION MAY EXCLUDE

THE OFFEROR FROM CONSIDERATION

2. Replace paragraph (c) entitled "Period of acceptance of offers" with the following instruction:

(c) Period of acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 120 days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

3. Replace paragraph (e) entitled "Multiple offers" with the following instructions:

(e) Multiple offers. Offerors shall submit only one offer presenting the terms and conditions or commercial items for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation.

4. Replace paragraph (h) entitled "Multiple Awards" with the following:

(h) Multiple awards. The Government will award on an "all or none" basis.

(End of Addendum)

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