Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) DLPT5 Quality Control & Validations

AMENDMENT 1: This solicitation amendment for ID06170027 incorporates a revised PWS and Vendor Questions & Government Answers. Three (3) documents are added: SF30 Solicitation Amendment #1, PWS revision #1 dated 08/22/2017, and Questions & Answers dated 08/22/2017.

SOLICITATION NOTICE: This notice is hereby changed from a Pre-Solicitation Notice to a Solicitation. Refer to the attachments for details and instructions.

Questions regarding this RFP are due by 10:00AM CT, 14 August 2017. Proposals are due by 2:00PM CT, 5 September 2017.

Point of Contact: David Smisek, david.smisek@gsa.gov, 816-823-2932.

Contracting Office Address:
GSA Federal Acquisition Service
R6 Assisted Acquisition Services
2300 Main 6th Floor
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
United States

SOLICITATION NOTICE: This notice is hereby changed from a Pre-Solicitation Notice to a Solicitation. Refer to the attachments for details and instructions.

Questions regarding this RFP are due by 10:00AM CT, 14 August 2017. Proposals are due by 2:00PM CT, 5 September 2017.

Point of Contact: David Smisek, david.smisek@gsa.gov, 816-823-2932.

Contracting Office Address:
GSA Federal Acquisition Service
R6 Assisted Acquisition Services
2300 Main 6th Floor
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
United States

PRE-AWARD/PRESOLICITATION SYNOPSES (IAW FAR 5.2-Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions)

Project Name: Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) DLPT5 Quality Control & Validations

Product Service Code: U002 -- Personnel Testing

NAICS Code: 611710 Educational Support Services / Test development and evaluation services, educational

Proposed Solicitation Number: ID06170027

Description: Contractor shall support the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) by exercising target language and Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) quality control over the development of all Defense Language Proficiency Tests (DLTP).

DLIFLC is contracting with independent reviewers to ensure that these tests meet government standards. DLPT tests must adhere to standards established by the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR). ILR reviews are required for the validation and certification of government DLPT tests. Additionally, all target-language test materials as well as their renderings in English and target language transcriptions of audio materials are required to pass certain quality control checks and to be certified as correct and complete by target-language experts before they are published.

The service includes ILR review of government provided test items and Quality Control & Corrections for government provided reading and listening comprehension passages. Both ILR review and Quality Control include the following possible languages - Albanian, Algerian, Amharic, Armenian, Azeri, Bengali, Baluchi, Cantonese, Cebuano, Chavacano, French, Greek, Haitian-Creole, Igbo, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kurmanji, Levantine, Malay, Mandarin-Chinese, MSA, Norwegian, Persian-Farsi, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Punjabi, Russian, Serbian/Croatian, Telugu, Somali, Sorani, Swahili, Spanish, Sudanese, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Tausug, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Yemeni, Yoruba.

Miscellaneous Information:

This action will be solicited utilizing negotiated acquisition procedures (FAR Part 15). A PWS with applicable technical exhibits, as well as all terms, conditions, evaluation procedures, and instructions to offerors will be specified in an upcoming Request for Proposals (RFP) that will be posted on this website (www.fbo.gov) no earlier than fifteen (15) days after the posting of this pre-solicitation synopsis. All responsible sources may submit a proposal to be considered for this requirement. All interested parties must be registered in the System Award Management (www.sam.gov). It is the responsibility of the interested parties to independently review the referenced web link (www.fbo.gov) frequently for posting of the solicitation and updates to any and all documents. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their copy of the RFP and amendments, if any.

Anticipated Period of Performance: Base Year and two Option Years starting on or about September 17, 2017.

Contract Type: Single Award IDIQ with fixed price labor and cost reimbursable travel

Place of Contract Performance: Primarily at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) in Monterey, CA, with limited potential for performance at the contractor's facility.

Set-aside Status: None Anticipated

Current Contract: W9124N14D0006