DLPT5 Full Range Test Item Development
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- W91QF24R0025
- Agency
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MICC Fort Eustis
Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 611710 Educational Support Services
- Place of performance
- Monterey, California, United States
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About this opportunity
Paragraph 1:
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Mission and Installation Contracting Command Fort Eustis has a requirement for the creation of test items for the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT5), which assesses the foreign language proficiency of military and government linguists. DLIFLC anticipates an annual demand for 5,000 to 7,500 DLPT5 test items that conform to DLPT item development specifications and cover multiple Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) proficiency levels from 0 to 5 across approximately 350 foreign languages and dialects. The test items will include reading and listening passages with associated multiple-choice questions and constructed response tasks, accompanied by English renderings. Award will be made on the basis of the contractor's ability to develop DLPT5 test content that meets the government's requirements.
Paragraph 2:
This procurement is set aside for 100% small business participation. The government intends to make multiple contract awards to support the DLPT5 test item development requirement. There is no incumbent contractor identified, but the anticipated combined contract value over the five-year period of performance is expected to be significant given the annual demand of 5,000 to 7,500 test items. Proposals are due by October 16, 2024, and the contract will have a $7,500 minimum ordering guarantee.
Notice text
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) has a need for the creation of test items. DLIFLC has developed a reading and listening test, the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT5), to assess the foreign language proficiency of military and Government linguists. DoD's strategic readiness depends on the results of these tests which would determine linguists’ capability. Therefore, continuous development and maintenance of DLPT5 test content is mission critical.
A Test Item is the task for which an examinee provides a response, and the means for evaluating the response. Test Items are comprised of either Reading or Listening passages in a specific foreign language, each assigned an Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) proficiency rating. For a Multiple-Choice test, the Test Item includes one stem question and four response choices, one of which is the most correct. For a Constructed Response Test, the Test Item includes one stem, a list of potential ideas for scoring, and a Credit Scheme for scoring the examinee’s response. In all cases, English renderings accompany each Test Item delivered.
Currently, there are approximately 450 languages and dialects for which DLIFLC may have a demand for Test Items. ILR ratings range from 0 (No proficiency) to 5 (Native proficiency). A designation of 0+, 1+, 2+, 3+, or 4+ is assigned when proficiency substantially exceeds one skill level but does not fully meet the criteria for the next level. Thus, the scale totals 11 possible grades.
DLIFLC anticipates annual demand for 5000 to 7500 DLPT5 test items that conform to DLPT item development specifications and cover multiple Interagency Language Roundtable language proficiency (ILR) levels from amongst approximately 350 foreign languages and dialects.
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