24-0009 Bilingual Proficiency Testing and Certification Services

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is seeking a contractor to provide bilingual language proficiency testing and certification services for a three-year period from Fiscal Year 2024/2025 through Fiscal Year 2026/2027. The services are required across the jurisdictions of Sacramento County and Sacramento City. The contractor will be responsible for providing online and telephone-based proficiency testing in all languages listed in the State Personnel Board's Language Identification Guide, with results provided within 5 days. The deliverables include listening, speaking, and translation proficiency testing, as well as proctoring services when requested by CDFA. Bids must be submitted by April 18, 2024, and the notice of proposed award will be issued within 5 business days after the bid opening. The contract will be awarded to the responsive bidder offering the lowest cost.

This solicitation has a 3% Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) participation requirement, and a DVBE incentive will be applied to bids that provide DVBE participation. Bidders must submit the required documents, including the Bidder Declaration, DVBE Declarations, and Commercially Useful Function form, to be considered responsive. The total contract budget is $30,000, and the projected contract volume is difficult to predict, but CDFA received 55 requests for bilingual proficiency exams in 2022 and 120 requests in 2023.