SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER SERVICES FOR THE DEAF/HEARING IMPAIRED
- Notice Date
- 9/8/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541930
— Translation and Interpretation Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
- ZIP Code
- 32899
- Solicitation Number
- NNK05129635R
- Response Due
- 9/30/2005
- Archive Date
- 9/8/2006
- Description
- This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This notice is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) for real-time sign language interpreter services in support of meetings attended by deaf/hearing impaired NASA/KSC employees or others, guests or viewers of NASA-sponsored gatherings, and direct support to individual deaf/hearing impaired NASA/KSC employees in the conduct of their official duties in accordance with the attached solicitation. The ability to call upon interpreter services on a real-time basis will require the availability of on site interpreter services Monday through Friday during the core hours of 8:30 AM through 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM through 4:00 PM. In addition, there may be events and activities outside of core hours or events and activities scheduled concurrently during core hours that require interpreter services. KSC?s Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity will establish a calendar reflecting the times and contacts for services. The need for services will be entered into the calendar on a real-time basis. The calendar shall serve as the Government?s mechanism for ordering services. The level of effort for this contract for all core hours and all other hours of support is limited to 1,800 hours over the period of performance. The contractor shall not exceed the total number of hours of support without the Contracting Officer?s written authorization. Interpreters must possess valid national and/or state certification (e.g., Certificate of Interpretation, Certificate of Transliteration; or Membership and certification from Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc., [RID]) The provisions and clauses in the RFP are those in effect through FAC 01-27. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The NAICS Code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 541930 and $6.0 million respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this procurement. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Offers for the items(s) described above are due by 4:00 PM EST on September 30, 2005 to NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Mail Code: OP-OS, Attn: Marcus Orr, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Offers must include the solicitation number, FOB destination to this Center, discount/payment terms, taxpayer identification number (TIN), and be signed by an authorized company representative. Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1 (JAN 2005), Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, which is incorporated by reference. FAR 52.212-4 (OCT 2003), Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items is applicable. Addenda to FAR 52.212-4 are listed in the attached RFP. FAR 52.212-5 (JAN 2005), Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items is applicable and the applicable clauses are incorporated in the attached RFP. The FAR may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.arnet.gov/far/ The NFS may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm All contractual and technical questions must be in writing (e-mail or fax) to Marcus Orr not later than September 16, 2005. Telephone questions will not be accepted. Selection and award will be made to that offeror whose offer will be most advantageous to the Government, with consideration given to the factors of proposed technical merit, price, and past performance. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detail to allow evaluation of their offer. (SEE FAR 52.212-1(b)). An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release of solicitation amendments (if any): http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=76 . Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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