SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Linguistic Service for Iraq
- Notice Date
- 5/9/2008
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541930
— Translation and Interpretation Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, P.O. Box 9115 Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA, 22219, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 22219
- Solicitation Number
- SAQMMA08R0110
- Point of Contact
- Gina A Lee,, Phone: 703-875-4593
- E-Mail Address
-
leesg@state.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
- Description
- DELAYED ISSUANCE OF RFP: RFP AQMMA-08-R-0110 WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON FED BIZ OPPS AROUND MID - END OF JUNE 2008. Notice of 100% Set-Aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns. Offers will be solicited only from service-disabled veteran owned small business concerns. Offerors should be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) program for NAICS Code 541930. The Contractor shall provide language-related services including interpreting, translating, and transcription services. The Contractor shall also provide all management, supervisory, and project personnel to perform these services, which will be provided on a daily basis and will support the efforts of the U.S. Government?s Embassy, Consulates, Regional Embassy Offices (REO) and Provincial/Regional Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in support of the US diplomatic mission to Iraq. Force protection will be provided by DOS Diplomatic Security Agents, U.S. Military or Coalition personnel, and certified contracted Personal Security Details (PSD). This is a pre-solicitation notice, not a solicitation. Request for Proposal (RFP) number S-AQMMA-08-R-0110 will be made available on Fed Biz Opps around mid- end of June 2008. The Government is contemplating a Time and Materials/Labor Hour contract containing fixed daily rates. The actual number of contract personnel required may vary to accommodate the increased or decreased workload. This contract is envisioned to provide 100 plus linguists. The anticipated term of the contract will consist of one-year base period and four one-year option periods, not to exceed total of five years. The contractor must possess Top Secret facility clearance issued by the Defense Security Service (DSS). All contractor personnel performing duties in Iraq must have at minimum Secret or Interim Secret personnel security clearances issued by DSS. Source data will need to be translated from Arabic, generally Iraqi dialect, and Kurdish language to English. Native or near native capability in the foreign language and an excellent command of the English language are required. Language proficiency testing conducted by the DOS Office of Language Services in the source language(s) and English is required for all levels of linguists in the four basic communication skills (listening, reading, writing, and speaking). Evidence of language proficiency testing with acceptable results is required for all linguists prior to assignment to a DOS contract.
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