SOURCES SOUGHT
69 -- Foreign Language Courseware
- Notice Date
- 7/1/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Agency, North Region, ACA, NRCC, Installation Support Division - Eustis, ACA, NRCC, Installation - Fort Eustis, ATTN: ATZF-DPC, 2798 Harrison Loop Complex, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5538
- ZIP Code
- 23604-5538
- Solicitation Number
- W91QF1-08-S-0001
- Response Due
- 7/8/2008
- Archive Date
- 9/6/2008
- Point of Contact
- cynthia watson, 757-878-2800
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Fort Eustis Directorate of Contracting is conducting market research in order to identify the availability of sources that can perform Foreign Language Courseware for the Department of the Army. The acquisition objective is to provide the Army military and civilian with a foreign language training capability anywhere in the world in a timely manner at a fair and reasonable price. The outcome is to provide Amy personnel with access to the on-line, stand-alone, and CD versions of foreign language courses. The Contractor must also be capable of providing additional language courses and revisions of existing courses to incorporate information unique to the military. In addition, the successful contractor must provide a support system for students asking for additional technical help in completing the courses. The Contractor must also provide a capability to monitor the progress by students and completions of courses; allowing the Army access to that information. This is not a formal solicitation or a request for proposal. This is a Sources Sought announcement seeking only small business responses in order to determine small business participation in the acquisition. For the purpose of small businesses, the NAICS code is 518210, vendors with a size standard of $23.0M. This request for information is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, and the Government will not pay for information received as a result of this announcement. The results of this request may lead to a future synopsis announcement in FEDBIZOPS as a request for proposal. Your response shall include the following information: company name, company size and socio-economic status (i.e. Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, Woman-Owned Small Business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business, etc.), number of employees, revenue for the last three years, relevant past performance on same/similar work dating back not more than eight years and an explanation of how your companys core competencies match the requirements of this announcement. In addition, responses to the following questions shall be included with your response: Does your Firm currently offer a minimum of 30 interactive foreign language training courseware? Does your Firm currently offer interactive foreign language training courseware for Arabic, Chinese, Persian Farsi, French, Pashto, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese, Swahili, Thai, Vietnamese and Indonesian? Does your Firm currently offer the foreign language training courseware in an on-line version accessible through the internet? Does your Firm currently offer the foreign language courseware in a network version that can be written to a server and accessed through a local area network (LAN)? If the courseware is not currently offered in a network version, can you easily convert the courseware to be accessible through a local area network? Does your Firm currently offer the foreign language courseware in a CD-ROM version that can be accessed through a Personal Computer (PC) with a CD/DVD drive? Does your Firm currently offer student help services to assist students in accessing the courseware or navigating through the courseware? Is the student help services available as an on-line capability such as a hot button or menu item embedded in the courseware? Are the student help services available as an internet capability such as a chat room? Are the student help services available thorough an off-line service such as an 800 telephone number or fax number? Does your firm currently offer student tracking services such as student enrollment, student progress, or frequency of students accessing the language courseware? If your Firm does not currently possess the desired courseware or capabilities, will your firm develop the required capabilities within the next year? If your Form does not currently possess the desired courseware or capabilities will your Firm team / join with another Firm to jointly provide the desired training courseware and services? The information should be received by 8 July 2008 and can be sent via e-mail to Cynthia Watson at cynthia.watson@us.army.mil, fax 757-878-2904 or mailed to: Installation Contracting Command, Enterprise And Installation Operations, Directorate Of Contracting Lee Eustis Branch, ATTN: Cynthia Watson, 2746 Harrison Loop, Fort Eustis Va 23604 -5292.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Defense Language Institute 11864 Rock Landing Dr Newport News VA
- Zip Code: 23606
- Zip Code: 23606
- Record
- SN01605113-W 20080703/080701222020-032834c163bbc353eb9e34dfe3054ac4 (fbodaily.com)
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