SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Foreign Language Translation Support Services
- Notice Date
- 12/9/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541930
— Translation and Interpretation Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Virginia Contracting Activity, Virginia Contracting Activity (ZD50), 200 MacDill Boulevard, Post Office Box 46563, Washington, District of Columbia, 20035-6563
- ZIP Code
- 20035-6563
- Solicitation Number
- Linguist-RFI
- Archive Date
- 12/29/2011
- Point of Contact
- David E. Sheppard, Phone: 571-305-7547, Loretta C. Buckley, Phone: 571-305-7023
- E-Mail Address
-
david.sheppard@dodiis.mil, loretta.buckley@dodiis.mil
(david.sheppard@dodiis.mil, loretta.buckley@dodiis.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Synopsis: Request for Information This Request for Information (RFI) is not a Request of Proposal or Quotes. This is for Market Research and informational purposes only. The Government anticipates acquiring services under NAICS Code: 541930 and FSC/PSC: R608, Translation and Interpretation Services. The Government has a need to determine whether or not there are qualified Small Businesses interested and capable to perform this work. The Government requires a Top Secret Facilities Clearance. The nature of the effort will involve services of a qualified contractor to provide linguistic support for interpretation, translation, media and document exploitation, and related intelligence operations program support, including management of personnel and related functions. The initial required languages and staffing levels are: Chinese (4), Arabic (4), German (4), Spanish (1), Farsi (3), Italian (2), Korean (2), Pashto (1), Dari (1), Russian (3) and Urdu (1). Other languages will be required as needed, such as all dialects of Chinese, all dialects of Arabic and Japanese. The linguist should have a high degree of skill in translating documents or performing verbal translations that meet either the American Translation Association Standards, acceptable Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) scores (minimum level 2+/2+), or native proficiency as determined by an Interagency Language Roundtable test (ILRT skill level of 4-5in the target language in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Linguist should also have a very good command of the English language with an Advanced Working Proficiency (ILRT level 2+) in English. The contractor should also have experience and/or capability in being able to manage a contract. Initial estimate of number of Linguists is approximately 26 plus 2 administrative support. One hundred percent of the workforce will be required to have a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance. Request interested Small Businesses which are currently certified under this NIACS code respond to this announcement as soon as possible, but not later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) 14 December 2011, by providing only the following information not to exceed 5 pages: Company Name, Facilities Clearance Level, CAGE Code, Company POC, Contact email address, Contact phone number (office and/or cell), Small Business Size Status (SBA standard), Present contracts providing translation and interpretation services as Prime or Sub with the identification of number of direct employees and POC information (name, email, and phone) for the present contracts and capability statements All responses are to be submitted to: Loretta C. Buckley ; Loretta.buckley@dodiis.mil and David Sheppard; david.sheppard@dodiis.mil.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DIA/ZD50/Linguist-RFI/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Quantico, Virginia, United States
- Record
- SN02636610-W 20111211/111209234001-7d667c9f8ae48ecae360c51bcf17be59 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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