Commander, USAINSCOM SPT Bn (PROV), Attn: IASB-DCO, 8825 Beulah Street, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5246

R -- LINGUISTS, SOURCES SOUGHT SOL NA DUE 042197 POC Connie Castleton, Spec, (703)706-2793; Gail Gilchrist, (703)706-1710 SOURCES SOUGHT -- no solicitation exists. USA Intelligence and Security Command is seeking sources capable of furnishing the resources and management necessary to perform interpretation/translation services to support United States Forces within a specified Area of Operation (AO). The linguists shall be able to provide real-time interpretation, translate a variety of media from the target language to English and from English to the target language, and provide cultural information on the target country. Some of the linguists shall be citizens of the United States of America who either have or are eligible for a TOP SECRET security clearance. Other linguists shall be native speakers of the target language who must pass a loyalties and psychological screening by the Army Counterintelligence Support Team. The contractor shall plan for and support interpretation and translation services on a continuous, twenty-four (24) basis, seven (7) days a week, with no respect to holidays and weekends. The contractor shall be capable of providing up to fifty (50) qualified linguists who possess the required language skills in any of over two hundred (200) languages within ten (10) days of notification and up to one hundred (100) linguists or more within a month of notification. The contractor shall also provide an on-site support staff in the AO to provide supervisory, administrative and logistics support to the linguists. The contractor shall be responsible for pre- and post-deployment medical services for deploying linguists and support staff. The contractor shall provide transportation to and from the AO and within the AO for all linguists and support staff if it is in the best interest of the U.S. Government. The contractor shall be prepared to provide billeting, provisions, administrative equipment, supplies, office space, and clothing required to support the linguists and support staff in the AO. An offeror interested in being considered for this acquisition must demonstrate performance of contracts similar in nature to the above stated requirement; provide contract numbers, a brief synopsis of the statement of work, and a government point of contact; and provide evidence of the methodology you would use to identify and recruit linguists to react to contingency requirements in order to meet the time frames as stated above. Additionally, provide the method that your company uses to evaluate the individual speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills of linguists that you hire. All responses will be evaluated to determine if a solicitation will be issued. Facsimile copies/e-mail will not be accepted. RESPONSES due 21 APRIL 1997. (0086)

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