Defense Supply Service-Washington, 5200 Army Pentagon, Rm. 1D245, Washington, DC 20310-5200

R -- PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES, GERMAN AND KOREAN SOL DASW01-97-Q-0523 DUE 080197 POC Contact Contract Specialist Pat Buchanan, 703/695-6593 The Defense Supply Service-Washington, on behalf of th Army Family Team Building Program is issuing 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; quotes are hereby requested, a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotations DASW01-97-Q-0523. Ths solicitation document, incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 90-32, Oct 95. This solicitation is 100% small business set-aside. The standard industrial classification code (SIC)7389 @ $3.5mil. DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS TO BE ACQUIRED: TRANSLATION SERVICES OF OFFICIAL HQDA TRAINING MATERIAL INTO GERMAN AND KOREAN. CLIN 0001, 400,000 wds min. -- 500,000 wds max., translate English to German; CLIN 0002,400,000 wds min. -- 500,000 wds max., translate English to Korean; OPTION YR ONE (1) CLIN 0003, 50,000 wds min. -- 100,000 wds max., updating translation of English to German as necessary; CLIN 0004 50,000 wds min. -- 100,000 wds max. updating translation of English to Korean as necessary. OPTION YR TWO (2) CLIN 0005, 50,000 wds min. -- 100,000 wds max. updating tranlation of English to German as necessary; CLIN 0006 50,000 wds min. -- 100,000 wds max. updating translation of English to Korean as necessary. APPICABLE PROVISIONS: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 "Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their Offers"; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Termms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Order -- Commercial Items;: FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of Contract, applies to this acquisition. |The government will award a Firm Fixed Price contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror offering the lowest oeverall price. Award will consist of a base year from date of award through 30 Sep 97 and two (2) option years. Evaluation will be in accordance with FAR 52.212-2 past performance and price. STATEMENT OF WORK: The translational services required of this contract are to provide a professional product that will serve as standardized Department of the Army training material. The contractor must be familiar with MS mail, MSWord 6.0, Powerpoint, and Excel computer programs, as well as the equipment used to composse, generate and reproduce completed products. The contractor shall have a Bachelors degree in linquistical education for German and Korean. The contractor must have demostrated written and oral communication skills and translational experience in the required languages. The contractor must document the capacity for tranlating for both German and Korean. Evidence orf meetin the requirement shall be reflected in the contractor's resume indicating prior performance. The name, address and telephone number of three previously satisfied customers within the last five years shall also be provided. The contractor shall translate into German anad Korean official HQDA material of about one thousand, eight hundred (1,800) pages. The contractor will be resonsible for the translation and design similar to that of the English version. Material for each leve will be given to the contractor after award. Tranlations to include graphic outlays as required within the material. Material translated on standard sstock white bond paper 8"x10" with approximately one (1") margins. The contractor will provide final copies written and computer disk software. Software disk to be compatible with the standard microsoft worrd 6.0. Provide a timeable review of drafts and dinal products as mutually agreed upon between the contracting officer's representative(CO) and the contractor. All materials developed as part of this contract shall be the property of the government. The contractor shall furnisht a plan that ensures quality services are provided. This plan must include performance milestones and will a part of the response to the contract. CONFIDENTIALITY OF I NFORMATION: Information obtained by the contractor regarding soldiers or families involved in AFTB shall be safeguarded in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. The applicalbe militarty medical regulations governing the release of information, the Deviations from or violation of the provisions of this section will, in addition to all other criminal and civil remedies provided by law, subject the contractor to immediate termination for default or require the contractor to remove individuals involved. No oral quotes will be honored. Responses shall be submitted, one (1) original and three (3) copies NLT 12:00 noon EST 1 Aug 97to: Defense Supply Service-Washington, DASW01-97-Q-0523, ROOM 1D245, The Pentagon, 5200 Army, Washington, DC 20310-5200, POC Pat Buchanan, 703/695-6593.***** (0198)

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