SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- Foreign Language Training
- Notice Date
- 4/24/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611630
— Language Schools
- Contracting Office
- MICC Center - Fort Bragg, Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: SFCA-SR-BR, Building 1-1333, Armistead & Macomb Streets, Fort Bragg, NC 28310-5000
- ZIP Code
- 28310-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W9124-13-R-0036
- Response Due
- 5/3/2013
- Archive Date
- 6/23/2013
- Point of Contact
- Mandy Ashmore, 910-643-7351
- E-Mail Address
-
MICC Center - Fort Bragg
(mandy.ashmore@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY: The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) Fort Bragg, NC is conducting market research to determine the existence of interested sources capable of providing Foreign Language Training in accordance with the attached draft PWS. The resulting contract will include a 30-day Phase-in period, an 11-month Base period, and two 1-year Option Periods. The qualifying NAICS code for this effort is 611630 quote mark Language Schools quote mark. The MICC - Ft. Bragg is requesting responses from qualified firms within the selected industry classification that are able to perform the requirement in its entirety. This is not a request for proposals; the market data collected will be used to formulate an acquisition strategy to procure Foreign Language Training Services for the United States Forces Command. SCOPE: The Contractor shall provide foreign language instructors, technology services, and the appropriate level of management and administrative functions to support the FORSCOM Command Language Program (CLP) and instruct mission essential foreign language skills to professional Active component and Reserve component linguists with language dependent Military Intelligence (MI) Military Occupational Specialties. The Corps and Military Intelligence Reserve Command (MIRC) Command Language Programs are the responsibility of the Corps and MIRC G2s. Other Army Major Subordinate Commands (MSCs) or other Federal and DoD agencies may contract for foreign language instruction or other language services such as curricula development or translation under this contract. OVERVIEW OF REQUIREMENT: The primary regional sites are Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Hood, Texas; and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The majority of the linguists to be supported under the resulting contract will have language-required Military Occupation Specialties and are graduates of the resident courses provided by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Soldiers of all Military Occupation Specialties may participate in pre-deployment familiarization training. Training ranges from survival language/cultural awareness orientations of varying lengths from a few hours to months of training for all deploying soldiers tailored to the commanders' missions; beginning level language training for specified units; refresher, maintenance and sustainment global language training; intensive or quote mark iso-immersion quote mark type courses and Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) /mission specific training for professional military linguists. In the event that the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) cannot support an initial acquisition course for a unit deploying or conversion training generated by a formal documented change in mission or MTOE (Modified Table of Equipment), the contractor may be required to perform acquisition or conversion training. Reserve Component (RC) units from all services are trained in full-time study during two-week annual training periods and on Saturday and Sunday monthly drill weekends. Training may be conducted in the evenings if necessitated by mission. The entire language program in all its various facets and configurations shall employ the most modern proficiency-based and communicative strategies and methodologies to include the use of technology for second language acquisition. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Accredited Institutions interested in supporting the subject requirement for FORSCOM Foreign Language Training Services in accordance with the attached draft PWS are to prepare a response to include the following information: 1.Company Name with a Point of Contact 2.DUNS Number and CAGE Code 3.Small Business Certifications (if applicable) 4.Status of accreditation by a regional or national accrediting association recognized by the American Council on Education institution. Include the name of the accrediting body and the date of accreditation. 5.A brief description of your company and its capability to meet this requirement. Address access to instructors and other resources required for performance. Cite any relevant experience. This information is due no later than Friday 03 May, 2013 at 12 p.m. E.D.T. Please e-mail responses to the primary contact below. Please note that electronic submissions are preferred. PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT (POC) Mandy Ashmore Contract Specialist Mandy.m.ashmore.civ@mail.mil DISCLAIMER: Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these services. No solicitation documents exist at this time but a solicitation package is forthcoming pending analysis of the market data collected. Participation in this market research effort is strictly voluntary. The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this sources sought and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information the Contractor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: MICC Center - Fort Bragg Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: SFCA-SR-BR, Building 1-1333, Armistead & Macomb Streets Fort Bragg NC
- Zip Code: 28310-5000
- Zip Code: 28310-5000
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