Language Proficiency Interview (LPI) Tester/Trainer Services

This is 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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-80, effective January 29, 2015. This RFQ is a 100% small business set aside. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 611630. The FAR clauses contained herein apply to the solicitation. Only the FAR clauses matching the awardee's Small Business Program and Type of representation applies to this award. Prospective contractors shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications at www.SAM.gov in conjunction with required registration in the System Acquisitions Management (SAM) database Peace Corps is an independent civilian executive agency of the Federal Government established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy to promote world peace and friendship through the service of American volunteers abroad. The three primary Peace Corps goals established in the founding legislation are: - Improve the lives of people through grassroots assistance, - Foster a better understanding of Americans on the part of the people served, and - Foster a better understanding of other people on the part of Americans. The Peace Corps has a requirement for the acquisition of testing and training services for the conduct of Language Proficiency Interview (LPI) Tester/Trainer Workshops on the dates and at the locations listed in the attached SOW. Please note that workshop locations and dates may change. Provide alternate dates if you are interested in the workshop but unavailable for those dates. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: All offerors should submit the following materials to Peace Corps via email at the contact information listed below: Dana Weimar, Contracting Officer Email: dweimar@peacecorps.gov 1. Application form (Attachment A) Please submit proposals in response to this solicitation in the manner described below: 1) Attachment "A" to this solicitation is the prescribed application form with all of the workshops for this year listed; indicate all of the workshops you are qualified and available to work on; 2) Past Performance: Submit supporting documents which consists of your resume and three (3) references. References shall be signed personal reference letters. If you have conducted the same workshops in the past, the Peace Corps would already have your supporting documents consisting of resumes and references in its records. Hence, you do not have to resubmit them. 3) Price: Submit salary information for positions held in the past ten (10) years. The Peace Corps will utilize salary information you submit for past positions to calculate daily rates. Evaluation of price will be based on daily rates of the trainers. 2. Completed Vendor File form (Attachment B) The quote must be good for 120 Calendar days after close of RFQ. Award will be based on tradeoffs/best value to the Peace Corps. Responses are due on or before 9:00 AM April 6, 2015 Eastern Time (ET) via email attachment. Questions shall be submitted in writing no later than 10am March 27, 2015 Eastern Time (ET). EVALUATION CRITERIA Peace Corps (PC) anticipates awarding multiple contracts for Language Proficiency Interview (LPI) Tester Trainers for upcoming workshops at various Peace Corps posts. This work is essential in order to accurately assess Volunteers' foreign language proficiency using a valid, standardized testing system accepted around the world. Being able to assess Volunteers' language proficiency allows Peace Corps to demonstrate compliance with the Peace Corps Act (Peace Corps Act Pub. L. 87-293, title I, Sec. 24, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 624) and report on Indicator 1.2.1.a. of the Agency Strategic Performance Plan. Without this training posts would not be able to accurately assess Volunteers' foreign language proficiency and the Agency would not be able to demonstrate compliance with the Peace Corps Act or report on Indicator 1.2.1.a. of the Agency Strategic Performance Plan. The evaluation team will review individual applications, resumes, and references and evaluate each applicant according to the evaluation criteria. Evaluation Factors - Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal for each workshop represents the best value to the government, based on three evaluation factors: technical ability, past performance, and price. The technical ability and past performance adjectival ratings will be equally weighted, and the two combined will be significantly more important than price. The Government will evaluate all applicants and will assess each applicant as related to the Evaluation Factors. Multiple awards may be made from this notice. The evaluation will consider strengths, weaknesses, and deficiencies. The Offerors were rated using the adjectival rating scale shown below. Outstanding (O) The proposal exceeds the fullest expectations of the Government. The Contractor has convincingly demonstrated that the evaluation requirements have been analyzed, evaluated, and should result in outstanding, effective, efficient, and economical performance under the contract. The proposal is comprehensive, thorough and of exceptional merit. No deficiencies or significant weaknesses have been found. When applied to criteria and/or the proposal as a whole, an outstanding rating indicates that no deficiencies or significant weaknesses exist within any sub-criteria that represent a performance risk within the criteria and/or the proposal as a whole. Good (G) The proposal demonstrates overall competence, meets all minimum requirements and exceeds requirements in some areas but not all. No deficiencies or significant weaknesses are apparent. Strengths outbalance any weaknesses that exist. No more than a few minor weaknesses have been identified that are easily correctable and do not represent a performance risk. When applied to criteria and/or the proposal as a whole, a good rating indicates that no deficiencies or significant weaknesses exist within any sub-criteria that represent a performance risk within the criteria and/or the proposal as a whole. No more than a few minor weaknesses have been identified within the criteria and/or proposal that are easily correctable and do not represent a performance risk. Acceptable (A) The proposal is reasonably sound and meets the minimum requirements. The proposal may contain weaknesses and/or significant weaknesses that are correctable but no deficiencies. If any weaknesses and/or significant weaknesses are noted, they should not seriously affect the Contractor's performance. Marginal (M) The proposal demonstrates a shallow understanding of the requirements and approach and marginally meets the minimal requirements for acceptable performance. The proposal contains weaknesses and/or significant weaknesses and may contain deficiencies. If deficiencies exist, they may be correctable with a significant revision of the proposal. The Contractor may complete the assigned tasks; however, there is a moderate risk that the Contractor will not be successful. When applied to the criteria and/or the proposal as a whole, a marginal rating indicates that there are deficiencies and/or significant weaknesses within the criteria and/or proposal that represent a moderate performance risk. Only a significant revision of the proposal would correct these areas of concern. Unacceptable (U) The proposal fails to meet minimum requirements or contains one or more major deficiencies. The proposal is incomplete, vague, incompatible, incomprehensible, or so incorrect as to be unacceptable. The evaluator feels that the deficiency or deficiencies is/are uncorrectable without a major revision of the proposal. The deficiencies, weaknesses and/or significant weaknesses would seriously affect the Contractor's performance and represent a high risk that the Contractor will not be successful. Technical Ability Only quotes which meet the minimum technical evaluation criteria will be considered. Minimum Qualifications for Language Tester Training: - MA in Teaching English or other languages as a Second/Foreign language, or MA in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics or similar with a focus on teaching languages. - Certified ACTFL Tester. - Experience conducting language tester training workshops. - Significant experience in language testing. - Superior proficiency in the language of the workshop - Experience working in multicultural and multilingual contexts outside of the United States of America. Desired Qualification for Language Tester Training: - Certified ACTFL Tester Trainer. - Prior experience working with Peace Corps. Competitive evaluation of applicants' technical ability will be based on the following criteria: - Experience conducting Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPIs) using ACTFL's OPI testing system - Experience training and evaluating Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) testers in ACTFL's OPI testing system - Documented Superior level language proficiency according to the ACTFL Guidelines if workshop will be in language other than English - Prior performance if the applicant has previously conducted LPI tester training workshops Past Performance Evaluation of Past performance will be based on the following: 1) three (3) professional references for relevant work performed; 2) any other prior performance if the applicant has previously conducted LPI tester training workshops. Price Salary information submitted by the offeror for positions held in the past ten (10) years will be used to calculate daily rates. Evaluation of price will be based on daily rates of the trainers. After the announcement closes, the Peace Corps will evaluate all applications for the purpose of making selections based on the evaluation criteria listed above, taking into consideration factors such as trainer availability and cost to arrive at a judgment of best value. Within a reasonable time thereafter, offerors will be notified about your status for all of the workshops you applied for, whether you were selected or not. Awards will be made based on individual purchase orders to be issued to the selected candidates. Please complete the "vendor information" and "financial institution" sections of the Vendor File Form, Attachment B. Questions must be submitted in writing, by email to the contact the contracting officer by 10am ET 3/27/2015: Dana Weimar, Contracting Officer Email: dweimar@peacecorps.gov ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A - Application Form Attachment B - Vendor File Form Attachment C - SOW CONTRACT CLAUSES FAR 52.252-2 - CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html CLAUSE # TITLE DATE 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Apr 2014 Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance Jul 2013 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance Nov 2014 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items May 2014 52.223-2 Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products under Service and Sep 2013 Construction Contracts 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations June 2013 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors Dec 2013 FAR 52.212-5 - Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Oct 2014) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (1) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (FEB 2009) (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)). ____ Alternate I (AUG 2007) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)). (2) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553). (3) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77, 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)). (b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: X (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402). ___ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010) (41 U.S.C. 3509). ___ (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Jun 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub L. 111-5) (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009). X (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). ___ (5) [Reserved] ___ (6) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Jan 2014) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C). ___ (7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Jan 2014) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C). X (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Aug 2013) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). ___ (9) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jul 2013) (41 U.S.C. 2313). X (10) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (May 2012) (section 738 of Division C of Public Law 112-74, section 740 of Division C of Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Division D of Pub. L. 111-8, and section 745 of Division D of Pub. L. 110-161). ___ (11) (i) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657a). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011) of 52.219-3. ___ (12) (i) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Oct 2011) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer)(15 U.S.C. 657a). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2011) of 52.219-4. ___ (13) [Reserved] X (14) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011). ___ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2011). ___ (15) (i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (June 2003) (15 U.S.C. 644). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 1995) of 52.219-7. ___ (iii) Alternate II (Mar 2004) of 52.219-7. ___ (16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)). ___ (17) (i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637 (d)(4)). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 2001) of 52.219-9. ___ (iii) Alternate II (Oct 2001) of 52.219-9. ___ (iv) Alternate III (Oct 2014) of 52.219-9. ___ (18) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)). ___ (19) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)). ___ (20) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages-Subcontracting Plan (Jan 1999) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F)(i)). ___ (21) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657f). X (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Re-representation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)). ___ (23) 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) Concerns (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)). ___ (24) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Concerns Eligible under the WOSB Program (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)). X (25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755). ___ (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014) (E.O. 13126). X (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999). X (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246). ___ (29) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212). X (30) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793). ___ (31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212). ___ (32) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). ___ (33) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Aug 2013). (Executive Order 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.) ___ (34) (i) 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items (May 2008) (42 U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(ii)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.) ___ (ii) Alternate I (May 2008) of 52.223-9 (42 U.S.C. 6962(i)(2)(C)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.) ___ (35) (i) 52.223-13, Acquisition of EPEAT -Registered Imaging Equipment (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514 ___ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-13. ___ (36) (i) 52.223-14, Acquisition of EPEAT -Registered Television (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-14. ___ (37) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (Dec 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b). ___ (38) (i) 52.223-16, Acquisition of EPEAT -Registered Personal Computer Products (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-16. X (39) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513). ___ (40) 52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83). ___ (41) (i) 52.225-3, Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, 19 U.S.C. 3805 note, 19 U.S.C. 4001 note, Pub. L. 103-182, 108-77, 108-78, 108-286, 108-302, 109-53, 109-169, 109-283, 110-138, 112-41, 112-42, and 112-43). ___ (ii) Alternate I (May 2014) of 52.225-3. ___ (iii) Alternate II (May 2014) of 52.225-3. ___ (iv) Alternate III (May 2014) of 52.225-3. ___ (42) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (Nov 2013) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note). X (43) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). ___ (44) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note). ___ (45) 52.226-4, Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150). ___ (46) 52.226-5, Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150). ___ (47) 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (Feb 2002) (41 U.S.C. 4505), 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)). ___ (48) 52.232-30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4505, 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)). X (49) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer- System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332). ___ (50) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other Than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332). ___ (51) 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (May 2014) (31 U.S.C. 3332). ___ (52) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a). ___ (53) (i) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Apr 2003) of 52.247-64. (c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: ____ (1) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.). ____ (2) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67). ___ (3) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (May 2014) (29 U.S.C.206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67). X (4) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67). ___ (5) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67). ___ (6) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67). ___ (7) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) (E.O. 13495). X (8) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). X (9) 52.237-11, Accepting and Dispensing of $1 Coin (Sep 2008) (31 U.S.C. 5112(p)(1)). (d) Comptroller General Examination of Record The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records -- Negotiation. (1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor's directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract. (2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved. (3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law. (e) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause- (i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010) (41 U.S.C. 3509). (ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $650,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities. (iii) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) (E.O. 13495). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (1) of FAR clause 52.222-17. (iv) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246). (v) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212). (vi) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793). (vii) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212). (viii) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40. (ix) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014), (41 U.S.C. chapter 67). (x) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Feb 2009) (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)). ___ Alternate I (Aug 2007) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)). (xi) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.) (xii) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67) (xiii) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Aug 2013). (xiv) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note). (xv) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6. (xvi) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64. (2) While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations. (End of Clause) SOLICITATION PROVISIONS 13.1 FAR 52.252-2 - CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): https://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html CLAUSE # TITLE DATE 52.204-7 System for Award Management Jul 2013 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting Nov 2014 52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations - Dec 2014 Representation 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items Apr 2014 52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification May 2012 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities Dec 2012 or Transactions Relating to Iran - Representation and Certifications FAR 52.212-2 - Evaluation - Commercial Items (Oct 2014) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Ability Only quotes which meet the minimum technical evaluation criteria will be considered. Minimum Qualifications for Language Tester Training: - MA in Teaching English or other languages as a Second/Foreign language, or MA in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics or similar with a focus on teaching languages. - Certified ACTFL Tester. - Experience conducting language tester training workshops. - Significant experience in language testing. - Superior proficiency in the language of the workshop - Experience working in multicultural and multilingual contexts outside of the United States of America. Desired Qualification for Language Tester Training: - Certified ACTFL Tester Trainer. - Prior experience working with Peace Corps. Competitive evaluation of applicants' technical ability will be based on the following criteria: - Experience conducting Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPIs) using ACTFL's OPI testing system - Experience training and evaluating Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) testers in ACTFL's OPI testing system - Documented Superior level language proficiency according to the ACTFL Guidelines if workshop will be in language other than English - Prior performance if the applicant has previously conducted LPI tester training workshops Past Performance Evaluation of Past performance will be based on the following: 1) three (3) professional references for relevant work performed; 2) any other prior performance if the applicant has previously conducted LPI tester training workshops. Price Salary information submitted by the offeror for positions held in the past ten (10) years will be used to calculate daily rates. Evaluation of price will be based on daily rates of the trainers. FAR 52.212-3 - Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (Nov 2014) The offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) Web site accessed through http://www.acquisition.gov . If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (p) of this provision. (a) Definitions. As used in this provision-- "Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern" means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program. "Forced or indentured child labor" means all work or service- (1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or (2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties. "Highest-level owner" means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest level owner. "Immediate owner" means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror. Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: Ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees. "Inverted domestic corporation," as used in this section, means a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), i.e., a corporation that used to be incorporated in the United States, or used to be a partnership in the United States, but now is incorporated in a foreign country, or is a subsidiary whose parent corporation is incorporated in a foreign country, that meets the criteria specified in 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c). An inverted domestic corporation as herein defined does not meet the definition of an inverted domestic corporation as defined by the Internal Revenue Code at 26 U.S.C. 7874. 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