Regional Linguist Services--Mountain Region

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) requires Regional Linguist Services (RLS) for the Mountain Region which includes the Denver and Phoenix Field Division offices, and other DEA offices in the Region as required. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 541930, Translation and Interpretation Services. The Small Business Size Standard is $7 million. The successful contractor will be responsible for providing required services to include, but not limited to, analysis, monitoring, transcription, translation, interpretation, validation, and minimization of DEA Title III wire intercepts. The contractor shall provide all management, supervision, personnel, quality control, and security and demonstrate that sufficient resources have been included in the linguist billing rates to successfully perform the required services. The government intends to procure these services in accordance with FAR Part 15 Negotiation procedures. This will be a full and open competition. It is anticipated that this acquisition will result in the award of a single, regional, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ), Time and Materials type contract. The anticipated period of performance will consist of one 12 month base period plus four 12 month option periods. The Request for Proposals (RFP) will only be available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) web page at http://www.fbo.gov . It is anticipated that the RFP will be made available for downloading on or about fifteen (15) days after publication of this announcement. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the RFP and all attachments. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor FBO for the release of the solicitation and amendments. Written and telephone requests will not be honored. It is anticipated that proposals will be due 30 days following the date of issuance of the RFP.