U--DEVELOPMENT OF TRAIN-THE-TRAINER COURSE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION TESTING IN ARABIC, FARSI, DARI, PASHTU, SPANISH, KOREAN, AND CHINESE

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command-West, Presidio of Monterey has a requirement for the Train the Trainer Course for Translation and Interpretation. The work consists of, but is not limited to the following: Develop and pilot two iterations of 1-week courses in Translation and Interpretation (T&I) theory and methodology in English. Develop and pilot one iteration of two-week T&I train-the-trainer courses in the following language combinations: Farsi-English, Dari-English Pashtu-English, Arabic-English, Spanish-English, Korean-English, and Chinese-English. Instructors will be trained to teach T&I to Department of Defense (DoD) linguists at levels 2, 2+, and 3 based on the specific Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Descriptors. Solicitation number W9124N-10-R-0105 will be available on or about 19 August 2010. The technical proposal will consist of, but is not limited to the following: Subfactor A: Organizational Structure (1) Provides qualifications and experience of Project Manager and Key Personnel (including Resumes). (i) Describe the project manager's role in the organization and indicate who on the team will have the prime responsibility for total coordination of all disciplines. (ii) Provides full Job/Position Description of each of the personnel who will be performing under this contract. (2) Describe overall management approach with regard to organization, coordination, monitoring, and control of projects. Describe interface with on-site, home office, subcontractor operations, language teams, government project managers, contracting officials, inspectors, and users demonstrating thorough understanding of the development process. (3) Provide a plan for providing additional personnel if needed to meet the requirements of the contract. Subfactor B: Quality Control Plan (1) Describe quality control processes and methods, which will ensure only high quality materials and workmanship, is accepted. (2) Describe the tools/methods to be used to identify poor performing subcontractors and/or in-house personnel. (3) Describe how often work will be inspected/reviewed and how interface with Government inspectors and planners will be accomplished. (4) Provide a plan to submit quarterly updates to the COR. (5) Provide mechanism to assess progress for the pilots (activities planned as a test or trial) Subfactor C: Project Execution (1) Describe procedures, processes and methods for tracking the progress of the project and interface with the Government from beginning to end. Submit all final documents in Microsoft Word or similar software that can be modified. Please see the solicitation for complete performance work statement, instructions to offerors, and evaluation criteria. Proposals are due 9 September 2010 at 3:00 pm (Pacific Time). This acquisition is for full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 611710 with a size standard of $7.0M. Performance period is 30 September 2010 through 29 September 2011. The contract will be a single award, Firm-Fixed-Price type contract. Solicitation number W9124N-10-R-0105 will be available on or about 19 August 2010 on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website (http://www.fbo.gov) and the Army Single Face to Industry (AFSI) website (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/). For information on how to register your company on FBO, to view or receive updates and notifications to the solicitation, please reference the FBO Vendor Guide located on the FBO web site home page. No paper copies of the solicitation will be furnished. Prospective contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration Database (www.ccr.gov), prior to award of a government contract. Offerors are further advised that failure to register in the Central Contractor Registration Database will render your firm ineligible for award. Registration requires applicants to have a DUNS number. Recommend registering immediately in order to be eligible for timely award. The point of contact for this requirement is Jamie Arthur, +1 (555) 000-0000 or contact@example.gov.