Request for Quote(RFQ) for French Language Training
REQUEST FOR QUOTATION
Date Issued: July 21, 2014
Closing Date: July 28, 2014 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Issued by: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Attn: Vanessa Lamb
Email: [email protected]
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has a requirement for the services described in the enclosed Statement of Work (SOW). The NRC is requesting proposals and may potentially issue a contract for the effort described in the SOW. The scope of this requirement is below. To respond to this request, please submit your written proposal by the closing date listed above.
Background
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Region II Office, Division of Reactor Projects is sending an NRC staff member to work for the American Nuclear Society (ANS) in Paris, France for a period of one year as a liaison providing analysis and development of regulatory policy. In order to accomplish this task, the NRC staff member will need to learn how to speak, listen and interpret, read, and write standard as well as technical French in order to work with the nuclear agency and engineers. The NRC staff member requires intensive and immersive French language training in the areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing to support relocation to Paris, France, beginning in January 2015.
STATEMENT OF WORK
The contractor shall provide training which at minimum shall meet the requirements:
• The Contractor shall train a NRC employee from a beginner/Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) rating of zero (0) to an ILR rating of 2+ to 3 in the French language.
• A training plan shall be provided via email by the Contractor to the Contracting Officer (CO) and to the individual during the first week of training which outlines the objectives and milestones that need to be reached.
• The Contractor shall provide customized curriculum to meet need for work related vocabulary.
• The Contractor shall provide intensive French language training for a minimum of 600 hours, excluding any independent study.
• The Contractor shall provide training which includes 6 hours of private instruction (30 hours per week for approximately 20 weeks) with 2 qualified instructors. Contractor shall provide all necessary resources and training materials.
• The Contractor shall provide a pre-test to assess the needs of the NRC employee.
• The Contractor shall provide 2 to 3 hours of daily independent study (homework), Monday thru Friday.
• The Contractor shall provide monthly progress reports on the individual and internal level checks on how they are progressing in learning the language.
• The Contractor shall provide training in speaking, listening and reading the French language to support a competency rating of ILR 2+ to 3.
The Contractor shall provide basic training and vocabulary to support professional and personal discussions on business, scientific, and nuclear power topics.
• The Contractor shall provide counseling sessions, phone lessons and one-on-one teaching to ensure that the staff member is learning the language at a reasonable pace.
• The Contractor shall provide evaluation at the end of the course of instruction and shall provide certification of the competence level achieved.
• The Contractor shall complete all training prior to December 31, 2014.
• The Contractor Shall perform these services onsite or at a site within a reasonable commute time from the student's office location at Marquis One Tower 245 Peachtree Center Avenue, NE
Suite 1200 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1257.
• The Contractor shall provide traditional classroom instruction.
Instructions to Quoters
1. To respond to this request, your organization will be required to provide an electronic or hard copy quote which consists of a written technical proposal and a firm fixed price quote.
• Provisions that apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-3
• Clauses that apply to this solicitation: 52.212-4 and 52.212-5
2. Quote Submission
(a) Quotes must be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] no later than the time and date established for submission.
NRC is not responsible for electronic difficulties and/or administrative problems associated with the transmission of any files to the NRC.
3. Closing Date and Time- No later than 5:00 EST on July 28, 2014.
4. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition is 611630.
Contract Type: Firm-Fixed-Price
Evaluation Factors for Award: The Government will award a purchase order under FAR13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, to the vendor whose quote offers the best value to the Government. The Government will award a contract to the offeror that submits an offer that is the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. The purchase order will be awarded to the offeror with the best price after technical requirements are met. Technically acceptable is defined as quoters having the capability to provide all of the services specified in the Statement of Work. Offerors that are not registered in SAM (www.Sam.gov) at time of award may be excluded from consideration.
Vanessa A. Lamb, Purchasing Agent, Phone 404-997-4477, Email [email protected]
