SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Provide for the establishment of a Regional Language Training Center
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Fort Knox Contracting Center, Directorate of Contracting, Building 1109B, Fort Knox, KY 40121-5000
- ZIP Code
- 40121-5000
- Solicitation Number
- 0010015874
- Response Due
- 8/4/2010
- Archive Date
- 10/3/2010
- Point of Contact
- Jonea M. Brown, 502-624-3400
- E-Mail Address
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Fort Knox Contracting Center
(jonea.m.brown@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MICC Center - Fort Knox, CCMI-RCK Building 1109B STE 250, 199 6th Avenue, Fort Knox, KY 40121-5720 Fixed Price Contract providing all personnel, equipment, tools, supervision, and other items and services necessary to establish a Language Training Center for the purpose of accelerating the development of foundational expertise in critical and strategic languages and regional area studies for members of Armed Forces, including members of the reserve components (RC) and candidates of the Reserve Officers Training Corps programs (ROTC), and civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DoD). The proposed contract shall establish a pilot regional foreign language total hub for US Army Cadet Command (USACC) and the RC. Contract shall create a Strategic Language Intensive Program (SLIP), with courses to be scheduled to begin in Fall 2010. Foreign language and cultural studies course offerings shall derive from DoD Strategic Language List. These course shall be taught by native foreign language speakers and shall have very low student-to-instructor ratios, (not to exceed 10:1 student teacher.) Services shall include (1) Programs to provide that members of the Armed Forces or civilian employees of the DoD who graduate from the institution of higher education concerned include members or employees, as the case may be, who are skilled in the languages and area studies covered by the program from beginning through advanced skill levels. (2) Programs of language proficiency training for such members and civilian employees at the institution of higher education concerned in critical and strategic languages tailored to meet operational readiness requirements. (3) Alternative language training delivery systems and modalities to meet language and regional area study requirements for such members and employees whether prior to deployment, during deployment, or post-deployment. (4) Programs on critical and strategic languages under the program that can be incorporated into ROTC programs to facilitate the development of language skills in such languages among future officers of the Armed Forces. These programs shall include total language and culture immersion. Total immersion programs must be offered during summer sessions in order to facilitate participation by ROTC Cadets from other institutions. This contract will be solicited by Request for Proposal (RFP) an awarded to the lowest priced, responsive, responsible offeror that shows documentation of being an accredited college/universitie with senior ROTC programs. The appropriate NAICS Code is 611310 with a size standard of $7M. All responsible sources may submit an offer(s), which will be considered. The solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps and the MICC Center - Fort Knox Website at: http://doc.knox.army.mil on or about 9 August 2010. No paper copies of the solicitation will be issued. All amendments to the solicitation will be likewise posted to these websites. Contractors are cautioned to check this website for amendments. No solicitation mailing list will be compiled. Contractor is responsible for all costs of producing and mailing their offers. Questions will be accepted by email to jonea.m.brown@us.army.mil
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Fort Knox Contracting Center MICC Center-Fort Knox, Building 1109B Fort Knox KY
- Zip Code: 40121-5000
- Zip Code: 40121-5000
- Record
- SN02218023-W 20100728/100726235339-dc100b47811ee4b6fca39c42eeb1c423 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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