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Notice ID:N4008424R0058
***THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY*** This is a Sources Sought announcement for THE PURPOSES OF MARKET RESEARCH ONLY in support of “JAPANESE TRASLATION SUPPORT SERVICES AT VARIOUS U.S. NAVY, MARI...
***THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY*** This is a Sources Sought announcement for THE PURPOSES OF MARKET RESEARCH ONLY in support of “JAPANESE TRASLATION SUPPORT SERVICES AT VARIOUS U.S. NAVY, MARINE CORPS, ARMY AND AIR FORCE BASES AND FACILITIES THROUGHOUT NAVFAC FAR EAST AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY”. The information received will be utilized within the Navy to facilitate the decision making processes and will not be disclosed outside of the agency. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests. This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid and is not construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than market research. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Far East (NAVFAC FE) is seeking information on eligible business firms capable of performing economic analysis as described below. GENERAL INFORMATION Per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541930 Translation and Interpretation Services. The term of this project is estimated to be five (5) years. DESCRIPTION OF WORK The Contractor shall provide all personnel, facilities, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, transportation and other items as necessary to interpret and translate from Japanese to English in support of this effort and from English to Japanese at various locations throughout NAVFAC FAR EAST Area of Responsibility, and its supported outlying facilities. The Japanese translation support services shall include the following: In-person on-site Japanese-English interpretation (Indicate if your company has the ability to provide multiple interpretors on-site simultaneously). Planning, scheduling, establish and maintenance of records for translations; Develop and submit Quality Management (QM) Plan for quality management against the contract performance requirements listed in the Performance of Work Statement and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) and conduct quality management based on it; Provide a staff with the necessary expertise to ensure performance objectives and standards are met by means of ensuring that all linguists provided have the appropriate certification requirements and ability to interpret technical language as required/identified by each order. Technical language includes, but is not limited to, technical language pertaining to contracting, engineering and design, utilities, real estate, legal documents and discussions, market research, land surveys, general business, etc.; Provide all costs associated with travel, transportation and accommodations. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS Interested firms should submit information as to the capabilities, capacity and experience to perform the tasks set forth above. The Statement of Capability (SOC) will determine the feasibility and/or basis for the Navy’s decision to proceed with acquisition. Interested firms must submit an SOC, which describes, in detail, the firm’s capability of providing these services for various Military and other Federal facilities worldwide. Your SOC shall include the following: (1) Full name and address of the firm; (2) Indicate if the firm is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database, include Unique Entity ID and CAGE Code; and (3) List up to five projects performed within the last five years from the date of this notice that best demonstrates experience for the type of Japanese to/from English translation and/or interpretation support services identified above. For each project, provide the following, as applicable: a) Contract number and project title; b) Name of contracting activity; c) Administrative Contracting Officer’s/Responsible Official’s name, current telephone number, and email address; d) Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative or primary point of contact name, current telephone number, and email address; e) Contract type (e.g., cost plus, requirements, firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, or combination); f) Period of performance (start and completion date); g) Basic contract award amount and final contract value; h) Summary of the scope of work to include the location of the area of interest; Respondents will not be notified of the results of the Navy’s market research. NAVFAC FE will utilize the information for acquisition planning purposes. All data received in response to this Source Sought Notice marked or designated, as corporate or proprietary information will be fully protected from release outside the Government. Please electronically submit information via email to Motoko Kawashima at motoko.kawashima.ln@us.navy.mil and Ross Yamato at ross.w.yamato.civ@us.navy.mil by 20 February 2024 at 14:30 (Japan Standard Time) using the email subject line “N4008424R0058 Sources Sought for Japanese Translation Support Services”. The Government does not to intend to provide a response or answer questions regarding this Sources Sought Notice. Since this is a Sources Sought announcement only, evaluation letters will not be issued to any respondent. As a reference, the similar translation sources sought will be issued as “N4008424R0059 Sources Sought for Korean Translation Support Services” for Korean translation.
