American Sign Language Interpretation Services

 Sources Sought and Request for InformationAmerican Sign Language Interpretation Services The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Distribution is issuing this Sources Sought (SS) and Request for Information (RFI) announcement for planning purposes only. DLA Distribution is planning to establish an indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide services for American Sign Language Interpretation on a regular/recurring and "as needed" basis for the entire Continental United States (CONUS) and/or regional areas for the sites described below. This does not constitute a finalized draft for use in preparing a response to any forthcoming solicitation. This provides an idea of the scope and magnitude of the requirement. The purpose of this SS/RFI is to solicit industry's assistance and best practices and identify firms and businesses interested in, and capable of, providing services to DLA Distribution. Responses to this notice will be considered in determining the best approach

for any potential future acquisition. Unsolicited proposals will not be accepted in response to this notice. Failure to respond to this SS does not preclude participation in any future solicitation that may be issued. Instructions to Interested Parties: Interested parties are requested to provide a Capabilities Statement on how you historically have adequately provided American Sign Language Interpretation Services on both a regular/recurring and an "as needed" basis for Commercial or Government entities of the same scope and magnitude. Additionally, the Government welcomes your input for consideration in the development of the Performance Work Statement and pricing/CLIN structure.   The Government requests that interested parties provide rationale on staffing capability.  Specifically, this capability should address providing adequate support for geographically dispersed locations. Upon knowledge/notification of a need for on-site interpretation services; provide your response time capability. The staffing discussion should also address the ability to adequately respond taking geographic locations into consideration for CONUS sites. The site locations include, but are not limited to those listed on Attachment 1.  Interested Party Information:•1.      Interested parties responding to this notice should provide the following:•a.       The primary Point of Contact to discuss the Capabilities Statement, inclusive of the POC's name, phone number and e- mail address•b.      Whether the Party is, or is not, a small business concern, and if a small business concern, also possesses one of the following socioeconomic designations: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HUBZone, or Women-Owned Small Business as defined in FAR 52.219-1 for NAICS Code 541930, or is a foreign entity.•c.       Cage Code •2.      This is a Sources Sought/Request for Information Announcement to be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this announcement. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS REQUEST. This SS/RFI does not commit the Government to contract for the identified services and does not commit the Government to set aside this acquisition for a small business concern. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at http://www.fbo.gov/. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to a future procurement. The information provided in this SS/RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. Any information submitted in response to this SS/RFI is voluntary. The release of this SS/RFI should not be construed as a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. Respondents are advised that DLA Distribution will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in responding to this SS/RFI. In addition, the Government will not entertain any requests to meet individually with a service provider regarding the content of this SS/RFI, and will not respond to any electronic or telephonic inquiries for this purpose. Please provide responses to this SS/RFI by email no later than 2 May2018 Responses will only be received electronically in Adobe pdf or MS Office formats. Paper media will not be received. Email responses should be sent to gomati.poonai@dla.mil. The subject line should be addressed as "American Sign Language Interpretation Services - DLA Distribution". Please be advised that any responses exceeding the government's email size of 15 MB may be returned undelivered and may require two or more separate email submissions in order to successfully submit all attachments. Respondents are responsible for contacting gomati.poonai@dla.mil to confirm receipt of their response.