The Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Contracting Squadron is seeking information concerning the availability of capable contractors to provide non-personal services in the form of four (4) English as a Second Language (ESL) / English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Instructors to support an English Language Training Detachment in the United Arab Emirates. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for informational and planning purposes only. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals, nor will any award be made as a result of this RFI. The Air Force will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this RFI. Contact with Government personnel by potential offerors or their employees regarding this project is prohibited. This FedBizOpps notice is an announcement seeking market information on vendors capable of providing the services as described herein. AETC CONS is currently conducting market research to locate qualified, experienced, and interested potential sources. The information requested by this RFI will be used within the Air Force to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside the agency. For purposes of this RFI, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 611630, Language Schools, and the small business size standard is $7M. Description of Service Four (4) English Language Instructors are needed to support the Defense Language Institute (LTD) in the United Arab Emirates. The period of performance will consist of a two (2) year base, with two (2) 1-year options. The contractor shall provide the necessary non-personal services provided for in this requirement to conduct classes, and provide other instructional work to improve the language proficiency of students at the LTD. Training conducted by contractor personnel will be conducted using course material, performance objectives , and standards created by the USAF. Exceptions to USAF standards may be considered on a case-by-case basis. The Contractor shall provide up to 35 hours of language instruction or other instructional services a week, for as many as 7 contact hours a day. Class instruction shall be performed Sunday - Thursday, except on US Government and UAE holidays observed by the LTD. Instructor Qualification Requirements A degree in any of the following specialty areas: English as a second language (ESL), Bilingual-Bicultural Education, Linguistics, English, Speech, Foreign Languages, Education. Previous experience, greater than 1-year, teaching ESL to adults is desired. The contractor must be able to function and interact in an acceptable manner in a cultural situation unlike that in the United States. Language Training Detachment Instructors must be a native speaker or equivalent and be free of speech impediments. Comments and information on the following are requested: (1) Company Cage Code, DUNS, name, address, point of contact and their telephone number and e-mail address; (2) Approximate annual gross revenue; (3) Any small business status (8(a), HUB Zone, veteran-owned, women-owned, etc.); (4) Indicate if your role in the performance of the consolidated requirement would be (a) Prime Contractor; (b) Subcontractor; or (c) Other, please describe; (5) If you indicated your role as "Prime Contractor" on Question 4, indicate the functions for which you plan to use subcontractors; (6) If you indicated your role as "Prime Contractor" on Question 4, please provide brief information you feel would indicate your capability to mobilize, manage, and finance a large service contract such as this; (7) If you indicated your roll will be a "Subcontractor" on Question 4, please indicate which functional areas you intend to cover; (8) Indicate if your company primarily does business in the commercial or Government sector; (9) Please describe any commercial-sector contracts you have performed for similar combined services [if applicable]; (10) Indicate which NAICS code(s) your company usually performs under for Government contracts; (11) Provide estimated small business subcontracting goals and rationale. The Air Force is only interested at this point in identifying interested and capable contractors for this service. If your firm has an interest in proposing on the requirements described above, please provide a Capability Statement to Capt Casey Pease,
[email protected] by February 27th, 2009 @ 1400 CST. The Capability Statement should include general information and technical background describing your firm's experience in contracts requiring similar efforts to meet the program objectives. Interested parties shall not submit more than 10 single-sided, type-written pages using 12-point font or larger. Published literature may be any number of pages.