PRESOL | U | This procurement will directly support the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DFLIC) mission to develop an Arabic Speech Recognition System.

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 26, 2007 FBO #2099
SOLICITATION NOTICE

U -- This procurement will directly support the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DFLIC) mission to develop an Arabic Speech Recognition System.

Notice Date: 8/24/2007
Notice Type: Solicitation Notice
NAICS: 611630 — Language Schools
Contracting Office: ACA, NRCC, Mission, Building 2796, Fort Eustis, VA 23604
ZIP Code: 23604
Solicitation Number: W912SU07T0042
Response Due: 8/29/2007
Archive Date: 10/28/2007
Small Business Set-Aside: Total Small Business
Description: The Northern region Contracting Center intends to procure support for testing the language proficiency of students, faculty, and military personnel in Arabic. The Defense Language Institute is seeking to procure a fully automated test to score the s peaking and listening ability of students in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The contractor shall provide a fully automated speaking and listening test system in MSA to evaluate large numbers of test-takers both in the United States and abroad. The testing system shall be accessible telephonically and all tests shall be administered and scored without human intervention. The Contractor shall install the MSA test on a telephonic delivery system that provides 24/7/365 access worldwide and provides online tes t results. The online testing system shall allow a minimum of 200 tests to be taken. The contractor shall ensure that the MSA test can be easily administered. The tests are scored automatically by a computer-based system and scores are available on the Internet no later than 30 minutes after the test has been taken. The contractor shall provide a machine-generated scoring system that strongly correlates to government Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) levels assigned by human raters. A correlation co efficient of 8.0 or higher is required. The contractor shall build an initial pool of approximately 5,000 Arabic items for the speaking and listening test, and shall ensure that sufficient test item variability protects the test from being compromised.The designated NAIC Code is 611630 for this effort. The Small Business Size Standard is $6.5M. The period of Performance is 12 months (one year) from date of award. This is a total Small Business Set Aside procurement. Anticipates award of a fixed-price cont ract. Subject solicitation will be posted on NRCCs web site http://www.aca.nrcc.eustis.army.mil under Business Opportunities and on ASFI o/a 30 AUG 2007 and closing 10 days thereafter. A bidders mailing list will not be developed and paper copies of th e solicitation will not be mailed. All responsible sources may submit a proposal for consideration. Point of contact is Clara Patterson (757) 878-3166 Ext. 3262. Email address: clara.l.patterson@us.army.mil
Place of Performance: Address: ACA, NRCC, Mission Building 2796, Fort Eustis VA; Zip Code: 23604; Country: US
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U -- This procurement will directly support the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DFLIC) mission to develop an Arabic Speech Recognition System.