Interpretation and Written Translation Services

U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine invites you to submit a quotation for “Interpretation and Written Translation Services”. The detailed information is provided in the Request for Quotation attached.

The U.S. Government intends to award a contract to the responsible company submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price.  We intend to award a contract based on initial quotations, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.  While the multiple Contract may be awarded, we will only award the number of Contracts we believe sufficient to meet our needs and regulatory competition requirements.

• Your quote must be submitted by e-mail to the following address: [email protected], with subject line “Interpretation and Written Translation Services 19UP30-20-Q-0008” shown on the Standard Form 1449 that follows this letter. Quotations are due by on 12:00 a.m. August 16, 2020. No quotations will be accepted after this time.
• To help us track our procurement effort, please indicate in your email where (vacanciesinukraine.com) you saw this tender/procurement notice. 

In order for a quotation to be considered, you must complete and submit the following:

1.  Standard Form SF-1449
2.  Section 1 and Section 5 of the Request for Quotation
3. Additional information as required in Section 3 of the Request for Quotation.

Please be advised that according to FAR 4.1102 in case the amount of contract action exceeds $30,000, all prospective offerors should be registered in System for Award Management (SAM.gov) at the time an offer or quotation is submitted, during performance and through the final payment. If the offeror doesn’t become registered in SAM at the time an offer or quotation is submitted the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered offeror. If the amount of contract action exceeds $25,000 but not exceed $30,000 all prospective offerors should have DUNS number (see the first step in obtaining registration with the SAM).

For your convenience the solicitation notice contains a Quick Guide for International Entity registration in SAM. Please give yourself plenty of time before your contract deadline as the registration in SAM is rather long process (see the Quick Guide for the details).

All questions should be addressed  at [email protected].

• Standard Form SF-1449 (PDF 38 KB)
• Request for Quotation (PDF 960 KB)
• Quick Guide for International Entity registration in SAM (PDF 297 KB)