Emba.�sy of the United States of America

General Service Office Ban Somvang Tai, Hatsayfong District,

Vientiane Capital, Lao P.D.R

Dear Prospective Offeror/Quoter: Date: April 30, 2019

The American Embassy Vientiane, Lao P.D.R. has a requirement for a contractor to provide English class charge for Field Epidemiology Training. You are invited to submit a

quotation. The Request for Quotations (RFQ) consists of the following sections:

1. Standard Form SF-18

2. Statement of work.

U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requires that contractors be registered in the

system award management (SAM) prior to being awarded a purchase order. Contractors,

who are not registered with SAM, may not be awarded the purchase order. This

requirement applies to all acquisitions for oversea vendors that greater than $30,000. Go to the link https://www.sam/gov

Direct any questions regarding this solicitation to: VientianeProcurement@state.gov

The Embassy plans to award a purchase order. You are encouraged to make your quotation competitive. You are also cautioned against any collusion with other potential offerors with regard to price quotations to be submitted. The RFQ does not commit the American Embassy to make any award. The Embassy may cancel this RFQ or any part of it. Please read the RFQ carefully, and if you are interested, submit your quotation. Return the completed SF-18 to the address shown in block 5a of the SF-18 by 4:00PM, Local time: on May 14, 2019.

For local purchasing only.

Oral quotation will not be accepted and No proposal will be accepted after this time.

Sincerely,

Ja es Bennet C() racting officer

American Embassy Vientiane

SCOPE OF WORK

Title: English course on Epidemiology and Public Health terms for Field Epidemiology Training (FET) course.

Contractual Arrangements: 12 months (1 June 2019 to 30 May 2020) contract with National Center for Laboratory

and Epidemiology (NCLE), Ministry of Health (MoH).

Scope: To develop the FET students ’ grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading and writing to equip them to

communicate in English in their epidemiology work, research, and report presentations. The contractor will provide the

following: 1) Cclassroom instruction which is included the terminology in English of their FET Modules and field work,

like for Public Health and Epidemiology. Most of the lessons will be face-to-face classroom sessions with individual,

paired and group practice for the course texts. However, the workbook exercises, online practice resource and the self-

assessment pages provide for better motivation for supplementary learning at the trainees’ own time. Exercise answers

can be checked online while assignments can be submitted via email. In the final project presentation phase, one-on-

one assistance as well as editorial assistance over email will be given for the translations of presentations. This and

future cohorts may also see greater involvement of the English teacher(s) through intensive English practice, and closer

coordination with course organizers and face-to-face updates on the trainees’ progress; and 2) Course Assessment

which is to help motivate the trainees in their English learning, the English grade could count towards their FET course

assessment. For the English component of the course, the trainees could be assessed in their attendance, assignments,

reading, speaking, listening, writing and class participation. The requirement for attendance could be 85% while the

requirement for the other scores in an aggregate figure could be 75%. Trainees who do not meet these requirements

may have to retake tests. Updates on the trainees’ progress can be submitted every quarter, after three units of the

course book. This will include the technical report to be submitted at the end of each contract period before payment is

effected. This report may also be made face-to-face at course review meetings with the coordinators, supervisors and

trainees.

Location of Work:

Managed by National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology (NCLE), MoH.

Deliverables

(Module), Term, Month

Description of English activities

Weeks, Hours

Remarks, ’Deliverables’

(Module 1) Term 1A June/July

Placement test and interviews Lessons begin (04 Jun) Unit 1

3 wks 22.5hrs

Initial class grouping determined

July/August Lessons continue Unit 2, Unit 3

4 wks 30.0hrs

Review of class composition and 1st Qtr update on trainees’ progress (before end July)

Term 1B

Aug/Sep Lessons continue Unit 4

2 wks 15.0hrs

Sep (Field work) + Break 1 week

(4 wks + 1 wk)

No English lessons, but workbook and online practice assignments and email contact

(Module 2) September /October

Lessons resume Unit 5, Unit 6 Test/assessment (2nd wk of Oct)

5 wks 37.5hrs

Brief update on trainees’ progress (mid Oct) End-of-Term 1, 2nd Qtr report (mid-Oct), End of first contract

Term 2A October /November

Lessons continue Unit 7, Unit 8

5 wks 37.5hrs

November /December

Lessons continue Unit 9

2 wks 15.0hrs

3rd Qtr update on trainees’ progress (end of Nov)

December

(Field work)

(4 wks) No English lessons, but workbook and online practice assignments and email contact

(Module 3) Term 2B January

Lessons resume Unit 10

3 wks 22.5hrs

January /February

Lessons continue Unit 11, 12 Test/assessment (before end of Feb)

6 wks 45.0hrs

End of Term 2, 4th Qtr update on trainees’ progress (end of Feb) End of 2nd Contract

March/April Consultations for final presentations

4 wks 30 hrs

(Focus on project presentations; final presents) End-of-course report ready, end Mar/early Apr

May Consultations for Presentations and reports

2 wks 15.0 hrs

(Exams before Pi Mai Lao) (Pi Mai Lao break 15-19Apr) (Graduation after Pi Mai Lao)

Total 36 wks 270.0hrs

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