The Department of the Army, Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) has a requirement for Language and Culture Services program.

There is an ever-increasing demand for language and cultural capabilities throughout the Department of Defense (DOD), spurred by lessons learned and command guidance for Regional Aligned Forces’ engagements globally. The Army has faced this challenge in a variety of ways, to include increased instruction for Soldiers, increased performance of document exploitation (i.e. translations), and development of self-paced curricula. All personnel are required to receive some level of instruction in target languages and/or cultural orientations, with requirements ranging from ILR 0+ to 4+ in one or more skill. A variety of instructional resources are available to accomplish these goals. Command Language Programs (CLPs) throughout the Department of Defense (DOD) are the vehicles for accomplishing this required language and culture instruction. Additionally, there are increasing requirements for higher levels of proficiency to ensure the accomplishment of military tasks, as well as expanding technical requirements necessary for commanders to ensure professional linguists both maintain minimum proficiency levels and enhance their proficiency to meet the Army’s stated goal of ILR L3/R3/S3 (Listening, Reading, and Speaking). The CLPs provide facilities, equipment, and a combination of classroom instruction, self-paced learning opportunities, web-based instruction, and unit instruction to meet the needs of professional linguists, as well as all other Army personnel requiring language and/or culture capabilities to accomplish their military functions. As the Army participates in myriad Joint engagements, Army CLPs may also provide services to linguists from other services such as the Air Force, Marines and Navy, as well as their Reserve Components. With the permission of the designated Contract Officer’s Representative(s), other Government organizations may also utilize this contract to request one or more of the Language and Culture Services defined in this PWS in support of DOD CLPs and language and culture related requirements.

• The purpose of this contract is to provide Foreign Language Instruction and Cultural Education Services to United States Service members who require Language Training as part of their Military Occupational Specialty. The desired outcome is to ensure that all Service Members who participate in Language Training provided by the contract maintain or improve their language ability as measured by the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) and to increase their cultural awareness with each training event