Language Certification Services - IFB 26C052000

The Department of California Highway Patrol (CHP) is seeking bids for language certification services. The contractor will be required to provide test raters who are certified by a professional organization or association recognized as qualified by the industry. The test raters will be responsible for assessing the language skills of individuals over the phone. The contractor will be required to provide documentation that certifies the test raters have engaged in continuous education training and have two years of experience working for state, local, or federal government as a contracted test rater. The evaluation and scoring criteria for this bid include cost, experience, and methodology. Some key points to consider are: • The contractor will be required to provide language certification services for an estimated 300 tests in the first year, with the potential for an increase in tests in subsequent years. • The contractor will be required to provide test raters who are certified by a professional organization or association recognized as qualified by the industry. • The contractor will be required to provide documentation that certifies the test raters have engaged in continuous education training and have two years of experience working for state, local, or federal government as a contracted test rater. • The evaluation and scoring criteria for this bid include cost, experience, and methodology. • The current rate for language certification services is $55.00 per test.