Title
Language and Cultural Diversity Classes (Ordinance S-46845)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into contracts with AVID Consulting LLC; DC Language Center, LLC; Interlingua, LLC; and Morales-Sherman Languages, to provide language and cultural diversity classes to the city on an as-needed basis. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse funds related to this item. The five-year aggregate value of all contracts will not exceed $360,000.
Report
Summary
The Human Resources Department offers language and cultural diversity classes to meet the employees' multilingual and multicultural needs. Classes focus on providing awareness and understanding of diverse cultural groups and offering language training that will allow employees to function effectively in languages that are commonly spoken in our community.
Procurement Information
Request for Qualifications (RFQu) HR 20-121 was conducted in accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10, with the intent of establishing a list of qualified vendors to provide language and cultural diversity classes on an as-needed basis to the City. There were five offers received by the Human Resources Department on June 17, 2020. The offers were evaluated and the following four Offerors met the City’s qualification criteria and were deemed responsive and responsible:
AVID Consulting LLC
DC Language Center, LLC
Interlingua, LLC
Morales-Sherman Languages
The Human Resources Director recommends that the offers from the above vendors be accepted as responsive and responsible offers that are most advantageous to the City.
Contract Term
The five-year contract term shall begin on or about July 1, 2020.
Financial Impact
The five-year aggregate value of all contracts will not exceed $360,000. There is no impact to the general fund as the Contractors are paid by employee’s tuition reimbursement or employee development funds.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Toni Maccarone and the Human Resources Department.