SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Leadership Development Program
- Notice Date
- 12/29/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-CSB-(HL)-2012-046-RRJ
- Archive Date
- 1/5/2012
- Point of Contact
- Robin Jeffries, Phone: (301) 435-0376, Joanna M. Magginas, Phone: (301) 435-0360
- E-Mail Address
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robin.jeffries@nih.gov, Magginaj@nhlbi.nih.gov
(robin.jeffries@nih.gov, Magginaj@nhlbi.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is seeking sources to provide a NHLBI Leadership Lab which will include traditional cohort learning activities, as well as challenging assignments and management involvement. The program is to be designed as a leadership development program that includes nine one-day cohort sessions every three to four weeks over a 7-month period and non-classroom components for 24 participants. The contractor shall provide leadership development services to enhance leadership competencies and training needs identified by participants and the NHLBI. This SOURCES SOUGHT (SS) is being issued to help determine the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the Government requirement. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), NOR IS IT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ). It is not to be construed as a commitment by the requesting party to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this SS. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this SS. This FedBizOps SS is strictly for market research purposes only. As a result of this SS, the Government may issue a RFQ, however, should such requirements materialize, no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to the SS. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services and the associated small business size standard is $7.0 million. Based on the responses received from this SOURCES SOUGHT announcement, the NHLBI may conduct a competitive procurement or negotiate on a Sole Source basis with The Results Leadership Group, LLC, 7960 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 10C, Bethesda, MD 20814-2445 and subsequently award a single contract with two one-year option periods. All eligible companies responding to this SS Announcement must have the capabilities to provide the below services upon receipt of contract. NOTE: if the SS results into a small business set aside solicitation, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, the prime contractor agrees that in performance of the contract in the case of a contract for services, at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. STATEMENT OF WORK: Leadership development is a foundation of succession planning at the National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The NHLBI Succession Plan focuses on training and development initiatives to prepare high potential employees for leadership roles. To address the NHLBI leadership development needs in a timely and comprehensive manner and to provide necessary training and experience to high potential leaders resulting in their career growth, NHLBI has approved a new leadership development program titled the NHLBI Leadership Lab. The NHLBI Leadership Lab will include traditional cohort learning activities, as well as challenging assignments and management involvement. The program is designed as a leadership development program that includes nine one-day cohort sessions every three to four weeks over a 7-month period and non-classroom components for 24 participants. The contractor shall provide leadership development services to enhance leadership competencies and training needs identified by participants and the NHLBI. Program design must include: 1. Interest Based Negotiation: Based upon the principles introduced in Roger Fisher's seminal text, Getting to Yes, Interest based negotiation is a methodology designed to produce outcomes superior to those typically achieved in "position-based" negotiation (i.e., negotiations focused on fixed positions and opposing viewpoints, which often result in compromises or impasses). Interest based negotiation is also designed to improve the efficiency (or reduce the transactional costs) of negotiations and collaborations. 2. Results Based Accountability TM: Results Based Accountability TM is a framework and set of skills for ensuring both disciplined decision-making and accountability for achieving desired results. Key principles include the use of (1) data to align day-to-day decision making with the achievement of desired ends and (2) transparency to drive innovation by surfacing and challenging assumptions. 3. Situational Leadership: Method that instructs NHLBI's managers in the skill of diagnosing an individual's development level on a specific goal or task, then adapting their leadership style to match the situation. It offers a strategy for aligning individual goals to NHLBI's goals. The role of the situational leader is to provide direct reports with whatever it takes-goals, direction, training, support, feedback, or recognition-to develop their skills, motivation, and confidence. Situational leadership creates a partnership between managers and staff that enables staff to feel empowered. 4. Strengths-Based Leadership: Effective leadership is about a leader maximizing their strengths. According to research conducted by Gallup, effective leaders must know their strengths and invest in others' strengths, get people with the right strengths on their group, and understand and meet the four basic needs of those who look to them for leadership The contractor shall: 1. Manage the NHLBI Leadership Lab that results in agile leaders who have the skills to lead in a culture of dynamic change. 2. Provide a draft program design to include proposed content for each session. 3. Provide the processes and steps the contractor followed in developing the initiatives for the Leadership Lab. 4. Provide copies of content being developed for each session. 5. Provide a meeting with the Contracting Officer's Representative and NHLBI management (two weeks prior to the first training session) to define, analyze and finalize work processes, operating procedures, and organizational development. 6. Develop and conduct nine full day sessions over seven months beginning in early May 2012. 7. Design and administer 360 Degree Leadership Survey and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator© which includes the electronic system (program), the evaluation, communication, and the final analysis and distribution of results prior to start of first session by a certified administrator. 8. Provide a cadre of coaches to facilitate a minimum of six hours of executive coaching per participant with experience and knowledge in evaluating 360 Degree and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator© Assessments. 9. Make recommendations for programs and initiatives that align with the NHLBI leadership development strategies. 10. Provide weekly progress reports detailing activities performed during the reporting period. 11. Develop strategies; provide recommendations and input on leadership planning and programmatic activities; complete projects by established deadlines; arrive on time and attend meetings as scheduled. 12. Define measurable outcomes and evaluate success of NHLBI leadership and training efforts. 13. Provide recommendations to the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative on the resources' utilization, and the facilitation of their implementation. 14. Identify and leverage best practices in leadership development to address these needs. Interested parties may identify in writing their interest and capability in response to this requirement or submit a response. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations however; all responses received before the closing date of this announcement will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition is based upon responses to this notice and is solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive acquisition. Companies that can perform the requirements above are requested to submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement, not to exceed 20 single-sided pages (including all attachments, resumes, data, etc.) presented in single-space and using a 12-point font size minimum, that clearly details the ability to perform the task (s) as described above. The capability statement shall include the following: 1. Name and identify your size and type of business (i.e. Large Business; Small Business; Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB); Woman-owned Small Businesses (WOSB); Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone); Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB); and Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB]; 2. To demonstrate experience in providing the above services, please provide information regarding three Federal Government contracts for the same or similar services (include a description of services provided; period of performance; reference name, phone number and email address; and value of each contract); 3. If subcontractors will be utilized, the name of company(ies), and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address); and 4. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in finalizing its market research. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. All capability Statements sent in response to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Robin Jeffries, Contracting Officer, at robin.jeffries@nih.gov in either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by January 4, 2012, at 4:00 P.M., EST. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health, NHLBI, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02646600-W 20111231/111229233706-83241f92e3a3f2ccc1ee0e89091a3bd1 (fbodaily.com)
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