U.S. Office Of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 1342, Washington, DC 20415

U -- BENCHMARKING HIGH PERFORMING FEDERAL AGENCIES SOL OPM-98-SS-001rdh DUE 031298 POC Ray Hesson; 202-606-1045 WEB: Office of Personnel Management Home Page, http://www.opm.gov/procure. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer via e-mail, rdhesson@opm.gov. U -- This request is for information only. Proposals are not being requested nor will they be accepted in response to this synopsis. The purpose of this synopsis is to ascertain information only. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) seeks information from small business concerns and/or firms qualified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act to determine whether or not an acquisition for educational and consultant services should be issued as a Small Business Set-aside or as a set-aside under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Program. Based on the information received from this request, a separate synopsis will be issued requesting proposals. OPM intends to issue a solicitation for up to five years of services (one base year and four one-year options) for educational and consulting services to instill and promote progressive management practices and techniques in OPM client Federal agencies. A single contract may be awarded. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 8741. The size standard is $5 million per year. OPM intends to issue an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity task order contract to support initiatives undertaken to service its customer base to fully utilize the latest proven approaches and techniques in benchmarking and developing high performing organizations. Examples of products and services for which tasks may be issued under the contract include, but are not limited to: Information Assembly of up-to-date information about high performance organizations, particularly the practices involved in developing and sustaining learning organizations. Education Perform education services for high level Federal executives in educational environments where they must interact (on a recurring basis) with executives at similar levels from a wide range of profit and not-for-profit organizations. The content of the education component must focus on the following subjects: high performance (accomplishing results); learning organizations (where continuous improvement is the norm); personal growth and learning (as a prerequisite for improved organizational performance); the impact of the models (or internal images) that people use; the significance, use and development of commonly held organizational goals and organizational values; enhancing the capacity of teams to create desired results; and systems that operate within organizations or that effect organizations. OPM anticipates that executives participating in the education described above will want the consultants they meet through such seminars and/or conferences to conduct follow-on educational programs in the executive's own organization. Therefore, follow-on courses (in the subject matter listed above) may also be required. Consultation Executives and the Federal human resource development specialists who work with them will, from time to time, need assistance from external consultants. This effort includes help in clarifying purposes, selecting strategies for communication and learning, and implementing and evaluating the communication/learning strategies. Reporting Summary reports containing consultant recommendations will be required. These recommendations are likely to cover actions that the Federal executives and Federal HRD specialists should take to foster high performance. As the work is completed, additional reports will also be required. These reports will serve as a case history of what the consultant, the Federal executives and the Federal human resource development specialists accomplished. Management/Project Plan In the initial phase of this effort, the contractor shall provide a management/project plan of proposed actions the contractor will undertake. Small Business concerns, or firms qualified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, who wish to respond to this request for information, should forward information addressing the following items: 1. Understanding of the Work: Potential offerors should address their knowledge of the subjects listed in the "Education" section of this synopsis. 2. Past performance and relevant experience: Potential offerors should address their general capabilities and relevant project experience. This should include information about any relevant educational events conducted by the offeror as well as information about the organizational level and position titles of those who attended these events. This should also include information about consulting work done by the offeror -- including information about the content of that consulting as well as the organizational levels and position titles of the offeror's clients. 3. Organizational structure and resources: Potential offerors should describe in general terms the qualifications of key personnel and the experience of the offeror in performing related work of this type. OPM will evaluate responses to this synopsis and make a decision as to whether or not to limit participation in this acquisition to small business concerns or to award this requirement to a firm qualified under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program. Responses must be received within 14 days after the date of publication of this synopsis. Address responses to Ray Hesson, Office of Personnel Management, Room 1342, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415. The email address is rdhesson@opm.gov. The fax number is 202-606-1464. (0056)

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