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B -- RESEARCH INTO FEDERAL LABOR-MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS SOL OPM-RFP-98-00672KLM POC Kenneth McMahill, 202-606-2494 WEB: OPM Procurement Home Page, http://www.opm.gov/procure. E-MAIL: Negotiator e-mail, klmcmahi@opm.gov. B -- The Office of Personnel Management seeks, on behalf of the National Partnership Council (NPC), a contractor to conduct research into Federal labor-management partnerships in several Federal agencies. The NPC, chaired by the Director of OPM, wishes to conduct research and develop an evaluation model(s) based on that research that Federal agencies and unions may use to evaluate their own partnership efforts. The goals of the Council's research are: a)to determine the extent to which partnership produces quantifiable improvements in Federal agency performance; b) to determine the elements of partnership that relate to quantifiable improvements in agency operations; c) to develop an evaluation model that agencies and unions may use to evaluate their partnership's effectiveness in improving agency performance; and, d) to look beyond perceptual data of partnership participants and practitioners (as was accomplished by the Council's 1996 and 1997 research) to other possible information collection methods that will address progress and improvements in organizational performance resulting from partnership. Specific tasks in conducting the research are: 1) Brief agencies and union participants and get feedback in order to develop an effective research plan; 2) Conduct research/assessments subsequent to NPC/OPM approval. The contractor shall submit progress reports for every identified milestone in the plan as well as data file layouts; 3) Prepare individual agency/union reports which assess partnership activities across agencies or major sub-components; 4) Prepare a report for the NPC on the results of the overall research project; and, 5) Prepare an evaluation model(s) based on the research that agencies and unions may use to evaluate whether their partnership efforts have improved agency performance. The procurement will be unrestricted. The SIC code for this procurement is 8748 with a size standard of $5 million in average revenues. It is anticipated that Solicitation OPM-RFP-98-00672KLM will be released no sooner than 15 days after publication of this notice. This solicitation will not be subject to provisions of Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Proposals will be due 30-45 days after issuance of the Solicitation. For information about this notice, contact Kenneth McMahill, Contract Specialist, at 202-606-2494 (FAX, 202-606-1464). Faxed requests are acceptable. Posted 09/03/98 (W-SN245716). (0246)

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