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B -- LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SOL N02-NS-07000-09 POC Mary E. Landi O'Leary; Contracting Officer; 301-496-8620 WEB: Research Contracts and Acquisition Branch home page, http://amb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. E-MAIL: Mary E. Landi O'Leary, ml186r@nih.gov. ELECTRONIC RFP ANNOUNCEMENT, POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute of Health (NIH) requires a high quality leadership development program focused on preparing Senior Executives and senior level managers to possess the leadership and technical competencies to lead the future of neuroscience research worldwide. This program will include up to 80 participants from GS-14 through senior executive service for various facets of the program. All classroom training and individual counseling will be held either at the NIH or within 50 miles of the NIH facility in Bethesda, Maryland. The successful offeror will provide a multi-faceted leadership development program which includes leadership evaluation, assessment, development and executive education as detailed below. NINDS plans to award a single, incrementally funded, cost-reimbursement level of effort contract for a base period of two years with two one-year options. An organizational climate survey will be completed of the entire Institute which will serve as a baseline for identifying organizational and individual development needs. The survey will provide the ability to analyze results by a variety of variables, e.g. organizational unit and skill categories and be repeated each of the next three years. A Core Curriculum will be developed which will last for approximately 16 months and include approximately 11 days of formal training which includes the four components listed below plus one of the following training modules to be available on an ad-hoc basis: strategic leadership, creativity, organizational teamwork, coaching and 360 degree performance evaluation. The leadership team which will experience the core curriculum consists of approximately 25 supervisors selected by top NINDS management. This leadership team will participate in the core leadership development program together. The Core Curriculum will include group and individual assessment activities, decision making, team building, and problem-solving exercises. Solicitation N02-NS-07000-09 will be issued approximately 15 days after publication of this notice, and proposals will be due approximately 45 days after the issue date. The RFP may be accessed through the Acquisition Management Branch Home page by using the following Internet address: http://amb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. IT IS THE OFFERORS RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR THE ABOVE INTERNET SITE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE SOLICITATION AND ANY AMENDMENTS. Point of contact is Mary E. Landi O'Leary; electronic mail address: ml186r@nih.gov; fax 301-402-6699. No collect calls will be accepted. Posted 03/24/99 (W-SN311890). (0083)

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