SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- GODDARD EDUCATION SERIES -GLES
- Notice Date
- 2/27/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.I, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG07190884Q
- Response Due
- 3/13/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/27/2008
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for Goddard Education Series (GLES) Program. NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the items from Greystone Consulting Inc., in accordance with 10 U.S.C 2304 (c) (1)- Only One Responsible Source. Center Management has been looking at all of Goddard?s Leadership and Management Programs. All Leadership and Management Programs will be redesigned and will begin in 2008. Due to the favorable feedback from past participants, Center Management has decided to move forward with the next 2 GLES classes in 2007. Each session of GLES has been overwhelmingly successful and universally received high accolades. Since this will be the last 2 times GLES will be offered as a stand-alone Leadership Program which begins March 28, 2007, and registrations already taking place for the upcoming class, competition was not a reasonable use of time. The vendor of choice has already tailored their course to meet NASA requirements and standards for the program that the class is being taught for at this time. In the fall of 2004, Greystone personnel delivered the 12-day, pilot program to 44 Goddard managers. The design was highly rated by all attendees. Greystone took the end-of-course feedback and made minor, but substantive changes, and provided a final course design to Goddard. Also included was a color, photo-ready, 315-page participant manual and an extensive reading library of 75 reference books for in-depth reading on any of the course core concepts. Given the success of the pilot program, the Center sponsored three more courses during calendar year 2005. Senior Greystone personnel delivered 17 of the eighteen training modules. Each of these courses have been overwhelmingly successful and universally received high accolades for both content and the professionalism and skills of the Greystone facilitation staff. This course is now viewed as an essential and core program for preparing and developing Goddard?s managers as leaders for Goddard?s future success. The GLES program that Greystone designed and delivered is totally unique in the public, private, and academic sectors. It focuses totally on leadership not on management and is integrated from beginning to end. Three critical areas bound the program - managing self as a leader, leading change and leading collaboratively. Eighteen modules have been designed to span 5 leadership focus areas: self-awareness and progressing through interpersonal competence, group leadership, organizational dynamics and environmental impacts. Each module has been constructed to integrate proprietary learning modalities into a whole that specifically addresses the unique nature of Goddard?s culture. It is a rigorous program that fully embodies the needs of the adult learner. Teaching modalities span a wide spectrum including action learning, assessment instruments, films, small group inquiry, reading and reflection, simulations, role-playing, group and individual exercises, journaling and personal coaching. Also unique are the extensive use of core learning teams throughout the course. Participants experience an intensive learning event that is profound enough to be transformative and pragmatic enough to immediately apply in their actual work environment. The course learning standard is one of trust and respect for all differences. All subsequent learning occurs in the context of the participant?s leadership vision. Each participant receives individualized learning and support in the form of coaching and program facilitation in recognition that successful leadership development involves both personal and organizational transformation. The Greystone Consulting Group, Inc. expends considerable effort to remain current on developments in the Federal Government, NASA, and Goddard environments. This enables Greystone to modify the program to reflect current areas of emphasis and concern while tailoring the content to the individual and collective needs of the participants. A key feature of the GLES design is class created projects that reflect the current issues and solutions that the participants feel are relevant to their daily work. Some 25 such projects have been created and presented by class participants to Goddard?s Executive Council. Given its lead role in integrating all leadership programs and in designing and implementing all of the first four ?new? GLES programs, The Greystone Consulting Group, Inc. possesses unique knowledge and expertise resulting in a minimal learning curve, thus requiring the expenditure of fewer hours and dollars. Greystone?s integral involvement since the need for this program was first identified in 2003 provides The Greystone Consulting Group, Inc. with a unique and comprehensive understanding of the program and the workshops to date. This understanding is essential to ensuring that future workshops align with what has been taught and do not unnecessarily repeat content. It cannot be underestimated how critically important this thread of learning is to participants of NASA and to their contribution as current and future leaders of the Center. GSFC is beginning the process of evaluating and possibly redesigning all of its leadership training programs. Any redesigns may result in a new requirement which may be competed. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organization may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 3:00 p.m. local time on March 8, 2007. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely with the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit capability statements which shall be considered by the agency. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note ?B?. Any referenced notes may be viewed a t the following URLs linked below.
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