SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- GODDARD EDUCATION SERIES - GLES
- Notice Date
- 2/13/2008
- 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
- NNG08232800Q
- Response Due
- 2/27/2008
- Archive Date
- 2/13/2009
- Point of Contact
- Leslie Brooks, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-286-9896, Fax 301-286-0247, Email Leslie.M.Brooks@nasa.gov - James M Debelius, Procurement Manager, Phone 301-286-5491, Fax 301-286-0247, Email James.M.Debelius@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Leslie Brooks
(Leslie.M.Brooks@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NASA's GSFC has a requirement for Goddard Education Series (GLES) Program. NASA's GSFC intends to purchase the items from Greystone Consulting Inc., in accordance with FAR 13.106 - 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 favorable feedback from past participants, Center Management has decided to move forward with the next GLES class in 2008. Each session of GLES has been overwhelmingly successful and universally received high accolades. This will be the last time GLES will be offered as a stand-alone Leadership Program which begins April 16, 2008. The vendor of choice has already tailored their courses to meet NASA requirements and standards for the program that the class is being taught for at this time. 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 with this program 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 organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:00pm local time on February 27, 2008. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated soley 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. An Ombudsman has been appointed See NASA Specific Note "B". Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
- Web Link
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http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51#128713
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