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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 15, 2013 FBO #4282
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U -- RFI for Critical Thinking Training Classes - Attachment

Notice Date

8/13/2013
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

611430 — Professional and Management Development Training
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;VA Denver Acquisition & Logistics Center;555 Corporate Circle;Golden CO 80401
 

ZIP Code

80401
 

Solicitation Number

VA79113I0059
 

Response Due

8/28/2013
 

Archive Date

10/27/2013
 

Point of Contact

Kip Sheppard
 

E-Mail Address

eppard@va.gov<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Request for Information The VA Acquisition Academy (VAAA) was created to address the growing acquisition workforce challenge facing the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Federal Government overall. With the downsizing from the last decade and the loss of institutional knowledge resulting from baby-boomer retirements, the acquisition workforce has been strained to keep pace with the increased amount of and complexities associated with outsourced work in support of the VA mission. To support VAs mission, we want to promote and foster a critical thinking culture within the acquisition community in an effort to continuously improve the quality of our decision making. As a foundation to creating a critical thinking culture, the VA Acquisition Academy (VAAA) has determined a requirement for a suite of Critical Thinking Courses. Courses should follow a common methodology, build on each other and be centered on a standardized and complementary set of critical thinking tools. VAAA is issuing this RFI to help identify existing commercial off the shelf (COTS) courses and vendors. COTS courses will need to be tailored to include acquisition examples and scenarios that involve the entire acquisition team [contracting, program office, and legal]. The audience for this suite of courses include: VA acquisition individual contributors, VA acquisition leadership and VA acquisition teams. The intent is to have three courses tailored to each audience. Additionally, we would like to know if any online courses exist to supplement the instructor led courses. Online courses should utilize the same methodology and tools. -Critical Thinking Course for Individual Contributors -Foundational tools course -Critical Thinking Course for Leadership -Same content as individual course with a focus on how to coach employees in critical thinking -Critical Thinking Workshop -This is a facilitated workshop that focuses on intact teams who need to solve a real problem within a team environment -Critical Thinking Online Courses Please provide a summary of responses for each of the requirements listed below. For each course, include the course summary, learning objectives and course length. Also include any assessment instruments and research based methodology in the description. Provide a description for the cost structure and ranges of costs. This should include the breakdown for how costs for courses, materials, customization and delivery are incurred. For example, are there per seat fees, course licenses, material costs and delivery costs, train the trainers, etc. Also include your company's socio-economic category and any government-wide contract vehicles or VA contract vehicles you or a partner hold. Summary of Requirements 1.Critical Thinking Tools Course for the Individual Contributor 2.Tailoring of examples and scenarios for the acquisition community for the Critical Thinking Tools Course for the Individual contributor 3.Critical Thinking Course for Leadership 4.Tailoring of examples and scenarios for the acquisition community for the Critical Thinking Course for Leadership 5.Critical Thinking Workshop for Teams 6.Tailoring of examples and scenarios for the acquisition community for the Critical Thinking for Teams Workshop 7.Online Critical Thinking Courses/Modules
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VADDC791/VADDC791/VA79113I0059/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA791-13-I-0059 VA791-13-I-0059.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=945512&FileName=VA791-13-I-0059-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=945512&FileName=VA791-13-I-0059-000.docx

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: VA Acquisition Academy;7485 New Horizon Way;Frederick, MD

Zip Code: 21703-8388
 

Record

SN03146608-W 20130815/130813235100-443fcf8cc6e8f1835a03355a4387c898 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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