U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268-7001

U -- TRAINING SERVICES FOR THE USEPA NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (NCEA), CINCINNATI, OHIO SOL 96-01 POC Contracting Officer, Bill Wise, (513)366-2025 NCEA-Cincinnati provides scientific leadership in risk assessment research resulting in methods development and validation of these methods, thus ensuring the quality of future risk assessments. NCEA-CIN fosters communication and exchange of information through outreach and technical assistance to research partners to contribute to the scientific basis of Agency regulatory decisions and risk science in general. High performance for continuous improvement, teamwork, collaboration, and consensus building are guiding cultural principles, both within the office and between NCEA-CIN and its research partners. NCEA-CIN is evolving into a High Performance Organization to successfully meet the goals of the National Performance Review and the dynamic challenges of the 21st century. To continue this evolution, NCEA-CIN has a need for continued specialized training to improve productivity, turn good management principle into concrete actions, and to provide opportunity for employee involvement in improving organizational infrastructure and decision-making. The Contractor will provide the required training in seven two-day interactive sessions at the USEPA facility at 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio. The training sessions shall focus on NCEA-CIN's goal of building a High Performance Organization based on the High Performance Model for Continuous Improvement developed by the Center for Public Service, University of Virginia. The training sessions shall be conducted during the period November 1995 through September 1997. Approximately 75% of the training shall be geared toward the NCEA-CIN leadership team, which consists of approximately eight members. The Contractor must have training experience relative to continuous improvement models, team building, team dynamics, process and system changes, and evaluation of organizational performance. Additionally, the Contractor must demonstrate training experience which facilitated the development of a ''parallel organization'' that operates differently from, but in support of, the traditional Federal hierarchy. Requests for RQ 96-01 must be in writing to the above address or faxed to Bill Wise at 513/366-2004. Telephone requests will not be honored. (0286)

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