This task involves packaging material from the classroom and web-based training developed as part of the SHRP2 TIM responder course, as a means to use a virtual environment to replicate the benefits…

This firm-fixed-price delivery order contract was awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to Varnermiller LLC, a woman-owned small business. The contract, valued at $138,932.22, involves packaging material from the Classroom and Web-Based Training developed as part of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Transportation Incident Management (TIM) Responder Course. The goal is to create a virtual environment to replicate the benefits of the classroom training, with activities and drills to reinforce the concepts. The deliverables will be self-contained and transferred to FHWA for ongoing management. The contract is not associated with a set-aside program. Varnermiller LLC is an experienced provider of instructional design, eLearning development, and training delivery services to federal agencies, holding several multi-million dollar Indefinite Delivery Vehicles.

This task involves packaging material from the classroom and web-based training developed as part of the SHRP2 TIM responder course, as a means to use a virtual environment to replicate the benefits of classroom offerings. The following factors should be considered as IT is produced: 1. IT must be conducive for delivery to adult learners who often must take instruction in short bits (e.g., kahn training concept) 2. IT must include activities and drills to reinforce concepts. To reinforce the classroom benefits a couple drills should benefit from work by a small inter-disciplinary team. 3. IT must be self-contained and able to be handed off to fhwa for management at the end of the project. A. With the SHRP2 program ending in a little over a year, we plan is to collect all products produced for the training course and work toward self-sufficiency. A. The TI & EM program has nominal funding and benefited greatly from the healthy support from SHRP2. So, any maintenance of the product must be absorbed by the team, supported by a little money for maintenance starting in FY17. 4. The course should include the tabletop delivered as part of the classroom session. 5. The instructor training will also cover the requirements to log training session information and participants into the sharepoint drive, as is done with classroom sessions. This helps fhwa keep tabs on numbers trained and a breakdown of discipline, geographic location, contact information of the participants. 6. The product will include instructor notes on how to deliver the training point, just as is available through the classroom course train-the-trainer. A. Fhwa will encourage the selected contractor to attend a classroom session and a register for the web-based course within the first month of the NTP. This enables contractors to observe instructor delivery, receive an instructor manual and see the exercise being performed. 7. The activity will include at least 1 webinar training sessions, conducted by both the contractor and fhwa COR and team staff, for those instructors qualified through the fhwa TTT and who have some experience in web training or conducting web meetings. After adjustments identified following the delivery, fhwa TI & EM team will conduct more training sessions. 8. The product should have a system of controls established to ensure that unauthorized individuals are not using the product for their own purposes. 9. The products/course materials should be almost maintenance free. We envision making any changes made to the curriculum by our own staff