SOW_APG_CECOM_Senior_Leadership_Cohort_17_1.pdf

STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS

Department of the Army

Aberdeen Proving Grounds

1. PURPOSE:

This Statement of Work (SOW) describes the support needed by the U.S. Army Communication- Electronics Command (CECOM) Leadership Training Programs in delivery of training services.

Leadership for today is vitally important, but equally important is leadership for tomorrow. Every organization must find and encourage the next generation of leaders so that it’s easier to anticipate and fill succession gaps. The Department of the Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) has identified a corporate need to build a pipeline of leaders from all leadership levels to implement change and to fulfill the organization’s mission and values. APG envisions developing a sustainable learning community of leaders to successfully carry APG into the future to meet those challenges. Educating individuals and helping them align their individual work goals with organizational goals are two critical tasks for building a strong bench. Leadership development creates cross-functional networks, resulting in a deeper understanding of the Department of the Army’s interrelated systems. An integrated succession management program that links succession planning with leadership development can be a source of competitive advantage for organizations. This strategy can help buffer organizations in turbulent times of great uncertainty when it seems like there is a surprise at every turn. Effective leadership development programs help to build a deep capacity for leadership. Not only is there leadership bench strength and a full leadership pipeline, there also is a highly developed workforce that is adaptable and attuned to the challenges and opportunities that are presented in their organization and ultimately the Army.

2. SCOPE:

In support of APG’s mission, the Contractor must provide facilitation and instructional services for the following APG leadership programs:

a) APG Senior Leadership Cohort 17

Additionally, APG reserves the right to engage the prime contractor in discussions around new leadership training opportunities that are emerging in the APG Community. This can include Organizational Development work (needs analysis), new curriculum design and redesign of current curriculum in the portfolio.

3. TASKS:

Senior Leadership Cohort (SLC) 17 - The Contractor must provide facilitation and instructional services to deliver the SLC 17 program.

The Contractor must prepare for and facilitate the Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) SLC 17 program.

The overall Senior Leadership Cohort (SLC) program is intended to develop leadership ability and create Masterful Learners through multiple, diverse learning experiences including on-the-job development, action learning groups, reflection, coaching, experiential activities, community-based projects and classroom activities. The program will develop leadership skills through focus on and attention to the creation of a sustainable Leadership Learning Community. The Leadership Learning Community will be comprised of individual learners, their subordinates, peers and supervisors, their organizations as well as the larger Army Units and Commands. This will expand leadership capacity based upon principles of

Action Science, Action Learning, Systems Thinking and Conscious Leadership. The program will encourage participants to direct their own learning and ability to expand their leadership capacity. In addition, this course will encourage APG Cohort Alumni to continue in expanding their own learning capacity through on-going participation in current SLC Program deliveries. Additionally, providing suggestions to the APG Cohort Project Manager for continued learning opportunities.

In support of the SLC 17 program requirements, the Contractor must provide a facilitation team that consists of a Cohort Program Director, Program Facilitators and Executive Coaches to deliver and facilitate the APG Senior Leadership program in a Department of Defense (DOD) community; this team must have performed together on like or similar projects. The Cohort Program Director will assume responsibility for delivery of the sessions listed below:

Session 1: 24, 25, 26 June 2025 Session 2: 29, 30 July 2025 Session 3: 3,4,5 September 2025 Midpoint Briefs: 15, 25 September 2025 (half days) Session 4: 8,9 October 2025 Session 5: 18,19 November 2025 Session 6: 13,14,15 January 2026 Session 7: 10,11,12 February 2026

Overall Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the core curriculum, participants will be able to:

• Identify and reflect on the characteristics of what makes a great leader

• Understand the shifts required at different levels of leadership

• Be able to discern expectations for accepting leadership roles

• Understand and identify the factors that impact communication

• Learn and apply the Ladder of Inference framework to track how interactions move from concrete data to assumptions and identify behaviors based on those assumptions

• Engage in skillful communication balancing advocacy and inquiry and how it effects communication

• Identify and gain an awareness into one’s personal orientation to conflict management

• Learn the difference between power and influence and how to get results without formal authority

• Discover the personal dynamics around change

• Use the Change Style Indicator instrument to learn their preferred style towards change and how it affects others

• Explore what is resiliency and why resiliency is important to leadership

• Learn the components of high performing teams

The Contractor shall:

• Provide coach and/or executive coaches to do confidential, one-on-one coaching, and/or group coaching when required.

• Provide team coaching services for confidential observation and feedback to intact leadership or unit teams within an organization.

• Provide leadership assessments when necessary or recommended. Provide analysis and feedback of assessments completed by other sources.

• Provide internal consulting, facilitation services, and training workshops to employees and/or management for six sessions. Take attendance, manage breakout rooms for the facilitator, assist attendees with invitation to the event, and manage documents for the course, among other administrative tasks.

• Provide organizational development facilitation services to help CECOM work through key processes such as re-engineering, process improvement, culture change, strategic planning, etc.

• Provide internal counseling and consulting services with supervisors and managers engaged in employees’ career and organization development initiatives.

• Provide commercially available “off-the-shelf” training and/or educational courses that are delivered via an instructor-led (i.e., traditional classroom setting or conference/seminar) and/or web-based (i.e. Internet/Intranet, software packages and computer applications) system. Courses shall have a defined course title, length of time (i.e., hours, days, semesters, etc.), description of material to be taught (i.e., syllabi, table of contents, etc.), and whether materials are included in the price. (i.e., books, pamphlets, software, etc.).

• Provide professional services in support of planning, creating, and/or executing testing and test administration, learning management, internship, or development of new courses or subject matter delivered via an instructor-led (i.e., traditional classroom setting or conference/seminar) and/or web-based (i.e., Internet/Intranet, software packages and computer applications) system.

4. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIALS/INFORMATION:

The Government shall provide the Contractor with the following:

• Appoint an APG Liaison that will work with the contractor on program support;

• Coordination of all agency related activities and any required agency presentations;

• Notification, coordination and preparation of all participants regarding the course delivery and schedule and distribution of any assignments;

• Complete participant roster at least 30 days prior to the start date; rosters should include name, organization name and email address

• All audio and visual equipment necessary for program delivery with the exception of the

Facilitators laptop (presenter can use government laptop as long as the facilitators presentation materials are not on a flash drive);

• Classroom space and storage space for materials that are in excess and used continually throughout the term of the contract;

• General classroom supplies and equipment, such as pens, flip charts stands and pads, stapler, tape, clips, etc.;

• Notification to the contractor if a session needs to be cancelled and/or rescheduled due to low enrollments, inclement weather, disaster, etc. APG will provide a 30-day notice to the contractor.

5. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED REQUIREMENTS/MATERIALS

The Contractor will provide the following:

• Prime Contractor with significant experience with designing, managing and delivering leadership training in the federal sector with a preference for a contractor that has held a senior level position (GS-14 & above or equivalent);

• Significant successful experience delivering leadership training programs of similar content and scope;

• Procurement of qualified facilitators with relevant experience with specific content areas for the agreed upon delivery date;

• Sessions shall be interactive, utilize adult-learning methodologies and expertly address the programmatic requirements;

• Facilitator travel expenses;

• Laptop with class presentation material loaded and thumb drive backup of same;

• Content and material for participant learning journal; classroom presentation material, classroom handouts; posters, reading materials, assessment materials, etc.;

• Printing and shipping of materials;

• Participant name and tent cards for every participant and contracted faculty;

• Coordination of all pre-session work to include ordering, monitoring, printing and shipping of all pre-work;

• Program evaluation collection and reporting, if desired;

6. DELIVERABLES

6.1 Contractor must provide APG COR with a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) form signed by each Facilitator/Instructor.

6.2 Weekly Status Meeting:

The weekly status meeting will be conducted at a mutually agreed upon time. This status meeting will be conducted through Microsoft Teams or conference call.

6.3 Tentatively Scheduled Course:

a) APG Senior Leaders – APG Senior Leadership Cohort 17: start day of June 24, 2025.

7. BRANDING:

Material produced for use in courses should be branded to reflect APG. Specific logos and slogans may be provided to the contractor upon contract award. In no instance may a contracted curriculum developer or supplier include organizational advertisements, contact information, logos or brands to market their organization or services to the participants. Such marketing and/or advertising by contracted personnel are expressly forbidden within the confines of the APG learning environments.

8. TRAVEL:

Travel by air shall not exceed coach fare.

The cost for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses incurred by contractor personnel shall be considered to be reasonable and allowable to the extent they do not exceed, on a daily basis, the per diem rates set forth in the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR). However, APG recognizes that contractors may not be able to obtain the per diem rate set for lodging and that these expenses may be slightly higher than prescribed rate. The special or unusual circumstances of per diem rates exceeding the maximum allowances are only permitted with proper justification and approval by the CO.

Travel by privately owned vehicle shall be at the current GSA approved mileage rate. Traveling expenses within a 50-mile radius of Place of Performance will not be reimbursed.

The contractor will be reimbursed for their actual travel expenses incurred, in accordance with the FTR.

If the contractor incurs travel costs in excess of the amount negotiated and agreed upon, it will be at their own expense. All travel must receive Government approval by the COR prior to the start of any travel.

9. SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORTS:

Self-assessment reports are confidential between the coach and participant and are used as tools for professional growth and self-improvement. No feedback/information regarding the self-assessment reports is provided to the requesting agency and no information from the reports (or a report itself) is maintained in the participant’s personnel file. No privacy act data is in the assessment report (it includes only first and last name with no other personal information, no email address, etc.). When a self-assessment report is emailed to the coach for the purpose of debriefing and/or discussion with the participant, the coach shall email it to the participant unless the participant has received the report directly from the assessment provider/organization. If the coach downloads the report for future reference, it shall be downloaded to a folder on one contractor laptop secured by firewall protection. Upon completion of the coaching engagement, the Contractor coach shall destroy (delete) the report on the Contractor laptop (i.e., the download folder, incoming/sent laptop email and incoming/sent web-based email, if applicable).