Questions and Answers Part 2.pdf

City of Philadelphia - Police Department

Questions and Answers Investigative Supervisor Training

Opportunity #21260917144441

1. For an organization that is a newly established, sole-practitioner consulting business, in the absence of an established business financial history, may the applicant demonstrate financial capacity through the owner/principal’s personal financial resources that are available to support the business, accompanied by a written statement of financial capacity from an independent financial professional? Yes

2. Existing curriculum/resources: Does PPD currently have investigative supervisor training materials, curricula, policies, or other resources that the selected contractor should incorporate, build upon, or align with? Curricula should be aligned to best practices.

3. Participant profile and needs: Can PPD provide additional information about the anticipated participants, including any identified training needs or challenges relating to making effective, evidence-informed decisions when managing investigations? Supervisors experience varies

4. Case reviews / practical application: For the case review component, will PPD provide cases, scenarios, data, or other materials for use in the training, or should the contractor develop appropriate case-based materials? Contractor develops all training material.

5. Training location and logistics: Will PPD provide the training facility and standard audiovisual/technology equipment for the two in-person sessions, or should these costs and requirements be included in the contractor’s proposal? PPD will provide training space and access to AV equipment.

6. Two-instructor requirement: The RFP states that training is “preferably facilitated by two instructors with experience in detective, investigative, or other law enforcement work.” Should both proposed instructors have direct law-enforcement/investigative experience, or may the instructional team combine investigative expertise with complementary expertise in adult learning, leadership development, wellness, or organizational practice? At minimum, one instructor must have enforcement/investigative experience.

7. Research-based requirement: Does PPD have particular research, evidence-based practices, professional standards, or law-enforcement models that it expects the training curriculum to reference, or may the selected contractor determine the appropriate research base?

Contractor identifies the appropriate research base and provides all training material.

8. Evaluation expectations: Beyond providing a training evaluation summary in December, are there specific participant evaluation measures, learning outcomes, or indicators of training effectiveness that PPD would like the contractor to assess? Contractor to identify learning outcomes and evaluation methods.

City of Philadelphia - Police Department

Questions and Answers Investigative Supervisor Training

Opportunity #21260917144441

Additional questions and answers added on October 2, 2026.

9. Thinking about the areas of effective investigative management, applying solvability factors, case reviews, resource allocation, including promoting wellness and valuation of detectives, what concrete learning objectives are most desired for each?

The selected vendor will identify the learning objectives related to each topic;

PPD will review and provide feedback

10. How does the Training and Education Services Bureau envision its role in co-creating the program? What support will they offer in the design process? PPD will review the training content and delivery plan and provide feedback in collaboration with the selected vendor.

11. What leadership and supervisory training have the participants received to date? What can we build upon? Supervisors have received basic leadership training as part of the promotion process. This is the initial training specific to the identified learning group.

12. What resistance can we expect? Are the participants prepared to receive this training now?

Participants are assigned to the training. The training content is specific to their current assignment.

13. What facilitation style works best with this audience? Interactive, discussion-based learning that emphasizes participant engagement through case studies, facilitated debriefs, real-world scenarios, small-group discussion, and practical application.

14. How are supervisors and direct reports currently evaluated? What are the primary evaluation factors? What are the typical pathways to promotion? A candidate must have permanent civil-service status in PPD with a satisfactory-or-better performance rating and meet one of these experience requirements: four years as a Police Officer, or one year as a Police

Corporal or Detective to be eligible to take the Sergeant promotional examination.