Strategic Thinking - SOW Final.docx

Statement of Work For Virtual and On-Site Strategic Thinking Training

1.0 BACKGROUND:

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) is committed to offering career enhancing training to its employees. The Workforce Development (WFD) Branch is responsible for coordinating employee training and career development opportunities. It is important for an employee to enhance their critical thinking ability and deductive reasoning skills. Strategic Thinking training will provide essential knowledge needed to improve workforce operations.

2.0 SCOPE OF WORK:

This training shall focus on providing an overview of strategic thinking and how this mindset will help build skills to enhance the ability to think strategically as it relates to our organizational goals and mission. Training topics shall include, but not be limited to, the following: provide participant with methods and tools to develop strategic processes with quantifiable outcomes by evaluating our present state, predict a desired future state and build a strategic pathway forward; provide characteristics of strategic thinkers; discuss what controls our thinking process; and how to develop a strategic attitude. The training shall provide guidance on how a customer focused organization can build strategic relationships while overcoming difficulties and address how strategic thinking and planning should be put into action.

3.0 DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS:

This Strategic Thinking training shall provide employees with a greater understanding of thinking processes as part of a strategic plan to align individual and team goals to our organization’s mission, and use a tactical framework to identify opportunities for growth. The training shall provide participants with a strategic framework to organize thinking and make critical decisions. It shall highlight the different uses of tactical and strategic thinking analysis. The goal of this training is to provide students with the tools required to be able to develop a strategic mindset to achieve long-term personal and professional goals and capitalize on opportunities to promote continuous organizational and personal growth. The training shall be held either virtually using MS Teams (or another Navy approved virtual platform) or on-site at a Government specified location.

The Contractor shall conduct Strategic Thinking training two (2) times per year. Each course shall accommodate up to 30 employees. The length of the course should be two (2) consecutive days, eight (8) hours each day and should offer the option for participants to join by remote access when required. Specific dates will be agreed upon by the Government TPOC (listed below) and the Contractor. The contractor shall provide learning materials, which should consist of workbooks, handouts and quick reference guides for each participant, up to 30 maximum per course in accordance with Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) A001.

4.0 LOCATION:

The majority of the courses shall be conducted virtual or on-site at NSWC IHD, Indian Head/Stump Neck, MD however, several courses during the full contract POP shall be offered virtual or onsite at our Picatinny, NJ location. The building locations are to be determined for each location.

The Government will provide the facilities and equipment, including rest rooms, which will be accessible to individuals with disabilities and meets all Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requirements, for on-site training.

5.0 EVALUATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS:

The Contractor shall provide course evaluation forms that allow participants to comment and make recommendations for improvement. The Contractor shall provide a summary of the information contained on the individual evaluation forms to the TPOC listed below. The Contractor shall deliver participant certificates upon completion of the course that includes at a minimum; the name of each participant, course title, and the course completion date. CDRL A001.

6.0 PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

The Contractor shall have a curriculum ready to deliver training and services within 60 days of contract award date.

The period of performance shall be for one (1) base year and four (4) option years. The base and each option year shall consist of 365 days.

7.0 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIAL:

The WFD Branch will provide all facilitation supplies. Facilitation supplies include LCD projector, flip chart or dry erase board, and markers (if required).

8.0 USE OF GOVERNMENT FACILITY:

The Government is responsible for providing the facility to accommodate 30 students and training instruction.

9.0 SECURITY:

The Contractor will ensure that all instructors are able to gain access to NSWC IHD to instruct the course. Instructors must be U.S. citizens.

10.0 GOVERNMENT TPOC:

Christine Rose, christine.rose@navy.mil, 301-744-1733.