PWS_FINAL-_FY19_HSI_GFOS_LHS_-_27_FEB_2019.pdf

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Statement of Work (SOW) FY19

Issued: FY19

Homeland Security Institute (HSI), Chief of National Guard Bureau (CNGB)

General and Flag Officer Executive Seminar (GFOS)

Leadership in Homeland Security (LHS) Program

INTRODUCTION

The Homeland Security Institute (HSI) was created by the Chief of the National Guard

Bureau (CNGB) to provide senior leaders with timely and practical professional education to competently respond to the evolving challenges of modern-day emergencies. Located at Joint Forces Headquarters-Massachusetts (JFHQ-MA), HSI works in tandem with brick and mortar educational institutions to develop and deliver custom academic courses containing National Guard-centric frameworks, supplemented by relevant historical academic research, field lessons learned, and extended analysis of command and coordination resources. Typical HSI cohorts include the executive and operational leadership of the Army and Air National Guard, federal, state, & municipal emergency management (EM) organizations, civilian first responder agencies (i.e. EMS, fire services, & law enforcement), NGOs, and private sector institutions that also operate in the homeland security and crisis management domain.

HSI seeks to outsource the development of a “Living Curriculum” of academic courses that combines the aforementioned cores of established research, relevance, and effectiveness. Course content should stem from homeland security and crisis management issues, equipping participants with appropriate perspectives and responses to future challenges. Accordingly, the selected vendor should be an established brick and mortar educational institute with longstanding experience and demonstrated proficiency in providing quality content to the senior leadership of U.S.

Government (USG) and civilian organizations in strategic* disaster planning, emergency management, and crisis leadership. See also the Special Requirements section.

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* The United States Army War College defines a strategic leader as a leader who is an expert, not only in his own domain of war fighting and leading large military organizations, but also in the bureaucratic and political environment of the nation’s decision making process. This domain includes a detailed knowledge of, as well as the interrelationship among economics, geopolitics, military and information. The strategic leader understands strategic art, which is the skillful formulation, coordination, and application of ends, ways, and means to promote and defend the national interests.

The strategic leader provides the organization’s strategic vision and focus, inspires others to think and act, and coordinates ends, ways, and means.

Note: For the purposes of this contract, the Greater Boston Area (GBA) is defined as a thirty mile radius within the Boston Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The zip code for Boston Logan Airport (02128) will be used as the central point, which leverages the innovative and academic ecosystem unique to the metro Boston area. It further allows

HSI in administering event support and providing services not contracted for in this solicitation.

OBJECTIVES

HSI is charged by the CNGB to develop case study driven academic courses, which shall be fulfilled by the selected vendor. Academic courses shall be designed, delivered, and iteratively reviewed and refined for two distinct courses:

a. General and Flag Officer Executive Seminar (GFOS) for up to sixty-five strategic-level/senior executive leaders. As the name implies, course content should focus on the collective/comprehensive coordination and response expected of senior commands.

b. Leadership in Homeland Security Program (LHS) for up to sixty-five operational-level/executive leaders. Course content should cater more towards practitioners engaged in frontline response and mission-specific operations.

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The selected vendor must host two academic courses, one GFOS and one LHS, that explore and navigate the challenges intrinsic to disaster planning, emergency management, and leadership during routine and episodic crises. Courses must be academic in nature, comparable to a senior executive level (CEO/General) course, combining instruction in the strategic/operational concepts of emergency management and homeland security with discussions facilitated by professors or past practitioners who have researched or lead the responses to major management events. The

Baltimore Riots (2015), Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), and Superstorm Sandy

(2012) are examples where former instructors have wielded substantial influence and/or expertise.

Each GFOS and LHS course shall be comprised of five days of instruction, from approximately 0800-1700 hours daily, with breaks and meal times included. Each course shall also include the opening day registration, a networking icebreaker, and commemoration ceremony presenting academic certificates and guest keynote remarks.

GFOS is intended to be held from 23-26 April 2019. LHS shall occur between August to

September 2019. Official dates shall be determined by HSI upon review of confirmations, availabilities, and other administrative considerations.

SCOPE OF WORK

The selected vendor shall be an accredited brick and mortar educational institute of higher learning located within the GBA that awards degrees at the bachelor, master, and Ph.D. level. The selected vendor shall ensure that the courses of study are well-developed and emphasize the role of the National Guard (NG) in supporting civil authorities during large-scale crisis-emergency events. Courses of study must be based upon case studies that are provided by the Government within this solicitation that investigate actual events (i.e. man-made or natural disasters), and are of a scale, 4 | P a g e relevancy, and complexity that accurately reflect the magnitude of responsibility associated with executive and/or senior executive of levels of leadership.

Each GFOS and LHS shall be based upon a minimum of eight case studies, which are to be the framework for the courses. The Government will provide the successful vendor previous case studies or they can utilize their own case studies for the courses. The published works, historical areas of research, areas of expertise, or practical experience of the main instructors shall also be used in the development of course content. Course content shall also contain blocks of lecture on the topics of emergency/crisis management and homeland security. Each day shall include a section of small group discussion amongst participants. Each course shall have a minimum of three blocks of discussion that are facilitated by guest speakers who possess professional work experience as strategic/operational leaders that have helped lead responses to major events that have occurred at the national level, dated within a ten year window prior to the course launch. Some course content from one course may be used in the other course but there shall be an attempt to distinguish each course through identifiable differences in total overall course content.

Each course shall have a formal concluding ceremony where academic certificates are presented to each participant. Each course shall also contain at a minimum one networking icebreaker beyond instruction, with the primary purpose to facilitate the establishment of networks and relationships for future collaboration and coordination in real-world event responses.

GFOS course content shall place special emphasis on the utilization and employment of

National Guard assets, systems, and personnel at the strategic level by senior executive leaders in support of civil authorities in response to strategic scale and novel crises. LHS Program content shall place special emphasis on the utilization and employment of National Guard assets, systems, and personnel at the operational level by leaders in support of civil authorities in response to large scale and novel crises.

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Academic courses and instruction shall be on an educational campus conducive to learning, with the vendor providing the faculty, curriculum, course materials, and logistical & administrative support. Instructors who facilitate the courses shall have a minimum of five years of demonstrated professional experience instructing at the senior executive level in disaster preparedness, emergency management, and leadership in routine and novel crises. Additionally, instructors shall have published works covering the topics of crisis management, emergency management, and homeland security.

Each course’s content shall engage the participants in intensive case study-based discussion of recent real-world disaster events. The course material shall contain

National Guard centric concepts and frameworks for the design and execution of informed responses to complex, multi-jurisdictional management environments.

The selected vendor shall possess and demonstrate a history of providing administrative support, including but not limited to event planning & coordination, participant registration & enrollment, participant surveys & critiques of seminar quality, pricing & invoicing of seminars, and general correspondence with United States government personnel & organizations. However, the core competency of the selected vendor shall always be in academic education and instruction. The primary service provided by the selected vendor shall not be administrative and should not replicate the services provided by HSI.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

To conform to the mandates charged to HSI by the Chief of National Guard Bureau, prospective vendors must meet or surpass the following criteria to field a competitive application:

Disposition of the Institution: The selected vendor shall be brick and mortar institution charted as an institution of higher learning. The selected vendor shall possess a history of academic research and cultivation, having instructors who have published in peer reviewed publications. The selected vendor shall also have established courses taught

6 | P a g e at the senior executive level. The selected vendor shall possess campus centers that house potential sites of instruction capable of comfortably seating up to sixty-five participants and five HSI support staff. Venues shall possess convenient access, amenities, lighting, space arrangements, and modern audio-visual equipment. Again, the selected vendor must have its main campus located within the Greater Boston Area as defined in the Introduction.

Quality of the Vendor: The selected vendor shall have an instructor pool that draws from both academic and professional work experience as outlined in the performance work statement, complementing the general composition of the GFOS and LHS constituents. The vendor shall possess the capability to attain access to primary source information of national or global newsworthy events. The vendor shall possess the capability of gaining access persons of interest for case study interviews and presentations, potentially also serving as the keynote speaker for the course. For example, the “November 2015 Paris Attacks” were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in France. General Jean-Claude Gallet, Deputy Commander of the Paris

Firefighters Brigade, was a core high-ranking official tasked with “remote damage control” who served as a previous LHS guest speaker.

Quality of Faculty: The main instructors of the course shall be tenured faculty of the academic institution. They shall also be recognized researchers and instructors who have published works in the fields of crisis management, emergency management, and homeland security. They shall also have at a minimum five years of demonstrated experience instructing at the senior executive level at the educational institution in the topics of crisis management, emergency management, and homeland security.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Year Course Location

2019 General and Flag Officers Executive Seminar TBD

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2019 Leadership in Homeland Security Program TBD

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Year Course Dates

2019 General and Flag Officer Executive Seminar April 23-26 t t -Review course schedule and enrollment status March and

April

-Plan, organize, and secure logistical services March and

(i.e. meals, lodging, and transportation) April

2019 Leadership in Homeland Security Program September

-Review course schedule and enrollment status May and

June

- Plan, organize, and secure logistical services May and

(i.e. meals, lodging, and transportation) June

WORK REQUIREMENTS

General and Flag Officer Executive Seminar (GFOS)

1. The academic course shall:

a. be hosted by the selected vendor and within the educational institution

b. be 4.5 to 5 days in length

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c. have seats for a total of 65 participants

d. have prepaid/contracted seats for forty (40 out of 65) NG personnel

e. have twenty five (25 out of 65) seats available for non-NG personnel

2. The course curriculum shall:

a. be current and relevant to today’s emergency management landscape, with special emphasis paid to the use of the National Guard in support of Civil

Authorities.

b. be case study driven, using expert instructors with firsthand experience of the disaster or topic at hand. Learning objectives will be derived from real world examples of successes or challenges from recent disasters and/or terror attacks that have impacted the United States.

c. consist primarily of facilitated discussion and some lecture on topics pertinent to emergency management, crisis leadership, and best practices from the emergency management community. The preponderance should be placed on discussion between participants.

d. focus on the strategic-senior executive level and requisite policy, long-range planning, and large-scale novel disaster leadership.

3. The selected vendor shall provide:

a. adequate staff to support course logistics both prior to and during the course.

Pre-course support requirements include but are not limited to welcome correspondence, registration, financial guidance to participants, etc.

Course week requirements include but are not limited to administrative support, finance personnel to facilitate course payments, and other requirements as determined by the vendor & HSI.

b. experienced instructors with a demonstrated history of expertise in both teaching at the senior executive education level and teaching the topics of crisis leadership, emergency management, and homeland security.

c. appropriate class space for senior executive level instruction, with amphitheater/lecture hall classroom spaces preferred.

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d. adequate facilities to support classroom operation for the vendor and HSI staff, complete with internet access, printing, etc.

e. meals through the duration of the course, billed via Government Travel Card to the individual participants (as appropriate). This can include networking icebreakers and a final graduation/certificate ceremony.

f. appropriate space to host a keynote speaker or forum style event with high profile guest speaker(s) to address participants on a subject related to the course material.

Leadership in Homeland Security (LHS) Program

1. The academic course shall:

a. be hosted by the selected vendor, and within the educational institution

b. be 5.5 – 6 days in length

c. have seats for a total of 65 participants

d. have prepaid/contracted seats for forty (40 out of 65) NG personnel

e. have twenty five (25 out of 65) seats available for non-NG personnel

2. The course curriculum shall:

a. be current and relevant to today’s emergency management landscape, with special emphasis paid to the use of the National Guard in support of Civil

Authorities.

b. be case study driven, using expert instructors with firsthand experience of the disaster or topic at hand. Learning objectives will be derived from real world examples of successes or challenges from recent disasters and/or terror attacks that have impacted the United States.

c. consist primarily of facilitated discussion and some lecture on topics pertinent to emergency management, crisis leadership, and best practices from the emergency management community. The preponderance should be placed on discussion between participants.

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d. focus on the strategic-senior executive level and requisite policy, long-range planning, and large-scale novel disaster leadership.

3. The selected vendor shall provide:

a. adequate staff to support course logistics both prior to and during the course.

Pre-course support requirements include but are not limited to welcome correspondence, registration, financial guidance to participants, etc.

Course week requirements include but are not limited to administrative support, finance personnel to facilitate course payments, and other requirements as determined by the vendor & HSI.

b. experienced instructors with a demonstrated history of expertise in both teaching at the senior executive education level and teaching the topics of crisis leadership, emergency management, and homeland security.

c. appropriate class space for senior executive level instruction, with amphitheater/lecture hall classroom spaces preferred.

d. adequate facilities to support classroom operation for the vendor and HSI staff, complete with internet access, printing, etc.

e. meals through the duration of the course, billed via Government Travel Card to the individual participants (as appropriate). This can include networking icebreakers and a final graduation/certificate ceremony.

f. appropriate space to host a keynote speaker or forum style event with high profile guest speaker(s) to address participants on a subject related to the course material.