U--Excellence in Government Fellows Program

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Request for Information (RFI) Excellence in Government Fellows Program THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY (as defined in FAR 15.201(e)), this is not a solicitation. Solicitations are not available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted, or respond to any questions or comments that may be submitted in response to this RFI. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the United States Government and does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. The purpose of this RFI is to seek out if a vendor has the capabilities to provide the following: Objectives and curricula that are built around the Office of Personnel Management s (OPM's) Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), allowing you to hone the skills, develop knowledge, and strengthen the personal qualities leaders need to excel in senior executive positions. The desired ECQ s will have: Leading Change; Leading People; Results Driven; Business Acumen; and Building Coalitions Provides a rigorous program that includes best practices benchmarking, executive coaching, government-wide networking, challenging learning projects for GS 14-15s and high performing GS-13 s. The program will also include coaching and facilitation; course materials (e.g., books, articles), assessments; one-on-one coaching and individualized development planning; online collaboration tools; access to the Partnership s resources, expertise and networks; invitations to ongoing activities. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS RFI CONFIDENTIALITY: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). Response Format/Page Limitations: The overall total page limit for responses to this RFI is three (3) pages. Response submissions should be submitted in Microsoft Word format with Times New Roman font, 12 pt. or greater font size. Interested parties should limit marketing material in order to allow sufficient space for adequately, directly, and substantively responding with the information of most interest to the Government. In all correspondence relevant to this RFI please identify it as a response to the VHA Integrated Healthcare Transformation RFI and refer to the identifying number of 36C10X19Q0125. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Respondents are requested to limit responses to the information, and in the format provided below. **************************************************************************** Submission: Responses to this RFI shall be submitted to Christina Heller and Will Milline via email [email protected] and [email protected] no later than April 26, 2019 at 12:00 pm/ET. **************************************************************************** Questions: No Questions are being accepted at this time. 52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997) (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although proposal and offeror are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of: Information. (End of provision)