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National Institute of Corrections
Solicitation for a Cooperative
Agreement: A ‘‘Systems Approach’’ for
Workforce Performance—Curriculum
Development
National Institute of
Corrections, Department of Justice.
ACTION: Solicitation for a cooperative
agreement.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Institute of
Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals
from organizations, groups or
individuals to enter into a cooperative
agreement to develop and field test a 36hour curriculum to train a multidisciplinary staff in state correctional
agencies and prison systems. The time
of the cooperative agreement is for a
twelve month period. Two training
pilots at sites selected by NIC will be
completed no later than September 30,
2010, with a final curriculum delivered
to NIC no later than December 30, 2010.
The training curriculum will focus on
the concept of agency management and
operations as a systemic and
collaborative effort of all stakeholders in
the system. It will include updated and
contemporary elements essential for
managing an agency and institution to
achieve its statutory mandates and
mission in an increasingly challenging
and budget lean environment. It will
include modules on organizational
change and building a culture for
collaboration. The ultimate goal of the
curriculum will be to provide
management teams with the tools to
manage their operations and
demonstrate efficient, effective, safe and
secure practices for staff, inmates and
the general public.
DATES: Applications must be received
by 2 p.m. EDT on Monday, November
30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Mailed applications must be
sent to: Director, National Institute of
Corrections, 320 First Street, NW., Room
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5007, Washington, DC 20534.
Applicants are encouraged to use
Federal Express, UPS, or similar service
to ensure delivery by the due date.
Hand delivered applications should
be brought to 500 First Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20534. At the front
desk, dial 7–3106, extension 0 for
pickup.
Faxed applications will not be
accepted. Electronic applications can be
submitted via www.grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of this announcement can be
downloaded from the NIC Web page at
www.nicic.gov.
All technical or programmatic
questions concerning this
announcement should be directed to
Michael Dooley, Correctional Program
Specialist, Prisons Division, National
Institute of Corrections, at
mdooley@bop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview: The overall goal of the
initiative is to design, develop, field test
and revise, as needed, a training
curriculum that will provide a multidisciplinary staff in state correctional
agencies and prison systems the
competencies, skills and tools to
leverage the performance of their
operations and demonstrate efficient,
effective, safe and secure practices for
staff, inmates and the general public.
Background: Managing prisons in
today’s climate presents correctional
administrators and prison officials’
particular challenges. First, and likely at
the forefront, is the problem of
shrinking state revenues forcing drastic
cuts in funding. The impact has been far
reaching, from delaying expansions
needed to accommodate a growing
population, closing units or even whole
facilities to stretching staffing ratios
compromising security and safety
(2007/2008 NIC Needs Assessment).
Many agencies are under mounting
pressure to release large volumes of
prisoners across communities within
their jurisdictions.
Second, the population demographic
has become increasingly complex. A
growing women offender population
presents unique gender challenges for
prison management who continue to
operate with a bias toward the male
offender. A growing number of
offenders diagnosed with mental illness,
sentenced and placed in prison present
very difficult and unique challenges to
both custody and case management
staff. These offenders present a serious
management, safety and budget problem
for correctional administrators.
Another demographic that has already
begun to pose problems, especially in
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terms of cost, is the ‘‘aging’’ population
resulting from the past three decades of
‘‘tough on crime’’ legislation. This
population and its impact will continue
to intensify over the next two decades.
Other issues facing prison
administrators are: Coping with the
changing generational workforce with
different values and perspectives, some
of which are not conducive to effective
and efficient management; the age old
cultural dissonance between custody
and treatment staff compounded by
expanding roles and expectations of
each; and an increased demand for
accountability and to open a typically
closed system to both the media and the
public.
The list of issues for agency and
prison management goes on. The
overarching need for agencies facing
increasingly complex systems and
unique challenges is to adopt
performance-based behaviors, processes
and standards, and deploy practices and
strategies that embrace the multiple
disciplines of stakeholders and
functions that make up an agency and
prison operation.
Another NIC related project currently
underway, ‘‘Identifying Characteristics
of High Performing Correctional
Organizations (HCPO),’’ will inform and
serve as a foundational element for
curriculum work done under this
project. The HCPO project is focused on
developing a methodology to design a
model and assessment tool to identify
and bridge gaps between current
performance and optimal performance
in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and
accountability in correctional
organizations. For more information on
this project, please visit the HCPO Blog
at https://NICIC.gov/HPCO.
Purpose/Outcomes: The overarching
purpose of this initiative is to promote
and help correctional agencies develop
the organizational competence to
implement systematic, seamless and
‘‘high performing’’ practices resulting in
increased accountability for enhanced
public safety and fiscal responsibility.
The following intended outcomes for
this project are: Agency operational
practices will improve next to
performance standards identified by
system stakeholders with an action
learning plan strategy; Agency/
institutional and cultural barriers will
be reduced/eliminated as evidenced by
an increase in collaborative behaviors
and collective performance among
stakeholders; Safety and security in an
agency/institution will increase;
Agencies/institutions will adopt key
elements and standards of a learning
and performance-based culture.
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Scope of Work: Under this
cooperative agreement, the single goal is
the development, testing, and revision
of a curriculum to train a multidisciplinary staff in State correctional
agencies and prison systems.
A description of the products and
deliverables for the project include a
training curriculum titled: A ‘‘Systems
Approach’’ for Workforce Performance.
The Curriculum package will contain:
(1) An instructor/facilitator’s guide with
associated tools, materials and
resources; (2) A participant resource
guide to be used in conjunction with all
training activities; (3) Instructional aides
and materials including presentation
slide shows, charts, handouts, case
studies, assessments, etc. to support
instruction and facilitation.
Training Program Description: The
training program has been announced in
NIC’s Service Plan—‘‘Technical
Assistance, Information, and Training
for Adult Corrections’’, for delivery
during FY 2010. A description follows,
or may be downloaded online at https://
nicic.gov/Library/023761, refer to page
52.
This 36-hour ‘‘agency exclusive’’
strategy development program will
focus on the concept of agency
management and operations as a
systemic and collaborative effort of all
stakeholders in addressing policies,
procedures, and practices in their
correctional system. It will include
updated and contemporary elements
essential for managing an agency in an
increasingly challenging and budgetconscious environment. It will reveal
and promote evidence-based practice
that results in both short-term offender
management and long-term public
safety. The program includes modules
on organizational change and building
an environment of collaboration. The
objective is to provide management
teams with the tools and techniques
necessary for coordinating their
operations and to demonstrate a
systemic approach in developing,
maintaining, and evaluating those
services and operations for efficiency
and effectiveness.
The program can accommodate up to
30 participants identified by the host
agency. The agency should be able to
provide onsite meeting space for both
the main sessions and breakout
sessions. NIC will provide the
facilitators and materials.
The targeted audience for the training
is agency executive staff, including the
director, deputy/assistant directors,
regional directors and program
administrators, wardens/
superintendents, and designated
program and security managers from a
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selected correctional agency who are
responsible for agency-wide operations
and programs.
Training Program Goals: The
following are the intended outcomes for
participants completing the training
program: Adopt and implement
organizational and individual
‘‘performance-based’’ behaviors,
strategies and techniques; Adopt and
implement an established set of
performance standards and benchmarks
supported by organizational literature
and research, and identified by relevant
NIC workgroups on agency
performance; Identify system
performance barriers and gaps, and
implement, evaluate and revise
strategies to close these gaps; Assess
agency/institutional cultural
characteristics and implement strategies
to leverage healthy cultural behaviors,
limit/reduce unhealthy cultural barriers,
and increase collaborative behaviors
and the collective performance among
agency/institutional stakeholders;
Develop and implement strategies to
promote an integrated, systems
approach to the operations and practices
in an agency/institution leading to
substantially improved operational
efficiencies and practices; Assess and
evaluate organizational behavior and
practices that embrace ‘‘organizational
learning’’ and implement strategies to
enhance or adopt the key elements and
standards of a learning and
performance-based culture.
Requirements: The recipient of this
cooperative agreement award must, at a
minimum, do the following within the
scope of this project: Consult with the
Correctional Program Specialist (CPS)
assigned to manage the cooperative
agreement to ensure understanding of,
and agreement on, the scope of work to
be performed; Submit a detailed work
plan with time lines and milestones for
accomplishing project activities to CPS
for approval prior to any work being
performed under this agreement;
Designate a point of contact, which
would serve as the conduit of
information and work experience
between the CPS and the award
recipient; Conduct a comprehensive
needs assessment and literature review
to support the basis of the curriculum;
Review relevant NIC curriculum and/or
documents in the development of the
curriculum; Consult with the CPS on
both proposed content and training
strategies. (The NIC/CPS will have final
approval of both); Conduct a field test
of the curriculum. This will consist of
two pilot trainings to be done at two
agencies selected by NIC. (Note: all
participant associated costs will be the
responsibility of the agency receiving
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the training. It is expected that the
recipient of the cooperative agreement
award will budget for the cost of
training staff); Consult with the CPS
concerning trainers for program delivery
with NIC having final approval of
training program faculty; Consult with
the CPS on evaluation methodology;
and provide evaluation data with
recommendations for revisions to the
curriculum.
Curriculum Specifications: The
curriculum must be designed and
developed adhering to the following
standards and specifications: The
curriculum and training design is
consistent with and embraces the
Instructional Theory into Practice (ITIP)
model. A reference to this model can be
found at the following link on the NIC
Web site https://nicic.gov/Library/
010714; Written products are developed
to support the training; The curriculum
facilitation guide is written using a
standard curriculum document format
to include at a minimum: Module/
Sections and Titles, Performance
Objectives/Expectations, Learning
Activities Guide, Practice/Application,
Evaluation Method and Resources
needed to conduct training activities;
References are cited that support
curriculum content and concepts;
Copyright permissions are secured for
the use of copyright protected
publications and materials with a
minimum usage of three years; All
documents must be delivered
electronically in both MS Word 2003 or
higher and Adobe PDF; A ‘‘camera print
ready’’ hard copy must also be
submitted; NIC will have final approval
of the format, look and organization of
the curriculum documents.
Required Expertise: The successful
applicant will possess knowledge, skills
and experience in the following areas:
Knowledge of organizational
development, systems theory,
organizational behavior, team
development, organizational change,
and the ability to demonstrate the
application of the learning concepts in
a correctional agency/prison system;
Knowledge and experience with
correctional agency/prison system
operations and cultural dynamics;
Knowledge, skills and experience in
curriculum development based on adult
learning theory and the Instructional
Theory into Practice (ITIP) format;
Knowledge and expertise in a variety of
instructional delivery strategies to
include, but not be limited to,
instructor-led e-learning including
asynchronous computer/Web-based,
instructor-led synchronous Web-based,
social learning networks, Web 2.0
applications, etc.; Skilled in designing
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training curriculum linked to training
objectives; Knowledge of training
evaluation methods; and Effective
written and oral communication skills.
Application Requirements:
Applications should be concisely
written, typed double spaced and
reference the ‘‘NIC Funding
Opportunity Number’’ and Title
provided in this announcement. The
application package must include: OMB
Standard Form 424, Application for
Federal Assistance; a cover letter that
identifies the audit agency responsible
for the applicant’s financial accounts as
well as the audit period of fiscal year
that the applicant operates under (e.g.,
July 1 through June 30), an outline of
projected costs, and the following forms:
OMB Standard Form 424A, Budget
Information—Non Construction
Programs, OMB Standard Form 424B,
Assurances—Non Construction
Programs (available at www.grants.gov),
and DOJ/NIC Certification Regarding
Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension and
Other Responsibility Matters; and DrugFree Workplace Requirements (available
at https://www.nicic.gov/Downloads/
PDF/certif-frm.pdf.)
Applications may be submitted in
hard copy, or electronically via
www.grants.gov. If submitted in hard
copy, there needs to be an original and
three copies of the full proposal
(program and budget narratives,
application forms and assurances). The
original should have the applicant’s
signature in blue ink. The program
narrative text must be limited to 15
double spaced pages, exclusive of
resumes and summaries of experience.
Please do not submit full curriculum
vitae.
A web-conference will be conducted
for persons with the intent to respond
to the solicitation on Tuesday,
November 17, 2009 at 12 p.m. EDT.
During this conference, NIC project
managers will respond to questions
regarding the solicitation and
expectation of work to be performed.
Please notify Michael Dooley
electronically at mdooley@bop.gov by
12 p.m. noon EDT on Friday, November
13, 2009, regarding your interest in
participating in the conference. You will
be provided with the Web link, call-in
number and instructions for accessing
the session.
Authority: Public law 93–415.
Funds Available: NIC is seeking the
applicant’s best ideas regarding
accomplishment of the scope of work
and the related costs for achieving the
goals of this solicitation. Funds may
only be used for the activities that are
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linked to the desired outcome of the
project.
This project will be a collaborative
venture with the NIC Prisons Division.
Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible
applicant is any private agency,
educational institution, organization,
individual or team with expertise in the
described areas.
Review Considerations: Applications
received under this announcement will
be subjected to a 3 to 5 person NIC Peer
Review Process.
Note: NIC will NOT award a cooperative
agreement to an applicant who does not have
a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal
Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the
Central Contractor Registry.
A DUNS number can be received at
no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free
DUNS number request line at 1–800–
333–0505 (if you are a sole proprietor,
you would dial 1–866–705–5711 and
select option 1).
Number of Awards: One.
NIC Funding Opportunity Number:
10P07. This number should appear as a
reference line in the cover letter, in box
4a of Standard Form 424, and outside of
the envelope in which the application is
sent.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Number: 16.601.
Executive Order 12372: This project is
not subject to the provisions of
Executive Order 12372.
Morris L. Thigpen,
Director, National Institute of Corrections.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Institute of Corrections
Solicitation for a Cooperative Agreement: A ``Systems Approach''
for Workforce Performance--Curriculum Development
AGENCY: National Institute of Corrections, Department of Justice.
ACTION: Solicitation for a cooperative agreement.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting
proposals from organizations, groups or individuals to enter into a
cooperative agreement to develop and field test a 36-hour curriculum to
train a multi-disciplinary staff in state correctional agencies and
prison systems. The time of the cooperative agreement is for a twelve
month period. Two training pilots at sites selected by NIC will be
completed no later than September 30, 2010, with a final curriculum
delivered to NIC no later than December 30, 2010.
The training curriculum will focus on the concept of agency
management and operations as a systemic and collaborative effort of all
stakeholders in the system. It will include updated and contemporary
elements essential for managing an agency and institution to achieve
its statutory mandates and mission in an increasingly challenging and
budget lean environment. It will include modules on organizational
change and building a culture for collaboration. The ultimate goal of
the curriculum will be to provide management teams with the tools to
manage their operations and demonstrate efficient, effective, safe and
secure practices for staff, inmates and the general public.
DATES: Applications must be received by 2 p.m. EDT on Monday, November
30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Mailed applications must be sent to: Director, National
Institute of Corrections, 320 First Street, NW., Room 5007, Washington,
DC 20534. Applicants are encouraged to use Federal Express, UPS, or
similar service to ensure delivery by the due date.
Hand delivered applications should be brought to 500 First Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20534. At the front desk, dial 7-3106, extension 0
for pickup.
Faxed applications will not be accepted. Electronic applications
can be submitted via www.grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this announcement can be
downloaded from the NIC Web page at www.nicic.gov.
All technical or programmatic questions concerning this
announcement should be directed to Michael Dooley, Correctional Program
Specialist, Prisons Division, National Institute of Corrections, at
mdooley@bop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview: The overall goal of the initiative is to design, develop,
field test and revise, as needed, a training curriculum that will
provide a multi-disciplinary staff in state correctional agencies and
prison systems the competencies, skills and tools to leverage the
performance of their operations and demonstrate efficient, effective,
safe and secure practices for staff, inmates and the general public.
Background: Managing prisons in today's climate presents
correctional administrators and prison officials' particular
challenges. First, and likely at the forefront, is the problem of
shrinking state revenues forcing drastic cuts in funding. The impact
has been far reaching, from delaying expansions needed to accommodate a
growing population, closing units or even whole facilities to
stretching staffing ratios compromising security and safety (2007/2008
NIC Needs Assessment). Many agencies are under mounting pressure to
release large volumes of prisoners across communities within their
jurisdictions.
Second, the population demographic has become increasingly complex.
A growing women offender population presents unique gender challenges
for prison management who continue to operate with a bias toward the
male offender. A growing number of offenders diagnosed with mental
illness, sentenced and placed in prison present very difficult and
unique challenges to both custody and case management staff. These
offenders present a serious management, safety and budget problem for
correctional administrators.
Another demographic that has already begun to pose problems,
especially in terms of cost, is the ``aging'' population resulting from
the past three decades of ``tough on crime'' legislation. This
population and its impact will continue to intensify over the next two
decades. Other issues facing prison administrators are: Coping with the
changing generational workforce with different values and perspectives,
some of which are not conducive to effective and efficient management;
the age old cultural dissonance between custody and treatment staff
compounded by expanding roles and expectations of each; and an
increased demand for accountability and to open a typically closed
system to both the media and the public.
The list of issues for agency and prison management goes on. The
overarching need for agencies facing increasingly complex systems and
unique challenges is to adopt performance-based behaviors, processes
and standards, and deploy practices and strategies that embrace the
multiple disciplines of stakeholders and functions that make up an
agency and prison operation.
Another NIC related project currently underway, ``Identifying
Characteristics of High Performing Correctional Organizations (HCPO),''
will inform and serve as a foundational element for curriculum work
done under this project. The HCPO project is focused on developing a
methodology to design a model and assessment tool to identify and
bridge gaps between current performance and optimal performance in
terms of efficiency, effectiveness and accountability in correctional
organizations. For more information on this project, please visit the
HCPO Blog at https://NICIC.gov/HPCO.
Purpose/Outcomes: The overarching purpose of this initiative is to
promote and help correctional agencies develop the organizational
competence to implement systematic, seamless and ``high performing''
practices resulting in increased accountability for enhanced public
safety and fiscal responsibility. The following intended outcomes for
this project are: Agency operational practices will improve next to
performance standards identified by system stakeholders with an action
learning plan strategy; Agency/institutional and cultural barriers will
be reduced/eliminated as evidenced by an increase in collaborative
behaviors and collective performance among stakeholders; Safety and
security in an agency/institution will increase; Agencies/institutions
will adopt key elements and standards of a learning and performance-
based culture.
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Scope of Work: Under this cooperative agreement, the single goal is
the development, testing, and revision of a curriculum to train a
multi-disciplinary staff in State correctional agencies and prison
systems.
A description of the products and deliverables for the project
include a training curriculum titled: A ``Systems Approach'' for
Workforce Performance. The Curriculum package will contain: (1) An
instructor/facilitator's guide with associated tools, materials and
resources; (2) A participant resource guide to be used in conjunction
with all training activities; (3) Instructional aides and materials
including presentation slide shows, charts, handouts, case studies,
assessments, etc. to support instruction and facilitation.
Training Program Description: The training program has been
announced in NIC's Service Plan--``Technical Assistance, Information,
and Training for Adult Corrections'', for delivery during FY 2010. A
description follows, or may be downloaded online at https://nicic.gov/Library/023761, refer to page 52.
This 36-hour ``agency exclusive'' strategy development program will
focus on the concept of agency management and operations as a systemic
and collaborative effort of all stakeholders in addressing policies,
procedures, and practices in their correctional system. It will include
updated and contemporary elements essential for managing an agency in
an increasingly challenging and budget-conscious environment. It will
reveal and promote evidence-based practice that results in both short-
term offender management and long-term public safety. The program
includes modules on organizational change and building an environment
of collaboration. The objective is to provide management teams with the
tools and techniques necessary for coordinating their operations and to
demonstrate a systemic approach in developing, maintaining, and
evaluating those services and operations for efficiency and
effectiveness.
The program can accommodate up to 30 participants identified by the
host agency. The agency should be able to provide onsite meeting space
for both the main sessions and breakout sessions. NIC will provide the
facilitators and materials.
The targeted audience for the training is agency executive staff,
including the director, deputy/assistant directors, regional directors
and program administrators, wardens/superintendents, and designated
program and security managers from a selected correctional agency who
are responsible for agency-wide operations and programs.
Training Program Goals: The following are the intended outcomes for
participants completing the training program: Adopt and implement
organizational and individual ``performance-based'' behaviors,
strategies and techniques; Adopt and implement an established set of
performance standards and benchmarks supported by organizational
literature and research, and identified by relevant NIC workgroups on
agency performance; Identify system performance barriers and gaps, and
implement, evaluate and revise strategies to close these gaps; Assess
agency/institutional cultural characteristics and implement strategies
to leverage healthy cultural behaviors, limit/reduce unhealthy cultural
barriers, and increase collaborative behaviors and the collective
performance among agency/institutional stakeholders; Develop and
implement strategies to promote an integrated, systems approach to the
operations and practices in an agency/institution leading to
substantially improved operational efficiencies and practices; Assess
and evaluate organizational behavior and practices that embrace
``organizational learning'' and implement strategies to enhance or
adopt the key elements and standards of a learning and performance-
based culture.
Requirements: The recipient of this cooperative agreement award
must, at a minimum, do the following within the scope of this project:
Consult with the Correctional Program Specialist (CPS) assigned to
manage the cooperative agreement to ensure understanding of, and
agreement on, the scope of work to be performed; Submit a detailed work
plan with time lines and milestones for accomplishing project
activities to CPS for approval prior to any work being performed under
this agreement; Designate a point of contact, which would serve as the
conduit of information and work experience between the CPS and the
award recipient; Conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and
literature review to support the basis of the curriculum; Review
relevant NIC curriculum and/or documents in the development of the
curriculum; Consult with the CPS on both proposed content and training
strategies. (The NIC/CPS will have final approval of both); Conduct a
field test of the curriculum. This will consist of two pilot trainings
to be done at two agencies selected by NIC. (Note: all participant
associated costs will be the responsibility of the agency receiving the
training. It is expected that the recipient of the cooperative
agreement award will budget for the cost of training staff); Consult
with the CPS concerning trainers for program delivery with NIC having
final approval of training program faculty; Consult with the CPS on
evaluation methodology; and provide evaluation data with
recommendations for revisions to the curriculum.
Curriculum Specifications: The curriculum must be designed and
developed adhering to the following standards and specifications: The
curriculum and training design is consistent with and embraces the
Instructional Theory into Practice (ITIP) model. A reference to this
model can be found at the following link on the NIC Web site https://nicic.gov/Library/010714; Written products are developed to support the
training; The curriculum facilitation guide is written using a standard
curriculum document format to include at a minimum: Module/Sections and
Titles, Performance Objectives/Expectations, Learning Activities Guide,
Practice/Application, Evaluation Method and Resources needed to conduct
training activities; References are cited that support curriculum
content and concepts; Copyright permissions are secured for the use of
copyright protected publications and materials with a minimum usage of
three years; All documents must be delivered electronically in both MS
Word 2003 or higher and Adobe PDF; A ``camera print ready'' hard copy
must also be submitted; NIC will have final approval of the format,
look and organization of the curriculum documents.
Required Expertise: The successful applicant will possess
knowledge, skills and experience in the following areas: Knowledge of
organizational development, systems theory, organizational behavior,
team development, organizational change, and the ability to demonstrate
the application of the learning concepts in a correctional agency/
prison system; Knowledge and experience with correctional agency/prison
system operations and cultural dynamics; Knowledge, skills and
experience in curriculum development based on adult learning theory and
the Instructional Theory into Practice (ITIP) format; Knowledge and
expertise in a variety of instructional delivery strategies to include,
but not be limited to, instructor-led e-learning including asynchronous
computer/Web-based, instructor-led synchronous Web-based, social
learning networks, Web 2.0 applications, etc.; Skilled in designing
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training curriculum linked to training objectives; Knowledge of
training evaluation methods; and Effective written and oral
communication skills.
Application Requirements: Applications should be concisely written,
typed double spaced and reference the ``NIC Funding Opportunity
Number'' and Title provided in this announcement. The application
package must include: OMB Standard Form 424, Application for Federal
Assistance; a cover letter that identifies the audit agency responsible
for the applicant's financial accounts as well as the audit period of
fiscal year that the applicant operates under (e.g., July 1 through
June 30), an outline of projected costs, and the following forms: OMB
Standard Form 424A, Budget Information--Non Construction Programs, OMB
Standard Form 424B, Assurances--Non Construction Programs (available at
www.grants.gov), and DOJ/NIC Certification Regarding Lobbying;
Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free
Workplace Requirements (available at https://www.nicic.gov/Downloads/PDF/certif-frm.pdf.)
Applications may be submitted in hard copy, or electronically via
www.grants.gov. If submitted in hard copy, there needs to be an
original and three copies of the full proposal (program and budget
narratives, application forms and assurances). The original should have
the applicant's signature in blue ink. The program narrative text must
be limited to 15 double spaced pages, exclusive of resumes and
summaries of experience. Please do not submit full curriculum vitae.
A web-conference will be conducted for persons with the intent to
respond to the solicitation on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12 p.m.
EDT. During this conference, NIC project managers will respond to
questions regarding the solicitation and expectation of work to be
performed. Please notify Michael Dooley electronically at
mdooley@bop.gov by 12 p.m. noon EDT on Friday, November 13, 2009,
regarding your interest in participating in the conference. You will be
provided with the Web link, call-in number and instructions for
accessing the session.
Authority: Public law 93-415.
Funds Available: NIC is seeking the applicant's best ideas
regarding accomplishment of the scope of work and the related costs for
achieving the goals of this solicitation. Funds may only be used for
the activities that are linked to the desired outcome of the project.
This project will be a collaborative venture with the NIC Prisons
Division.
Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible applicant is any private
agency, educational institution, organization, individual or team with
expertise in the described areas.
Review Considerations: Applications received under this
announcement will be subjected to a 3 to 5 person NIC Peer Review
Process.
Note: NIC will NOT award a cooperative agreement to an
applicant who does not have a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal
Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the Central Contractor
Registry.
A DUNS number can be received at no cost by calling the dedicated
toll-free DUNS number request line at 1-800-333-0505 (if you are a sole
proprietor, you would dial 1-866-705-5711 and select option 1).
Number of Awards: One.
NIC Funding Opportunity Number: 10P07. This number should appear as
a reference line in the cover letter, in box 4a of Standard Form 424,
and outside of the envelope in which the application is sent.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 16.601.
Executive Order 12372: This project is not subject to the
provisions of Executive Order 12372.
Morris L. Thigpen,
Director, National Institute of Corrections.
[FR Doc. E9-25960 Filed 10-27-09; 8:45 am]
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