Facilitation for Federal Land Managers

The Western Montana Acquisition Zone, of the US Forest Service, anticipates awarding a base plus two option year, firm fixed-price, for a Multi-Agency Facilitation and Facilitation Train-the-Trainer Program. This contract will establish a customized Facilitator Certification Program (FCP) for existing Forest Service, Deparatment of Interior and Bureau of Land Management staff involving facilitating meetings with external stakeholders and internal customers; Create and conduct customized facilitation training, including train-the-trainer and refresher training, for facilitators; and Establish a certified cadre of employees capable of providing meeting facilitation with a high level of competency and confident delivery, and further excel at training a pool of certified facilitators available to their respective agency. The resulting contract will be set-aside for Small Businesses, using NAICS 611430, small business size standard of $10 million. The solicitation for this contract will be posted on or about July 3, 2014. Anticipate start date for the resulting contract is Fall 2014. The Government estimates the value of the work to be between $250,000 and $350,000. For further technical questions you may contact Debbie Hassel, Regional Partnership Coordinator, US Forest Service, (406) 329-3141.