Project Management & Organizational Alignment

*****NOTE: The solicitation is renumbered to N00033-12-R-8013. Interested vendors shall access & register under the new solicitation number to access solicitation documents and receive notifications***** THE MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND, HEADQUARTERS, DIRECTOR OF MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL SEEKS CONTRACTOR SERVICES TO INCULCATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO ALL OFFICES ACROSS THE COMMAND TO INCLUDE HQ AND ALL AREA COMMANDS AND FIELD OFFICES WORLDWIDE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION AND MILESTONES THAT DEPLOYS PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING ACROSS THE MSC COMMANDS. UNDER THE PROPOSED CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR IS EXPECTED TO PERFORM THE FOLLOWING: 1) PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SUPPORT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES IN FURTHERANCE OF ONGOING MSC PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS. PROJECTS RANGE FROM MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC SHIP CLASSES OR UNIQUE HULLS TO PERSONNEL PROGRAMS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ASSIST THE ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGERS TO DEMONSTRATE PROPER APPLICATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS WITHIN EACH PROJECT AND TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING STANDARDIZED REPORTING TEMPLATES, TIMELINES AND OTHER PROJECT MANAGEMENT REPORTING TOOLS WITHIN THE PROGRAM OFFICE. 2) PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ASSIST MSC IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTIONS AND MILESTONES (POA&M) THAT DEPLOYS PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING ACROSS THE MSC COMMAND. THE TRAINING SHALL BE A THREE DAY COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO APPROXIMATELY 500 PERSONNEL. THE TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE AT A MINIMUM AN INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PROJECT INITIATION, PROJECT PLANNING, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND PROJECT CLOSEOUT AS INSTRUCTIONAL TOPICS COVERED, TAILORED FOR THE MSC ENVIRONMENT. 3) ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ASSIST MSC IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE POA&M TO PROVIDE ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT SUPPORT FOR THE N1 ENTERPRISE (APPROXIMATELY 6,000 PERSONNEL) TO INCLUDE SUBMISSION OF DELIVERABLES AND FACILITATION OF AN OFFSITE MEETING. THE ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT SUPPORT SHALL COVER AT A MINIMUM THE LINK BETWEEN STRATEGY, CULTURE, PROCESSES, PEOPLE, LEADERSHIP, AND SYSTEMS TO BEST ACCOMPLISH THE NEEDS OF N1 AND MSC. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGENDAS AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION IN SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT ACTIVITIES. 4) LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS. ASSIST MSC IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTIONS AND MILESTONES (POA&M) THAT DEPLOYS LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS ACROSS THE MSC COMMAND. THE TRAINING PROGRAMS SHALL INCLUDE: LEAN SIX SIGMA, SHORESIDE SUPERVISORY, SHORESIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND CIVMAR LEADERSHIP TRAINING. TARGET GROUPS FOR TRAINING AS FOLLOWS: LEAN SIX SIGMA, GS-12 AND ABOVE; SHORESIDE SUPERVISORY, ALL SHORESIDE STAFF SUPERVISORS; SHORESIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE, AT A MINIMUM, ALL N1 PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH SUPPORTING CIVMARS. THE TRAINING FOR ALL PROGRAMS SHALL PROVIDE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, CLASSROOM AND INDIVIDUAL TABLETOP OR ONLINE COURSE COMPLETION OPTIONS TAILORED FOR THE MSC ENVIRONMENT. THIS ACQUISITION IS BEING CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS (FAR), PART 12 USING PART 15 PROCEDURES AND IS PERFORMANCE-BASED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR PART 37. THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO MAKE A SINGLE-AWARD FIRM-FIXED PRICE (FFP) CONTRACT. THE CONTRACT TERM WILL CONSIST OF A ONE-YEAR BASE PERIOD AND FOUR SIX-MONTH OPTIONS. IF ALL OPTIONS ARE EXERCISED, THE CONTRACT COVERAGE PERIOD WILL END THREE YEARS AFTER THE CONTRACT AWARD DATE. SERVICES ARE BEING PROCURED BY: MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND, HQ CONTRACTING, N10 914 CHARLES MORRIS CT SE BUILDING 157 WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC 20398-5540 ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: ON OR ABOUT 20 APRIL 2012.