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This
one-day seminar covers source selection criteria that result in
identifying and selecting sources that are capable of achieving
performance excellence.
Based
on the Baldrige National Quality Program's Criteria for Performance
Excellence, this seminar is designed to assist acquisition professionals
in identifying evaluation criteria that go beyond how well a proposed
solution may meet performance requirements to evaluating an offeror's
likelihood of achieving high quality performance.
The seminar is
designed to introduce the participant to the tasks and skills required to
successfully attract innovative, competitive offers and evaluate proposals
that will meet performance requirements as well as achieve excellence in
service delivery. Following is an overview of the seminar:
Morning
Session
Overview
of PBSA - A summary of
overall objectives of PBSA and its key components.
Includes a brief comparison of PBSA and design or
specification-based acquisitions.
Proposal
Evaluations -
An introduction to the types of risk inherent in preparing and evaluating
proposals. This session identifies tools and techniques for
mitigating proposal risk and introduces the concept of using criteria for
mitigating performance risk.
Characteristics
of High Performance Organizations - A discussion of the core
values and concepts that are found in high performance organizations.
The Baldrige criteria are results-oriented indicators that are used to
measure and assess an organizational performance practices, capabilities
and results. The core values and concepts are:
- ¨Leadership
- Customer
Driven Excellence
- Organizational
& Personal Learning
- Valuing
Employees & Partners
- Agility
- Focus on
the Future
- Managing
for Innovation
- Management
by Fact
- ¨Public
Responsibility & Citizenship
- Focus on
Results and Creating Value
- Systems
Perspective
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Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence -
An introduction to the Baldrige Criteria, with a practicum on the
application of these criteria for proposal evaluation and source
selection.
Afternoon
Session
The
afternoon session is devoted to a series of case studies and directed
discussions that actively engage the participants in considering:
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Evaluation
criteria that are indicators of an offeror's likelihood of achieving
performance excellence.
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How
to prepare a successful proposal that demonstrates both the strength
of the proposed solution as well as the ability to achieve performance
excellence.
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How
to evaluate proposed solutions against performance criteria.
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How
to evaluate proposed offeror against criteria for performance
excellence.
After
completing this seminar, you will have a thorough understanding of source
selection criteria that result in identifying and selecting sources that
are capable of achieving performance excellence. You
will have the skills necessary to assist an integrated solution
team in:
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Attracting
proposals that will achieve the goals and objectives of a
performance-based services acquisition;
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Identifying
evaluation criteria that are indicators of an offeror's likelihood
of achieving performance excellence; and
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Evaluating
both the strength of the proposed solution as well as the potential
of an offeror to achieve performance excellence.
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