Summary of Specifications:
Needs Background – Professional Development Washtenaw County, Michigan, is accepting proposals from instructional designers and training vendors to assist County Administration in the implementation of Guiding Principle #4 “Provide the necessary knowledge, skills and resources to County employees”. Currently Washtenaw County has approximately 1300 regular employees.
The Washtenaw County Vision: “Washtenaw County will be a world class service provider” This vision is grounded in two principles: • sound fiscal management for long term stability • an inspired and involved workforce equipped with the skills, knowledge and resources to provide world class service
It is important that employees be well-trained, productive, efficient and satisfied. To accomplish this goal the County is interested in contracting with a pool of training vendors in order to best meet the individual development needs of Washtenaw County employees through instructor led classes and coaching.
Washtenaw County has made a commitment for enhanced development of our workforce through an organized Professional Development Program. County employees have assessed their knowledge, skills and abilities for each of the core competencies, and have prepared Professional Development Plans indicating their development needs and action steps for the following two years. The program is now assembling a vendor pool for providing training and development activities. Proposals are now being accepted for training in all Core Competency areas, which comply with the following requirements and specifications.
Needs Background – Skilled Facilitation Washtenaw County is accepting proposals from professional facilitators to assemble a vendor pool of qualified facilitators to assist County Administration by providing skilled facilitation services to meet organizational development needs.
Facilitators selected for this vendor pool will provide assistance to County Administration on an as needed basis on a variety of County-wide initiatives in support of the County’s Guiding Principles:
1. Ensure long term fiscal stability for the County 2. Reduce the cost of conducting the County's business 3. Enhance customer service 4. Provide the necessary knowledge, skills and resources to County employees to carry out these principles 5. Ensure adequate provision of mandated services 6. Focus on the root causes of problems that affect the quality of life of County citizens by aggressively pursuing prevention strategies 7. Provide leadership on intragovernmental, intergovernmental and intersectoral cooperation and collaboration aimed at improving services to County citizens
