The Chesapeake Bay Trust seeks qualified contractors to develop and implement a two-day environmental leadership training for the Chesapeake Conservation Corps.
Donor Name: Chesapeake Bay Trust
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Training
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/24/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,500
Details:
The purpose of this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) is to develop and implement an environmental leadership training for the Chesapeake Conservation Corps program which places young adults (18-25) with nonprofit organizations and government agencies for a stipend-supported year of service through the Chesapeake Bay Trust and U.S. National Park Service.
The Chesapeake Conservation Corps is supported by the Trust; BGE, an Exelon Company; the National Park Service; and the state of Maryland.
Scope of Work – Deliverables
The contractor will provide either a virtual 2-day or 3-day (14 hours total) or in person overnight (2-day) environmental leadership training for the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Members in the fall/winter of 2022. Offerors must outline in detail their ability to perform in timely fashion the following services:
- Deliverable A: Curriculum and Retreat Design. The curriculum should include:
- a tiered format that uses multiple approaches to build knowledge, skills, communication, and comfort (e.g., facilitator-led, small group, peer-to-peer, and/or individual work and reflection) throughout the retreat;
- Chesapeake Bay Trust-Chesapeake Conservation Corps
- exploration and discussion of various methods to addressing past and present environmental and social issues to broaden the knowledge and perspectives of the policy, management, and leadership of the environmental movement;
- the development of tools and skills to support Corps Members identifying and accomplishing professional and personal goals;
- activities Corps Members can undertake to self-assess their own stages of leadership development.
- Identify suitable training locations and provide lodging, training materials, and all other relevant costs.
- Such costs must be incorporated into the proposed budget.
- Deliverable B
- Implementation of the environmental leadership training, including logistics, delivery of lessons, and organization of any guest speaker participation. The identification of guest speakers will be done with guidance from the Trust. Due to the size of the Chesapeake Conservation Corps (30-35 Members,) contractors are permitted to split the group and facilitate two trainings in the fall/winter 2022 if preferred. Please note this in your narrative and budget.
Funding Information
Maximum Bid: $10,500
Qualifications and expertise
Offeror’s personnel assigned to perform under the Contract should have the following experience:
- Experience developing curriculum for leadership training courses for environmental professionals – at least ten trainings over the past five years.
- Experience delivering training programs in leadership development – at least ten trainings over the past five years.
- Demonstrated background working with diverse populations.
For more information, visit Chesapeake Conservation Corps Leadership Training.
