RFP – Certified Project Management Training

Request for Proposal (RFP) – Certified Project Management Training BACKGROUND DND has a requirement for certified Project Management Training based the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). The requirement is for a foundation-level instructor-led classroom course (the Course) of seven days duration. REQUIREMENT The period of the Contract is from 01 February 2019 to 31 January 2023 [estimated]. The commencement of first course delivery estimated to be on 03 February 2020. There are two (1) one-year Option Periods that form part of the Contract. The expected volume is approximately 12 courses per year, with an additional 3-5 optional courses required. Tasks and Deliverables are detailed in Annex “A” of the Request for Proposal. Mandatory Criteria include the following: MT1: The Bidder must demonstrate that they are a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) in good standing. MT2: The Bidder must demonstrate that they have an established capability to develop and deliver Project Management (PM) training in both English and French. MT3: The Bidder must demonstrate that they have delivered a course, or a combination of courses, which jointly cover at a detailed level the content found in the 6th Edition of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) related to each process that comprise all of the following Knowledge Areas:

Project Integration Management; Project Scope Management; Project Schedule Management; Project Cost Management; Project Risk Management; and Project Stakeholder Management.

MT4: The Bidder must demonstrate that Project Management Institute (PMI) Professional Development Units (PDUs) were awarded for the course or combination of courses in support of the Knowledge Areas in MT3. The Mandatory Criteria are detailed in the Request for Proposal (RFP).  Where this notice and the RFP differ, the RFP will prevail. The Department of National Defence reserves the right not to award a Contract, regardless of the responses it receives.