U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Purchasing Division, Room 1230, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092

U -- EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY TRAINING SEMINARS POC Karen Haskins-Brewer (312/751-4615). The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) seeks sources to provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) training seminars for approximately 225 RRB managers and supervisors ranging in grade from GS-7 to SES. We anticipate class sizes not to exceed 25 managers and supervisors. The seminars should integrate the topical areas of EEO, affirmative employment, diversity, leadership, sound human resource management and personnel practices - especially during agency downsizing. In designing the training module, the trainer should take into consideration that this will be the first exposure that most of the 225 employees will have to this type of training. Companies having the ability to furnish this type of training are requested to give written notice (including telephone number for a point of contact) and detailed data regarding capability to perform this training. Information on the following service provisions is required: 1) course content and design, i.e., subject matter; 2) teaching methodologies, e.g., lecture, role-playing; 3) a list of training and resource material provided; 4) optimum and maximum seminar size; and 5) ability to provide a training site in Chicago, Illinois, within the boundaries of Division Street, Roosevelt Road, Orleans Street and Lake Michigan. Potential vendors should also provide the following information: 1) proposed trainers/facilitators with a biography/resume on each individual; 2) a sample syllabus for 2- and/or 3-consecutive day seminars; 3) a pricing schedule with separate quotes for 2- and 3-day seminars at optimum and maximum class sizes; 4) detail at least three contracts and/or purchase orders with which your firm provided the above defined services, numbers, a client contact and telephone number, and a description of similar training provided to public and/or private sector clients; and 5) standard company charges for round trip air fare, in-city commuting charges and per diem for Chicago, Illinois. The vendor hardcopy documents must be received at the RRB no later than 15 calendar days after publication of this notice. THIS IS NOT A Request for Proposals (RFP). NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. No telephone calls will be accepted. Any further questions regarding this Request for Information (RFI) must be in writing on company letterhead and can be faxed to Ms. Karen Haskins-Brewer of the RRB Purchasing Division at 312/751-4923. The RRB shall not send an acknowledgment of receipt of any firm's information submission. (136)

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