New York State Contract Reporter #2136907

UCS Fairness, Dignity, and Respect Training Program Development and Delivery

The New York State Unified Court System seeks a contractor to create and deliver fairness, dignity, respect, and procedural-justice training for court personnel. - Government buyer: New York State Unified Court System (UCS), Office of Court Administration (OCA), Division of Grants, Contracts and Procurement; the Office for Justice Initiatives is also identified in the pricing sheet. - OEMs and vendors: No commercial OEMs, vendors, or prospective contractors are named. UCS and the UCS Learning Management System (LMS) are the customer and delivery platform, not named commercial vendors. - Services requested: Needs assessment and content planning; role-specific virtual and in-person training; video production and editing; curriculum and instructional design; supplemental materials; evaluation and continuous improvement; and project coordination and reporting. - Estimated five-year pricing quantities: 15 full video productions, 15 interactive LMS modules, 5 post-editing services for recorded live sessions, 1 needs assessment and content-planning service, 30 curriculum-development deliverables, and 30 evaluation-tool design and implementation deliverables. The pricing quantities are estimates, not guaranteed purchases. - Anticipated annual programming: Up to 3 full video productions, 3 interactive virtual programs, and 3 in-person programs. The RFP also contains a separate estimate of up to 15 virtual programs, so actual volume is not consistently stated. - Training audiences: UCS judges and judicial leadership, non-judicial staff, court public safety officers, and Town and Village Justices and Court Clerks. - Notable requirements: The contractor must have at least 5 years of executive-level curriculum-development experience and 5 years of video-production experience. LMS deliverables must support SCORM 2004, with SCORM files no larger than 1 GB, MP4 videos under 500 MB, and square thumbnails no larger than 500 × 500 pixels. Editable source materials and project files are required; training content and deliverables become UCS property, subject to stated terms for pre-existing contractor materials. - Contract term: An initial five-year term is anticipated; no option years are specified.

Description

The New York State Unified Court System seeks proposals to develop and deliver annual, role-specific training and educational programs promoting fairness, dignity, and respect for litigants, stakeholders, staff, and judges. Work includes video-recorded and virtual programming for UCS judges and staff, Town and Village Justices and Court Clerks, and annual in-person training for UCS judges. The contractor will use UCS research and data to determine topics, create supplemental materials, and support training delivery and evaluation; expected quantities are estimates and no minimum volume is guaranteed. The contract is anticipated to run for five years, subject to approval by the NYS Attorney General and Office of the State Comptroller.

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