ESI Onsite Igniter Workshops Deliver Skills Fast

ESI’s Igniter Workshops are designed to facilitate rapid development and deployment of critical milestones in program and acquisition processes to meet schedule, cost and organizational goals, and deliver immediate results.

ESI’s “Igniter Workshops” help the source selection team select best value contractors and meet complex requirements by:

• Conducting comprehensive, high-integrity proposal evaluations
• Reaching consensus on the optimum acquisition strategy
• Developing the outline and contents for a smart acquisition plan
• Determining, developing and writing the RFP’s evaluation criteria
• Drafting the proposal submission instructions and efficiently link them to the evaluation criteria 

Each Igniter Workshop is a highly customized two-day session designed specifically around each customer’s approach to source selection planning and execution. The workshops are conducted by our team of nationally recognized acquisition consultants who integrate the best techniques available in the areas of acquisition training, consulting and decision facilitation. The workshops are being provided today to federal, state and local governments and have achieved dramatic results in helping agencies improve the quality and speed of their acquisition process.

Choose Your High Intensity Igniter Workshop:

 Acquisition Strategy and Planning Workshop

 Evaluation Structure and Strategy Workshop

 Evaluation of Written Proposals Workshop

 Evaluation of Oral Presentations Workshop

Acquisition Strategy and Planning Workshop

At the conclusion of this workshop, you will have completed a draft Statement of Objectives and Acquisition Strategy. This workshop will focus on the following:

• Capturing the vision and strategy of the acquisition
• Critical contents of great acquisition plans
• Incorporating performance-based techniques
• Strategies for maximum contractor incentive
  

Evaluation Structure and Strategy Workshop

At the conclusion of the Evaluation Structure and Strategy Workshop, each participant will have completed a draft Evaluation Criteria and Instructions to Bidders. The workshop will focus on the following:

• The importance of evaluation criteria in the best value process
• Facilitation techniques for uncovering the optimal criteria
• Writing evaluation criteria for the acquisition
• Building "world-class" solicitations
• Developing effective standards

Evaluation of Written Proposals Workshop

At the conclusion of the Evaluation of Written Proposals Workshop, each participant will have created a mock proposal evaluation using a source selection plan. The workshop will focus on the following:

• The Best Value process
• Keys to evaluating written proposals
• Reaching consensus
• Meaningful exchanges
• Integrative award decision analysis
• Writing smart source selection decision documents 
   

Evaluation of Oral Presentations Workshop

At the conclusion of the Evaluation of Oral Presentations Workshop, each participant will have created a mock proposal evaluation using a source selection plan. The workshop will focus on the following:

• The best value process
• Keys to evaluating oral presentations
• Reaching consensus
• Meaningful exchanges
• Integrative award decision analysis
• Writing smart source selection decision document