Request for Proposals: Professional Services Support for Workforce Development Programs

MassCEC seeks qualified individuals or organizations to support MassCEC Workforce Development efforts across five different scopes of work. Applicants may submit proposals for one or multiple scopes of work.

Scope 1 incorporates two aligned strands of work. Applicants may elect to apply to one or both strands. 

• Strand A: Provide direct technical assistance for recipients of MassCEC’s Equity Workforce and other Workforce grants; design virtual and in-person group technical assistance offerings; and support broader program development and improvement efforts.
• Strand B: Provide planning and facilitation support for annual MassCEC in-person grantee community of practice (CoP) convenings, annual regional workforce conferences and other in-person events.

Scope 2: Training providers for support of Internship Program Success (SIPS) Initiative.

Scope 3: Curriculum design consultant to support ongoing Clean Energy Innovation Pathways curriculum development and additional curriculum support.

Scope 4 incorporates three aligned strands of work. Applicants may elect to apply to one, two, or three strands. 

• Strand A: Develop a universal heat pump curriculum and supporting lab resource toolkit, to be provided as supporting material for Community College grantees of the MassCEC Heat Pump and HVAC Training Network program.
• Strand B: Develop career-contextualized English as a Second Language instruction supporting material tied to the universal heat pump curriculum, to be provided as supporting material for Community College grantees of the MassCEC Heat Pump and HVAC Training Network program.
• Strand C: Review MA Career Technical Education (Chapter 74) 2024 HVAC-R Standards and Skills Framework and provide guidance on recommended modifications based on unique needs of Community College and adult new entrant populations to support readiness for HVAC and heat pump installation and repair. In addition, formalize a resource guide inclusive of any existing open-source instructional tools, curriculums, and links to heat pump and HVAC credentials and credentialing entities that Community College grantees participating in the MassCEC Heat Pump and HVAC Training Network can utilize and cross-check as part of their in-house HVAC and heat pump curriculum development efforts.

Scope 5: Convert existing MassCEC technical assistance resources into designed asynchronous learning modules that can be incorporated into a future Learning Management System (LMS).