Metro Denver WIRED is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Sustainability Planning Research Project. The focus of this solicitation is to identify a qualified contractor to assist WIRED in creating a regional talent development model that sustains, and further develops, WIRED’s goals and framework after the Initiative’s grant period ends in 2010.

A copy of the RFP and submission information is available here, and is also posted on the Metro Denver WIRED Initiative web site (under Research and Reports). Please note, all applicants are required to submit a letter of intent by Monday, January 5th, 2009. The deadline for submission of proposals is Friday, January 23rd, 2009.

The Metro Denver Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Initiative is a four-year $15M grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. Metro Denver WIRED is a regional partnership among industry, economic development, education and the public workforce system to connect Colorado’s home-grown skilled workforce with the best jobs that the economy is producing. The Initiative focuses on strengthening the region’s talent pipeline at all levels to produce a workforce skilled in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for the region’s fastest-growing, high-wage industries that are also experiencing labor shortages.

Please email ALL questions to: WIRED@metrodenver.org. The deadline for questions is Monday, January 5th, 2009.