Contact Points
Primary Contract Specialist
Secondary Contracting Officer
The University of Tennessee
453 Haslam Business Building, Knoxville, TN, 37996-4140
The PEMBA is based at Haslam College of Business, at UT Knoxville and is the oldest program of its kind. It requires 4, onsite visits and the completion of a remote, mentored, year-long Capstone. Dr. B’s one-year Capstone project will focus on identifying the barriers to full participation in Clinical Center (CC)- based NIH clinical trials for minoritized groups. The ultimate goal is to help build public-private partnerships between the intramural infrastructure at CC and surrounding communities. The NIMH Sleep Core at CC will play an integral role in this outreach, especially as the field becomes more aware of the impact that undiagnosed sleep disorders has on not just obesity and heart disease, but also on anxiety, depression, and suboptimal quality of life in general. In fact, in 2020, NIMHD, NHLBI and OBSSR published a Special Report in SLEEPJ, entitled, A workshop report on the causes and consequences of sleep health disparities, calling for formal recognition of Sleep Health Disparities as a powerful factor mitigating poor health outcomes in minoritized communities and also for concrete action to address these inequities. Key to the successful development of public partnerships with the surrounding communities is a successful business and engagement model. The skillset that Dr. B will garner during her PEMBA year will allow her to be optimally positioned to help CC capitalize on the incredible resources that it could bring to bear on this complex issue. https://haslam.utk.edu/pemba/.
1st Semester is a total of 15 hours.
Business Administration 551 (Executive Core I) 12 Semester Hours
551 Executive Core I (12 hours), Spring. Integrated course with substantial reading, study and analyses during off-site periods. Integration of major business functions through strategic and business process perspective. Application of functional knowledge to tactical and strategic issues. Development of purpose of firm as delivering value to customers and other stakeholders. Ethical issues. Financial and accounting principles. Economic and regulatory environment of business. Human resource and organizational behavior topics in context of business systems and objectives. Personal development for leadership: individual personal skills of communication, negotiation, leadership and motivation. Customer value and systems management. Case simulations and exercises.
Business Administration 561 (Organizational Action Project I) 03 Semester Hours
561 Organizational Action Project I (3 hours), Spring. Organizational Action Project. Preliminary
investigation of significant strategic issue (new initiative, program or significant organizational
change to enhance organizational effectiveness) in sponsoring organization. Work within firm under guidance of faculty to develop proposal which defines issue and scope of project. Proposal to be approved by company and faculty.
Interested parties may identify in writing their interest and capability in response to this requirement. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.
All responses must be received by closing date and must reference the announcement. Responses may be submitted electronically to the attention of the contract specialist. Fax responses will not be accepted.
All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.