This review process is not competitive, and is simply designed to ensure that prospective providers have the basic qualifications necessary to offer professional development services to the Indiana STW community. The provider proposes personnel rates or other expenditure rates which the STW Institute believes are not permitted under state or federal law. There exists a pattern of negative evaluative reviews from prior professional development activities, or negative reviews from prior partners. C. Certification Certification of experts through this RFI process means only that the Professional Development Provider has met the Institute's criteria. No state or federal contract, cooperative agreement, grant, or any other financial arrangement results from certification for the Professional Development Provider List.
Approved providers are free to solicit work assignments.
However, any contract activity must conform to the process outlined under delivery of services. Certification as an approved Professional Development Provider does not limit providers from contracting with any organization for services paid through other non-STW funds. D. Notification and Publication of Provider List Professional Development Providers approved for inclusion in the STW Institute will be notified by mail. The list of Approved Professional Development Providers will be distributed to the 15 STW Regional Partnerships and posted on the Commission For Higher Education's STW Institute Homepage. The list will be updated twice a year following regularly scheduled RFI cycles.