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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 FBO #6500
SOURCES SOUGHT

M -- Operation of Springdale and Tongue Point Job Corps Centers

Notice Date
9/10/2019
 
Notice Type
Sources Sought
 
NAICS
611519 — Other Technical and Trade Schools
 
Contracting Office
Department of Labor, Employment Training Administration, Office of Contracts Management (National), 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, N-4649, Washington, District of Columbia, 20210, United States
 
ZIP Code
20210
 
Solicitation Number
1630J6-19-N-00004
 
Point of Contact
Carmelo Nuestro, Phone: 4156252385, Chin-Jen Chang, Phone: 4156252384
 
E-Mail Address
Nuestro.Carmelo.P@dol.gov, chang.chin-jen@dol.gov
(Nuestro.Carmelo.P@dol.gov, chang.chin-jen@dol.gov)
 
Small Business Set-Aside
N/A
 
Description
Description: The Government reserves the right to compete any acquisition resulting from this notice. This Sources Sought Notice / Request for Information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to pay for the information requested, issue a solicitation, or award a contract. No solicitation document exists at this time. A determination by the Government to proceed with the acquisition as a set-aside is within the discretion of the Government. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The United States Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration, is conducting market research for the upcoming procurement for the operation of the Springdale Job Corps Center and Tongue Point Job Corps Center. The NAICS code is 611519 with a size standard of $38.5 million. It is anticipated that one firm fixed-price contract with a two-year base period plus three one-year option periods will be awarded for the operation of both centers. The procurement will involve the operation and management of residential education, training, and employment programs at the Springdale Job Corps Center located in Troutdale, Oregon, and the Tongue Point Job Corps Center located in Astoria, Oregon. One Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued for the operation of both centers. The contractor will be expected to provide all material, services, and necessary personnel to operate these Job Corps centers as set forth in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014. WIOA supersedes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and authorizes the Job Corps program. The contractor will be required to comply with the Job Corps Policy and Requirements Handbook (PRH). Job Corps is a national residential training and employment program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor to address the multiple barriers to employment faced by at-risk youth, 16-24 years of age, throughout the United States. Job Corps provides educational and career technical skills instruction, and support services. The combination of services provided by Job Corps is intended to prepare youth to pursue further education or training, obtain and hold gainful employment, or satisfy entrance requirements for careers in the Armed Forces. The contractor shall provide: 1. Program outreach and admissions services; 2. Educational instruction; 3. Career technical skills instruction; 4. Social and employment readiness skills; 5. Work-based learning opportunities; 6. Career Transition Services/job placement assistance; 7. Stakeholder engagement in support of student job placement, including relationships with workforce development systems, employers, and business organizations and entities; and 8. Operation and management of a government-owned, full-time residential campus/facility, including providing safe and secure living and training environment, health and wellness services, food services, recreational programming, transportation, property maintenance and management, financial management and reporting, staff training and development, and program performance management and recordkeeping. The planned measure of student utilization for the center or center On-board Strength (OBS) for the Springdale Job Corps Center is 199 students. Springdale Job Corps Center is located at 31224 E. Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Oregon 97060-9340. The OBS for the Tongue Point Job Corps Center is 473 residential students and 0 non-residential students. Tongue Point Job Corps Center is located at 37573 Old Highway # 30, Astoria, OR 97103-7200. The Contractor shall provide Outreach/Admissions services in all workforce development areas in the state of Oregon and shall ensure the arrival of a minimum of 1,370 students to the Tongue Point, Springdale, Angell, Wolf Creek, and Timber Lake Job Corps Centers. The contractor shall also provide Career Transition Services (CTS) for all graduates and former enrollees of the Springdale and Tongue Point Job Corps Centers, regardless of where the graduate or former enrollee resides or matriculates, and former enrollees within their eligibility period that separated under the prior operator. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government shall be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database, which is located on the System for Award Management website (SAM.gov). The website for registration is http://sam.gov. Interested contractors responding to this Request for Information (RFI) will be required to indicate their ability to successfully manage and operate a Job Corps center by responding to the capability requirements listed below. The contractor should also indicate the number of students/program participants served for each described contract. If the contractor references a Job Corps contract, the contractor should also provide the referenced center's Onboard Strength at the time that the contractor held the contract. FOR A CONTRACTOR TO BE DEEMED CAPABLE, THE CONTRACTOR MUST BE FOUND CAPABLE IN ALL 14 REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW. CAPABILITIES REQUIREMENTS Center Operations 1. Describe your organizational experience operating a large scale residential education and job training program similar in size and scope to the Tongue Point and Springdale Job Corps Centers. Demonstrated experience should encompass key aspects of operating a similar program, including providing food services; medical, dental, and mental health care; facility and property management including facility maintenance and repairs; providing residential management and supervision of at-risk youth; recreational programming; student transportation; oversight and purchase of Government owned property; managing GSA fleet vehicles; and protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII). 2. Describe how your organization will meet the requirements of WIOA Section 159(a) that requires maintaining a financial management information system that provides accurate, complete, and current disclosures of the costs, and sufficient data for the effective evaluation of activities carried out through the Job Corps program. Describe the internal controls your organization has in place to ensure proper accounting of federal funds consistent with FAR Section 159(a) that requires each operator to maintain funds received in accounts in a manner that ensures timely and accurate reporting as required by the Secretary of Labor. 3. Describe your ability to comply with all health and safety standards in the residential, food preparation area and dining hall. 4. Describe your organizational experience procuring, managing and executing facilities repairs/improvements in excess of $600,000 and doing so in a timely manner. Add any experience with timeworn and/or historic buildings and aging infrastructure. 5. Describe your organizational experience overseeing, managing, and administering educational and technical skill training programs. 6. Describe your organizational experience implementing effective behavioral management programs and enforcing student code of conduct policies. 7. Describe what organizational infrastructure exists for providing corporate oversight and support for managing multiple residential educational and/or skills training programs that include one or more of the following: career training, academic instruction, career preparation, work-based learning and transition services, and job placement. 8. Demonstrate your organization's ability to access financial resources sufficient to satisfy requirements of operating the contract for the first 60 days of operation or the ability to obtain them prior to award. 9. Describe your organizational experience conducting outreach and admissions services to attract individuals to a program, screen for eligibility, and arrange for admission placement into the program. 10. Describe your organizational experience working with at-risk and disadvantaged youth and young adults. 11. Describe your organizational experience providing career counseling, planning and placement services. Describe your experience providing career counseling, planning and placement services should include assessments, counseling, resume development and interviewing techniques; transition support with housing, childcare and transportation during the specified service window; job development and referral services; and follow- up placement services. 12. Describe your organizational experience obtaining, establishing, and/or overseeing post-secondary educational programs and program providers. 13. Describe your organizational experience in establishing strategic relationships and collaborating with career skills training providers, industry specific employers, business and business organizations, and workforce development systems to optimize opportunities for training, credentialing, and placement of graduates into meaningful careers related to the training completed. All interested parties are invited to submit by the closing date indicated below a written package entitled "Statement of Qualifications / Capabilities Statement," which must indicate the ability to fulfill requirements. The Statement of Qualifications / Capabilities Statement package must be transmitted under a cover letter. The response must be specific to each of the capability requirements listed above. The submittals shall not exceed 15 pages, TOTAL. The capabilities statement package must be transmitted under a cover letter and must cite the following information at a minimum: 1. Response to RFI No. 1630J6-19-N-00004 2. Company Name, Address, and a Company Point of Contact; 3. DUNS Number; 4. Business Size Standard/Classification, and socio-economic status, if applicable; 5. NAICS code certifications. The closing date for receipt of responses is September 24, 2019, at 4:30 PM (PT). Send your responses to Nuestro.Carmelo.P@dol.gov with a copy to Chang.Chin-Jen@dol.gov. THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL MUST STATE, "Response to Sources Sought Notice / RFI No. 1630J6-19-N-00004." No questions in connection with this notice will be accepted. Only submit responses to the Qualifications and Capabilities requirements provided above. Primary Point of Contact: Carmelo P. Nuestro Contracting Officer U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration Office of Contracts Management Division of Job Corps Procurement 90 7th Street, Suite 18-382
 
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Record
SN05437919-W 20190912/190910230942-b82f1c8ab097ead833ccabc6cfbda581 (fbodaily.com)
 
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