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1605JW-20-N-00005

x x copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted ; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT

THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted , such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Chicago IL 60640

ETA/OJC IL OCM ADMIN

ATTN: PAUL SEIVERT

Floor 6 230 S. Dearborn Street

US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ETA/OJC IL OCM ISSUE

Chicago IL 60640 Floor 6 230 S. Dearborn Street

US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

06/30/2020

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Items 8 and 15, and returning

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended , by one of the following methods: (a) By completing

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

FACILITY CODE CODE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

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8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)CODE 6. ISSUED BY

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4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.3. EFFECTIVE DATE2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

06/30/2020

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return __________________ copies to the issuing office.

ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

FAR 52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997) is applicable to this RFI.

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

Marisol G. Krist

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

Previous edition unusable

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9 A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect .

TEL: EMAIL: 202-693-3361 krist.marisol@dol.gov

Description

Sources Sought Notice for Request for Information (RFI) Number 1605JW-20-N-00005. The government reserves the right to compete any acquisition resulting from this notice. This sources sought notice 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 US Department of Labor (DOL), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM), Office of the Senior Procurement Executive (OSPE), Job Corps Acquisition Services (JCAS) is conducting market research for the upcoming procurement requirement for the operation of Joliet Job Corps Center. The NAICS Code is 611519, with a size standard of $41.5M. It is anticipated that a fixed price type contract with two base years and three option years will be awarded. The procurement will involve the operation and management of a residential education, training and employment program at Joliet Job Corps center located in Joliet, IL. The procurement will also involve Outreach and Admissions (OA) and Career Transition Services (CTS).

Contractors will be expected to provide all material, services, and necessary personnel to operate this JCC as set forth in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014. WIOA authorizes the Job Corps program.

Contractors are also required to comply with the Job Corps Policy and Requirements Handbook (PRH). The PRH is available at https://prh.jobcorps.gov/Pages/Home.aspx.

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 https://prh.jobcorps.gov/Pages/Home.aspx 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 Onboard Strength (OBS) for the Joliet Job Corps Center is 255, consisting of 223 residential and 32 non-residential students.

The center is located on The center is located on a quiet rural resident setting in Joliet a suburb southwest of Chicago, Illinois. The center is bordered by private residences on the north side, private residences and a golf course on the south side and light industrial facilities on the east and west sides. The center has a chain link fence running along the north, east and west property lines, but is mostly open to Mills Road, which is the main access road to the site, located along the south property line and contains the main entrance and the service entrance for deliveries.

The site is basically flat but does slope down to a large, grassy area on the west side.

The Contractor shall provide OA services in the following workforce development areas in the state of Illinois: LW4, LW10, LW11, LW13, LW14, LW15, LW17, LW18, LW19, LW20, LW21, LW22, LW23, LW24, LW25, and LW26; and shall ensure the arrival of a minimum of 330 students to the Joliet Job Corps Center.

The contractor shall also provide Career Transition Services (CTS) for all graduates and former enrollees of the Joliet and Paul Simon JCCs, 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 Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database which is located on the System for Award Management website, SAM.gov. The website for registration is https://www.sam.gov. All active CCR records have migrated to SAM. ALL QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESSES INCLUDING 8(A)

FIRMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE.

Interested contractors responding to this RFI will be required to indicate their ability to successfully manage and operate a Job Corps Center operation 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 On Board 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

1. Describe your organizational experience operating a large scale residential education and job training program similar in size and scope to the Job Corps center. 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 in compliance with WIOA Section 152(b) Standards of Conduct.

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 collaborating with career skills training provider(s) to identify trade-specific employers to hire center graduates into meaningful careers related to the training completed.

14. Describe your organizational experience identifying and establishing strategic relationships with industry specific employers, business and business organizations, and workforce development systems.

All interested parties are invited to submit in writing, by the closing date indicated below for receipt of responses, a package entitled "Statement of Qualifications / Capabilities Statement (which must include the contractor's indication of their 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 cite the following information at a minimum:

1. Response to RFI 1605JW-20-N-00005;

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 the receipt of responses is July 13, 2020 at Noon, Eastern Standard Time. Send your responses to Paul Seivert, Contracting Officer at the following email address, JC-Procurement-Chicago@dol.gov. PLEASE NOTE: THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL MUST STATE: “Response to Sources Sought Notice 1605JW-20-N-00005.”

No questions in connection with this notice will be accepted. Only submit responses to the Qualifications and Capabilities requirements provided above.

mailto:JC-Procurement-Chicago@dol.gov