St._Louis_Synopsis_2017.pdf

SYNOPSIS

St. Louis JOB CORPS CENTER

The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (DOL ETA), anticipates issuing a request for proposal (RFP) for the operation of the St. Louis Job Corps including

Outreach/Admissions, Center Operations and Career Transition Services. The RFP will be available on the Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) website (http://www.fbo.gov) approximately December 27, 2017.

Job Corps is a national residential and non-residential training and employment program administered by the United States Department of Labor to address multiple barriers to employment faced by disadvantaged youth, ages 16-24 years, throughout the United States.

It is anticipated that the resultant contract will be cost plus incentive fee. The contract will have a 2-year base period plus three (3) governmental unilateral renewal options for one (1) year each.

A pre-proposal conference and site visit is scheduled for January 5, 2018 at 9:00am (local time) at the St. Louis Job Corps Center. The center is located at:

4333 Goodfellow Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63120

The telephone number is (314) 679-6200

All questions prior to and at the pre-proposal conference shall be submitted in writing.

Responses will be posted on FBO via an amendment to the solicitation.

The successful contractor shall provide academic and career technical training, operate counseling and residential living programs, and provide the following support services: Health and Wellness, processing of student records, a discipline system, clothing issuances, and student mail and legal services. The contractor shall also provide overall Center management and administration as follows: contract and personnel management, staff training, financial management, procurement and property management, facility operations and maintenance, security and safety services, community relations, and public information. Outreach/Admissions and Career Transition Services are included in the contract.

The contractor shall operate the aforementioned Job Corps center, which includes provision of academic, career technical, career success skills, and career development training, and related support services, for an estimated total of 520 students consisting of 288 residential male students, 20 nonresidential male students, 152 residential female students and 60 nonresidential female students. For an estimated total of 440 residential students and 80 nonresidential; total

OBS 520. The contractor shall operate residential quarters (housing) and services to all students as applicable.

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The contractor shall provide Outreach and Admission services in the city of St. Louis and St.

Louis County and shall ensure the arrival of a minimum of 780 students into the Job Corps program annually for residential male and female students, and nonresidential male and female students.

The contractor shall provide or arrange Post-center Career Transition Services annually for all eligible students enrolled at the St. Louis Job Corps Center that are returning and or relocating to the state of Missouri. The contractor should anticipate an annual inflow of students for provision of Career Transition Services for 580 graduate students and 145 former enrollees.