Calendar of Events - Tattoo Artist Apprenticeship Program.pdf

This is a Calendar of Events document for a Request for Proposals issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for a Tattoo Artist Apprenticeship Program. The PA DOC seeks an offeror to provide an instructor for 32 to 40 hours per week to lead a tattoo artist apprenticeship program for incarcerated individuals at Frackville SCI in Frackville, Pennsylvania. The apprenticeship program will provide comprehensive training in professional tattooing, including disease prevention, design, application, customer service, and shop operations. The RFP follows a structured timeline with a pre-proposal conference scheduled for September 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM at the PA DOC Central Office in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, available via Microsoft Teams. The deadline for submitting questions through Jaggaer is October 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM, with answers posted by the issuing office on an ongoing basis. Proposals are due electronically through Jaggaer on October 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM. This is an electronic bid only, and all interested bidders must be registered with the PA Supplier Portal and have a user profile within the Jaggaer portal.

All proposals must be submitted electronically through the Jaggaer system, and bidders are responsible for monitoring www.eMarketplace.state.pa.us for any change notices to the RFP that become incorporated into the solicitation. Technical support for Jaggaer is available at the JAGGAER Support phone line (800) 233-1121. No pricing terms, set-aside provisions, incumbent information, or funding amounts are specified in this calendar of events document.