RFI_Sources_Sought_Delaware_Valley_Center_with_CTSdoc.pdf

General Information

Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Solicitation Number: DOL-ETA-16-N-00054B Posted Date: TBD Original Response Date: August 31, 2016 Current Response Date: August 31, 2016

Classification Code: M – Operation of Government-Owned

Facilities NAICS Codes: 611519—Other Technical and Trade Schools

Contracting Office Address

U. S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Suite N-4308 Washington, DC 20210

Description

Sources Sought Notice for Request for Information (RFI) Number DOL-ETA-16-N- 00054B. 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 United States Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration is conducting market research for the upcoming procurement requirement for the operation of the Delaware Valley Job Corps Center. The NAICS Code is 611519, with a size standard of $38.5M. It is anticipated that a cost-reimbursement, incentive fee type contract with two base years and three unilateral option years will be awarded. The procurement will involve the operation and management of a residential education, training and employment program at Delaware Valley Job Corps center located in Callicoon, New York, 12723.

Contractors will be expected to provide all material, services, and necessary personnel to operate this JCC as set forth in Title 1, Subtitle C of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Contractors will be expected to provide all material, services, and necessary personnel to operate this JCC as set forth Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014. WIOA supersedes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and authorizes the Job Corps.

Contractors are also required to comply with the Job Corps Policy and Requirements Handbook (PRH). The PRH is available at http://jobcorps.dol.gov.

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 training and support services. The unique combination of services provided in the Job Corps is intended to better prepare youth to obtain and hold gainful employment, pursue further education or training, or satisfy entrance requirements for careers in the Armed Forces. The contractor shall provide:

1. Academic, career technical, social and employment readiness skills, counseling, health services, safety, recreation and work-based learning;

2. Operation and management of government facilities;

3. Residential management, supervision, meals, and support services;

4. Job placement assistance and transitional support services;

5. Training and professional development staff

6. Center operations integrated with the local workforce development systems, employers and the business community

7. Center oversight, financial and program management

8. Career Transition Services

The on-board strength (OBS) for the Delaware Valley Job Corps Center is 315 residential of whom 158 are male and 157 are female. The center is also responsible for the provision of Career Transition Services (CTS) for all students who leave the center as Former Enrollees and Graduates and return to the States of New York and New Jersey. The center is located on 54.5 acres of land with 219,423 gross square feet of building space at: 9368 State Route 97, #846, Callicoon, NY 12723.

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 http://sam.gov. All active CCR records have http://jobcorps.dol.gov/ 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 12

REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW.

Capabilities Requirements

1. Describe your organizational experience operating a large scale job training program similar in size and scope to the Delaware Valley Job Corps center. Your demonstrated experience must encompass key aspects of operating a similar program to include: providing food services; medical, dental, and mental health care; facility and property management;

providing residential management and supervision; recreational programming; student transportation; oversight and purchase of Government owned property; managing GSA fleet vehicles; and protecting Personally Identifiable Information.

2. Describe your organizational experience coordinating activities carried out through a job training program with activities carried out under State and local workforce development plans.

3. Describe your organizational experience offering career and technical education and training that reflects employment opportunities in the local areas in which enrollees intend to seek employment.

4. Describe your organizational experience in successfully assisting at-risk youth to connect to the workforce, including providing them with intensive academics and career and technical education and training.

5. Describe your organization’s demonstrated record of placing at-risk youth into employment and postsecondary education.

6. Describe the strong fiscal controls your organization has in place to ensure proper accounting of Federal funds, and a description of how your organization will meet the requirements of section 159(a). Section 159(a) requires contractors to maintain a financial management information system that will provide-- accurate, complete, and current disclosures of the costs of Job Corps operations; and sufficient data for the effective evaluation of activities carried out through the Job Corps program. In addition, Section 159(a) 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. Section 159(a) also requires that center operators remain fiscally responsible and control costs, regardless of whether the funds made available for Job Corps centers are incrementally increased or decreased between fiscal years.

7. Describe your organizational experience complying with basic health and safety codes, which shall include the disciplinary measures described in section 152(b) of the WIOA.

8. Describe your organizational financial management experience of a cost reimbursement type contract, and demonstrate your organization’s ability to access financial resources sufficient to satisfy requirements of operating a Job Corps center’s operation for the first 60 days of operation or the ability to obtain them prior to award.

9. Describe your organization’s infrastructure for corporate oversight and support and management/corporate services.

10. Describe your organization’s experience conducting outreach services to attract participants to the program.

11. Describe your organization’s experience conducting career transition services to program participants, including job placement and other supportive services.

12. Describe your organization’s experience with improving the overall safety and security of a residential training program similar to a Job Corps center.

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 11 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 Number DOL-ETA-16-N-00054B

2. Company Name, Address, and 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 Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 12:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time. Send your responses to Barry Jordan at the following email address, jordan.barry@dol.gov. PLEASE NOTE: THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL MUST STATE: “Response to Sources Sought Notice DOL-ETA-16-N- 00054B.”

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:

Barry Jordan, Contract Specialist jordan.barry@dol.gov Phone: (202) 693-3303 Fax: 202-693-3486

Secondary Point of Contact:

Steven A. Fusco, Contracting Officer fusco.steven@dol.gov Phone: (617) 788-0188 US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Contracts Management, Division of Job Corps Procurement John F. Kennedy Federal Building, E-345 Boston, Massachusetts 02203