ApprenticeshipUSA Single Industry Intermediary Contracts

Added: Jun 29, 2016 3:38 pm Modified: Jul 25, 2016 2:12 pmTrack Changes The Office of Apprenticeship is soliciting proposals to award multiple contracts to single industry intermediaries to build national partnerships under the umbrella of ApprenticeshipUSA.- DOL-ETA-16-R-00092 The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Apprenticeship (OA) is soliciting proposals to award multiple contracts to single industry intermediaries to build national partnerships under the umbrella of ApprenticeshipUSA. These industry intermediaries will become national ApprenticeshipUSA partners and will also have a leading role in the Sectors of Excellence in Apprenticeship (SEAs), a new industry-led apprenticeship initiative of the DOL. These industries include Healthcare, Construction, Transportation and Logistics, Energy, Manufacturing; and Information and CommunicationsTechnology (ICT). ApprenticeshipUSA national industry partners will work with DOL to provide both financial and technical assistance to: employers, consortia of employers, industry associations, joint labor-management organizations, educational institutions, States, grantees, and others in return for commitments to develop and/or expand Register Apprenticeship programs and train a specified number of apprentices. In support of expanding and diversifying Registered Apprenticeship through the ApprenticeshipUSA initiative, OA intends to make contract awards to industry intermediaries (e.g., industry associations, joint labor management organizations, workforce intermediaries, educational institutions, and consortia of organizations) for sector-based outreach and technical assistance to support and to scale apprenticeship program development and accelerate innovation in the SEAs industries. DOL, through this solicitation intends to award one contract in each of these six sectors - to serve as an ApprenticeshipUSA national industry partner up to eight intermediaries or consortia of intermediaries, to hold contracts with USDOL), and further develop the SEAs industries' workforce though Registered Apprenticeship. All Vendor Responses must be received NO LATER THAN Thursday, 07/28/2016, by 2:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time (EST), and shall be emailed to the following E-Mail address ETA.lockbox@dol.gov. In the subject line of this email please use “RFP DOL-ETA-16-R-00092 ApprenticeshipUSA Single Industry Intermediary Contracts - with Your Company Nameâ€. Requests for Clarifications (RFC) shall be e-mailed to the following e-mail address, ETA.lockbox@dol.gov, by Monday,07/11/2016, 2:00 PM EST. In the subject line of this email please use “RFP DOL-ETA-16-R-00092 Questions – with the Offeror Company Nameâ€. Only electronic submissions of requests will be accepted. Should any RFC be received after the date stated above, the Government reserves the right not to provide an answer. If, however, the Government determines that a late RFC raises an issue of significant importance, the government will respond. All Government responses will be posted on Fedbizopps. This procurement is an unrestricted "full and open competition" This contract will be a Time and Materials contract for one (1) base year with four (4) one (1) year option periods. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.

Added: Jun 29, 2016 3:38 pm Modified: Jul 22, 2016 2:48 pmTrack Changes The Office of Apprenticeship is soliciting proposals to award multiple contracts

to single industry intermediaries to build national partnerships under the umbrella of

ApprenticeshipUSA.- DOL-ETA-16-R-00092





The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Apprenticeship (OA) is soliciting proposals to award multiple contracts to single industry intermediaries to build national partnerships under the umbrella of ApprenticeshipUSA. These industry intermediaries will become national ApprenticeshipUSA partners and will also have a leading role in the Sectors of Excellence in Apprenticeship (SEAs), a new industry-led apprenticeship initiative of the DOL. These industries include Healthcare, Construction, Transportation and Logistics, Energy, Manufacturing; and Information and CommunicationsTechnology (ICT). ApprenticeshipUSA national industry partners will work with DOL to provide both financial and technical assistance to: employers, consortia of employers, industry associations, joint labor-management organizations, educational institutions, States, grantees, and others in return for commitments to develop and/or expand Register Apprenticeship programs and train a specified number of apprentices. In support of expanding and diversifying Registered Apprenticeship through the ApprenticeshipUSA initiative, OA intends to make contract awards to industry intermediaries (e.g., industry associations, joint labor management organizations, workforce intermediaries, educational institutions, and consortia of organizations) for sector-based outreach and technical assistance to support and to scale apprenticeship program development and accelerate innovation in the SEAs industries. DOL, through this solicitation intends to award one contract in each of these six sectors - to serve as an ApprenticeshipUSA national industry partner up to eight intermediaries or consortia of intermediaries, to hold contracts with USDOL), and further develop the SEAs industries' workforce though Registered Apprenticeship.





All Vendor Responses must be received NO LATER THAN Thursday, 07/28/2016, by 2:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time (EST), and shall be emailed to the following E-Mail address ETA.lockbox@dol.gov. In the subject line of this email please use “RFP DOL-ETA-16-R-00092 ApprenticeshipUSA Single Industry Intermediary Contracts - with Your Company Name”.





Requests for Clarifications (RFC) shall be e-mailed to the following e-mail address, ETA.lockbox@dol.gov, by Monday,07/11/2016, 2:00 PM EST. In the subject line of this email please use “RFP DOL-ETA-16-R-00092 Questions – with the Offeror Company Name”. Only electronic submissions of requests will be accepted. Should any RFC be received after the date stated above, the Government reserves the right not to provide an answer. If, however, the Government determines that a late RFC raises an issue of significant importance, the government will respond. All Government responses will be posted on Fedbizopps.



This procurement is an unrestricted "full and open competition"



This contract will be a Time and Materials contract for one (1) base year with four (4) one (1) year option periods.



All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.

Added: Jun 29, 2016 3:38 pm The Office of Apprenticeship is soliciting proposals to award multiple contracts

to single industry intermediaries to build national partnerships under the umbrella of

ApprenticeshipUSA.- DOL-ETA-16-R-00092





The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Apprenticeship (OA) is soliciting proposals to award multiple contracts to single industry intermediaries to build national partnerships under the umbrella of ApprenticeshipUSA. These industry intermediaries will become national ApprenticeshipUSA partners and will also have a leading role in the Sectors of Excellence in Apprenticeship (SEAs), a new industry-led apprenticeship initiative of the DOL. These industries include Healthcare, Construction, Transportation and Logistics, Energy, Manufacturing; and Information and CommunicationsTechnology (ICT). ApprenticeshipUSA national industry partners will work with DOL to provide both financial and technical assistance to: employers, consortia of employers, industry associations, joint labor-management organizations, educational institutions, States, grantees, and others in return for commitments to develop and/or expand Register Apprenticeship programs and train a specified number of apprentices. In support of expanding and diversifying Registered Apprenticeship through the ApprenticeshipUSA initiative, OA intends to make contract awards to industry intermediaries (e.g., industry associations, joint labor management organizations, workforce intermediaries, educational institutions, and consortia of organizations) for sector-based outreach and technical assistance to support and to scale apprenticeship program development and accelerate innovation in the SEAs industries. DOL, through this solicitation intends to award one contract in each of these six sectors - to serve as an ApprenticeshipUSA national industry partner up to eight intermediaries or consortia of intermediaries, to hold contracts with USDOL), and further develop the SEAs industries' workforce though Registered Apprenticeship.





All Vendor Responses must be received NO LATER THAN Thursday, 07/28/2016, by 2:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time (EST), and shall be emailed to the following E-Mail address ETA.lockbox@dol.gov. In the subject line of this email please use “RFP DOL-ETA-16-R-00092 ApprenticeshipUSA Single Industry Intermediary Contracts - with Your Company Name”.





Requests for Clarifications (RFC) shall be e-mailed to the following e-mail address, ETA.lockbox@dol.gov, by Monday,07/11/2016, 2:00 PM EST. In the subject line of this email please use “RFP DOL-ETA-16-R-00092 Questions – with the Offeror Company Name”. Only electronic submissions of requests will be accepted. Should any RFC be received after the date stated above, the Government reserves the right not to provide an answer. If, however, the Government determines that a late RFC raises an issue of significant importance, the government will respond. All Government responses will be posted on Fedbizopps.



This procurement is an unrestricted "full and open competition"



This contract will be a Time and Materials contract for one (1) base year with four (4) one (1) year option periods.



All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.