Intent to Award Sole Source Bridge Contract

Added: Jan 30, 2015 10:29 am Modified: Jan 30, 2015 12:10 pmTrack Changes The US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, intends to award a sole source contract to ResCare, Inc. The statutory authority permitting the acquisition of this requirement by other than full and open competition is 41 USC 254(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 (Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirements).

Job Corps is a national training program that provides comprehensive academic, residential and career technical training services to approximately 60,000 disadvantaged youth each year at 125 Job Corps centers nationwide.
The requirement is for the operation of the Fred G. Acosta Job Corps Center located in Tucson, Arizona. The anticipated period of performance is six months. The requirement includes the provision of academic, career technical, career success skills, career development training, and related support services for an estimated total of 267 students (128 residential male, 75 residential female, and 64 non-residential). The contractor shall operate residential quarters (housing) and services to all students as applicable.

This is a sole source notice published for informational purposes only and not a request for competitive proposals. Therefore, no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, all responsible parties interested in responding to this notice are invited to submit a capability statement including costs by 5:00 p.m. PST, February 6, 2015, that provides sufficient details for consideration by the Government, via email to: algee.sheryl@dol.gov. The determination not to compete the contract based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All questions or comments regarding this notice shall be addressed in writing to Sheryl Algee, Contracting Officer, at algee.sheryl@dol.gov.

Added: Jan 30, 2015 10:29 am To allow for special circumstances related to Solicitation No. DOLJ14SA00005, a sole source bridge contract is anticipated from March 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015.  This is not an announcement of award.  Only the intent to award is being posted.