Operation of the Talking Leaves Job Corps Center

Closed Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
1605JW-24-R-00003
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
611519 Other Technical and Trade Schools
PSC
M1CZ Operation Of Other Educational Buildings
Place of performance
Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74465, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The U.S. Department of Labor intends to award a sole source contract to The Cherokee Nation for operation and management of the Talking Leaves Job Corps Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Special Notice provides details regarding the Department of Labor's plan to procure services for center operation, outreach and admissions, career training, residential housing and support for approximately 197 students.

The Special Notice aims to inform contractors that the Department of Labor will award a sole source contract to The Cherokee Nation. The contract is for the operation and management of the Talking Leaves Job Corps Center, including outreach, admissions, academic and career training, independent living skills, career readiness training, residential housing services, and related student support. Eligible contractors are not sought as this is a sole source procurement under FAR 6.302-5(a)(2)(i). No responses to the Special Notice are requested, though questions may be submitted in writing to the specified Contract Specialist by the stated due date of December 20, 2023. The contract supports the Job Corps program mission of addressing barriers to employment for disadvantaged youth.

Notice text

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, intends to award a sole source contract for the Talking Leaves Job Corps Center at 5700 Hill Road, Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74465 to The Cheroke Nation. This requirement includes the provision of center operation and management with outreach and admissions and carer transition services students including academic, carer technical, career success and independent living skills, career readiness training and related support services for an estimated 197 students (102 residential male, 87 residential females, and 8 non-residential). The contract shall operate residential quarters (housing) and services to all students as applicable.


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 disadvantaged youth throughout the United States. Job Corps was originally established by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; current authorization for the program is the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014.


This Notice of the Intent is for information only. The Government intends to procure from only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-5(a)(2)(i). This is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation is available. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. No responses to the Notice of Intent to Sole Source anticipated. All questions or comments regarding this notice shall be addressed in writing to Michael Dibie, Contract Specialist at dibie.michael@dol.gov. 
 

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