Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center and OA/CTS

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration/Office of Contracts Management anticipates issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Operation of the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center with Outreach/Admissions and Career Transition Services. This requirement will be solicited as a small business set-aside. The U. S. Department of Labor has a requirement for providing Job Corps center operations, Outreach/Admissions, and Career Transition Services. The contractor shall operate the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center, which includes academic, career technical training, career success skills, career development training, outreach and admissions, career transition services, and other related services for an estimated total of 235 students. The contractor shall operate residential quarters (housing) and provide all related residential center services to all students as applicable. In addition, the contractor shall provide Outreach/Admissions (OA) services and shall ensure the arrival of a minimum of 946 students into the Job Corps program annually from the following State of Kentucky workforce development areas: EKCEP, TENCO, Bluegrass, Cumberlands, and South Central. The contractor shall also provide Career Transition Services (CTS) for all graduates and former enrollees of the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center, regardless of where the graduate or former enrollee resides or matriculates, and former enrollees within their eligibility period that separated under the prior operator. Job Corps is a national training program that provides comprehensive academic, residential, and career technical training and services to approximately 60,000 disadvantaged, at-risk youth each year at Job Corps Centers nationwide. Job Corps provides comprehensive career development services to students including academic, career technical, career success and independent living skills, career readiness training, and support services. The combination of services provided by Job Corps is intended to prepare youth to pursue further education or training, obtain and hold gainful employment, or satisfy entrance requirements for careers in the Armed Forces. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 611519. The small business size standard is $38.5 Million. Competitive best value source selection procedures in accordance with FAR 15.101 will be used. Detailed evaluation criteria will be included in the RFP package. The resultant contract will be a firm-fixed price (FFP) contract, and the period of performance will be a two-year base period plus three, one-year option periods, for a total possible performance period of 60 months, or 5 years. Award of a single contract will be made to the offeror whose proposal meets all requirements of the solicitation and offers the "best value" to the Government. Award may be made to other than the lowest-priced offeror. OFFERORS ARE ADVISED AN AWARD MAY BE MADE ON INITIAL PROPOSALS WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS OR ANY CONTACT CONCERNING THE PROPOSAL RECEIVED.