Intent to Sole Source - Hartford Job Corps Center

The US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, intends to award a sole source contract to Foxmar, Inc. d.b.a. Education and Training Resources (ETR), 2422 Airway Drive, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42103. The statutory authority permitting the acquisition of this requirement by other than full and open competition is 41 USC 254©(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. Job Corps is a national training program that provides comprehensive academic, residential and career technical and training services to approximately 60,000 disadvantage youth each year at 125 Job Corps centers nationwide. The requirement is for the operation of the Hartford Job Corps Center located at 100 William Shorty Campbell Street, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106. The anticipated period of performance is a base period of twelve (12) months, with two (2) option periods of six (6) months each. The requirement includes the provision of academic, career technical, career success skills, and career development training and related support services for an estimated 181 students (116 residential and 65 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 proposals. Therefore, no solicitation documents exist for this requirement. However, all responsible parties interested in responding to this notice are invited to submit a capability statement including costs by 3:00pm EST on Thursday, February 19, 2015, that provides sufficient details for consideration by the Government, via e-mail transmittal to (e-mail address). 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 Vera Montague at [email protected].