Jacksonville Job Corps Center to include Outreach & Admissions (OA) and Career Transition Services (CTS)

This is a synopsis for the JACKSONVILLE JOB CORPS CENTER On or about August 11, 2017, the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (DOL ETA) anticipates issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the continued operation for the Jacksonville Job Corps Center to include Outreach & Admissions (OA) and Career Transition Services (CTS). As a result of the responses to the Sources Sought Notice Number DOL-ETA-17-N-00021 posted on December 22, 2016 and IAW FAR 19.502-2, this procurement will be a Total Small Business Set-Aside. Offers are to be solicited only from small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered non-responsive and will be rejected, and any award resulting from the solicitation will be made only to a small business concern. Job Corps is a national residential and non-residential training and employment program administered by the United States Department of Labor to address multiple barriers to employment faced by disadvantaged youth, ages 16-24 years, throughout the United States. It is anticipated that the resultant contract will be a cost reimbursement, plus incentive fee type contract with Firm Fixed Price OA CTS. The contract will have a two (2) year base period plus three (3) one (1) year option periods. The scheduled date for the pre-proposal conference and site visit at the Jacksonville Job Corps Center is August 18, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Jacksonville Job Corps Center is located at 4811 Payne Stewart, Jacksonville, FL 32209. The telephone number is (904) 360-8200. For directions, please visit their website at: https://jacksonville.jobcorps.gov It is recommended that potential Offerors download the RFP from the website: http://www.fbo.gov prior to attending the pre-proposal conference and site visit. All questions prior to and at the pre-proposal conference shall be submitted in writing to Don Harris, DOL Contract Specialist via email at [email protected] The successful Offeror shall provide: 1. Academic, career technical, social and employment readiness skills, counseling, health services, safety, recreation and work-based learning; 2. Operation and management of government facilities; 3. Residential management, supervision, meals, and support services; 4. Job placement assistance and transitional support services; 5. Training and professional development staff 6. Center operations integrated with the local workforce development systems, employers and the business community 7. Center oversight, financial and program management 8. Outreach and Admissions 9. Career Transition Services The Jacksonville Job Corps Center is a predominantly residential center with a current capacity of 136 residential male students, 18 non-residential male students, 102 residential female students and 19 non-residential female students.