U--The Office of Apprenticeship Equity Partners Initiatives

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Apprenticeship is seeking to award multiple contracts to national intermediaries or a national consortia of intermediaries (e.g., Community Based Organizations (CBOs), Labor-Management Organizations, workforce, industry and education organizations) to work with DOL, and DOL-approved State Apprenticeship Agencies (SAAs) to develop national or regional "opportunity partnerships" under the umbrella of DOL-ETA-16-R-00103. Opportunity partnerships will be comprised of new or existing registered apprenticeship sponsors committed to working with the contractor (and consortia of partners) to increase gender, racial, ethnic and other demographic diversity and inclusion in apprenticeships, where certain populations have traditionally been underrepresented. All Vendor Responses must be received NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2016, by 4:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time (EST), and shall be emailed to the following E-Mail address [email protected] and "cc" [email protected] . In the subject line of this email please use "RFP DOL-ETA-16-R-00103 OA EQUITY PARTNERS INITIATIVES" - with Your Company Name". Requests for Clarifications (RFC) shall be e-mailed to the following e-mail address, [email protected] and "cc" [email protected], by THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016, 4:00 PM EST. In the subject line of this email please use "RFP DOL-ETA-16-R-000103 Questions - with the Offeror Company Name". Only electronic submissions of requests will be accepted. Should any RFC be received after the date stated above, the Government reserves the right not to provide an answer. If, however, the Government determines that a late RFC raises an issue of significant importance, the government will respond. All Government responses will be posted on Fedbizopps. This procurement is an unrestricted "full and open competition" The multiples awards will be Time and Materials contracts for one (1) base year with four (4) one (1) year option periods. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.