Job Corps Center Operations, Contingency IDIQ

Sources Sought Notice for Request for Information (RFI) Number 1605JE-20-ContingencyIDIQ The government reserves the right to compete any acquisition resulting from this notice. This sources sought notice is for planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to pay for the information requested, issue a solicitation, or award a contract. No solicitation document exists at this time. A determination by the Government to proceed with the acquisition as a set-aside is within the discretion of the Government. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The United States Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration is conducting market research for the contingency operation of nationwide Job Corps Centers. The NAICS Code is 611519, with a size standard of $41.5M. It is anticipated that multiple-award, fixed price contracts, with a two-year base period and three one-year option periods, will be awarded. The procurement will involve the establishment of multiple Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts, under which Task Orders will be placed to provide quick response to assume operations at a Job Corps Center when the Government deems necessary. Contractors will be expected to provide all material, services, and necessary personnel to operate a Job Corps Center as set forth in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014. WIOA authorizes the Job Corps program. Contractors are also required to comply with the Job Corps Policy and Requirements Handbook (PRH). The PRH is available at https://prh.jobcorps.gov/Pages/Home.aspx. 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 at-risk youth, 16-24 years of age, throughout the United States. Job Corps provides educational and career technical skills instruction, 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. On potential Task Orders, the contractor shall provide: Program outreach and admissions services; Educational instruction; Career technical skills instruction; Social and employment readiness skills; Work-based learning opportunities; Career Transition Services/job placement assistance; Stakeholder engagement in support of student job placement, including relationships with workforce development systems, employers, and business organizations and entities; and Operation and management of a government-owned, full-time residential campus/facility, including providing safe and secure living and training environment, health and wellness services, food services, recreational programming, transportation, property maintenance and management, financial management and reporting, staff training and development, and program performance management and recordkeeping. Task Orders may include Center Operations, Outreach/Admissions (OA), or Career Transition Services (CTS) The planned measure of student utilization for the center, or center Onboard Strength (OBS), will be provided with individual Task Order Requests for Quotations (RFQs). When OA services are required, applicable Workforce Development Areas and arrival goals will be provide with the Task Order RFQ. Further, when CTS is required, contractors will be required to provide CTS for all graduates and former enrollees of the subject center, regardless of where the student resides or matriculates. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government shall be registered in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database which is located on the System for Award Management website, SAM.gov. The website for registration is https://www.sam.gov. All active CCR records have migrated to SAM. ALL QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESSES INCLUDING 8(A) FIRMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. Interested contractors responding to this RFI will be required to indicate their ability to successfully manage and operate a Job Corps Center operation by responding to the capability requirements listed below. The contractor should also indicate the number of students/program participants served for each described contract. If the contractor references a Job Corps contract, the contractor should also provide the referenced center's On Board Strength at the time that the contractor held the contract. FOR A CONTRACTOR TO BE DEEMED CAPABLE, THE CONTRACTOR MUST BE FOUND CAPABLE IN ALL 5 REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW. CAPABILITIES REQUIREMENTS Describe your organizational experience operating a large scale residential education and job training program similar in size and scope to the Job Corps center. Demonstrated experience should encompass key aspects of operating a similar program, including providing food services; medical, dental, and mental health care; facility and property management including facility maintenance and repairs; providing residential management and supervision of at-risk youth; recreational programming; student transportation; oversight and purchase of Government owned property; managing GSA fleet vehicles; and protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Describe your organizational experience procuring, managing, and executing facilities repairs/improvements in excess of $600,000 and doing so in a timely manner. Add any experience with timeworn and/or historic buildings and aging infrastructure. Describe what organizational infrastructure exists for providing corporate oversight and support for managing multiple residential educational and/or skills training programs that include one or more of the following: career training, academic instruction, career preparation, work-based learning and transition services, and job placement. Describe your organizational experience with providing quick response to assume operations at a Job Corps Center whenever the Government deems it necessary. Include organizational capability to perform all Task Order required services, which may be issued with less than one month's notice of when phase-in for center operations is required. Describe your organizational experience with IDIQ multiple award firm, fixed price contracts and resultant task orders, as well as your corporate capability to manage multiple firm, fixed price contracts/task orders at various locations, simultaneously. All interested parties are invited to submit in writing, by the closing date indicated below for receipt of responses, a package entitled - Statement of Qualifications / Capabilities Statement (which must include the contractor's indication of their ability to fulfill requirements). The Statement of Qualifications / Capabilities Statement package must be transmitted under a cover letter. The response must be specific to each of the capability requirements listed above. The submittals shall not exceed 15 pages, TOTAL. The capabilities statement package must cite the following information at a minimum: 1. Response to RFI 1605JE-20-ContingencyIDIQ; 2. Company Name, Address, and a Company Point of Contact; 3. DUNS Number; 4. Business Size Standard/Classification, and socio-economic status, if applicable; 5. NAICS code certifications. The closing date for the receipt of responses is June 5, 2020 at 2PM ET. Send your responses to the following email address: JC-Procurement-Philly@dol.gov. PLEASE NOTE: THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL MUST STATE: - Response to Sources Sought Notice 1605JE-20-ContingencyIDIQ. No questions in connection with this notice will be accepted. Only submit responses to the Qualifications and Capabilities requirements provided above.