M -- Sources Sought Notice for Request For Information (RFI) No. DOLOJCS-0002

Sources Sought Notice for Request for Information (RFI) No. DOLOJCS-0002. The government reserves the right to compete any acquisition resulting from this survey among small businesses or to make award to an 8 (a) firm, based on the responses received. 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. All qualified small businesses including 8(a) businesses are invited to participate. Small businesses currently operating center contracts need not respond to this RFI. The United States Department of Labor is conducting market research for upcoming procurement requirements, entitled "Operation of Job Corps Centers", for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM). The NAICS Code for the Operation of Job Corps Centers is 611519, with a size standard of $32.5M. A listing of procurements tentatively scheduled to be issued for these Job Corps Centers during Fiscal Year 2008 through June 2009 is provided below. The type of contract will be cost-reimbursement, incentive fee, with 2 base years and 3 unilateral option years. The procurements will involve the management and operation of residential training and employment programs at Job Corps centers located throughout the United States. Contractors will be expected to provide all material, services, and necessary personnel to operate a Job Corps center as set forth in Title 1, Subtitle C of the Workforce, Investment Act of 1998, and the Job Corps Policy and Requirements Handbook (PRH). The PRH is available at http://jobcorps.dol.gov/. Job Corps is a national residential training and employment program administered by the Department of Labor to address the multiple barriers to employment faced by disadvantaged and at-risk youth throughout the United States. Job Corps provides educational and career technical skills training and support services. The unique combination of services provided in the Job Corps is intended to better prepare youth to obtain and hold gainful employment, pursue further education or training, or satisfy entrance requirements for careers in the Armed Forces. The contractor shall provide youth 16-24 years of age with a comprehensive range of career development services leading to employment and long-term attachment to the workforce. The contractor 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 campus facilities; 3. Residential management, supervision, meals, and support services; 4. Job placement assistance and transitional support services; 5. Trained and professional staff; 6. Center operations integrated with the local workforce development systems, employers and the business community. 7. Center oversight, financial and program management; Interested Contractors responding to this Request for Information (RFI No. DOLOJCS-0002) will be required to indicate their ability to successfully manage and operate a Job Corps center by responding to the 3 Qualifications/Capabilities requirements stipulated below: 1. Provide experience for the most current three years which is relevant/equivalent in content, scope and/ or complexity to the requirements of operating a Job Corps center contract. 2. Provide "demonstrated" past performance information, to include contract value of each contract, for the most current three years for the management and operations of similar contracts, and how such experience demonstrates the ability to perform a cost-reimbursement type contract. 3. Provide information demonstrating access to financial resources to satisfy requirements of operating a Job Corps center contract or the ability to obtain them. All interested parties who believe they can provide the above mentioned information are invited to submit in writing, by the closing date indicated below for receipt of responses, a package entitled "Statement of Qualifications / Capabilities.? The Statement of Qualifications / Capabilities package must be transmitted under a cover letter. The Cover Letter must cite the following information at a minimum: 1. Response to RFI No. DOLOJCS-0002; 2. Company Name, Address, Contact Person Information; 3. DUNS Number; 4. Business Size Standard/Classification and socio-economic category of your company. The closing date for the receipt of responses is February 15, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Send your responses to Renee Evans, Office of Job Corps Support, at the following e-mail address: evans.renee@dol.gov . No questions pertaining to this notice will be entertained; please only submit your responses to the Qualifications and Capabilities requirements. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government shall be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. The website for registration is www.ccr.gov. The following unrestricted center procurements are tentatively scheduled to be issued during Fiscal Year 2008 through June 2009: Exeter Job Corps Center; Glenmont Job Corps Center; Grafton Job Corps Center; Pittsburgh Job Corps Center; Woodstock Job Corps Center; Brunswick Job Corps Center; Gulfport Job Corps Center; Homestead Job Corps Center; Mississippi Job Corps Center; Denison Job Corps Center; Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center; Carville Job Corps Center; Treasure Island Job Corps Center