Office of Apprenticeship is soliciting proposals to award multiple contracts to single industry intermediaries to build national partnerships under the umbrella of ApprenticeshipUSA.

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Apprenticeship (OA) is soliciting proposals to award multiple contracts to single industry intermediaries to build national partnerships under the umbrella of ApprenticeshipUSA. These industry intermediaries will become national ApprenticeshipUSA partners and will also have a leading role in the Sectors of Excellence in Apprenticeship (SEAs), a new industry-led apprenticeship initiative of the DOL. These industries include Healthcare, Construction, Transportation and Logistics, Energy, Manufacturing; and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). ApprenticeshipUSA national industry partners will work with DOL to provide both financial and technical assistance to: employers, consortia of employers, industry associations, joint labor-management organizations, educational institutions, States, grantees, and others in return for commitments to develop and/or expand Register Apprenticeship programs and train a specified number of apprentices. In support of expanding and diversifying Registered Apprenticeship through the ApprenticeshipUSA initiative, OA intends to make contract awards to industry intermediaries (e.g., industry associations, joint labor management organizations, workforce intermediaries, educational institutions, and consortia of organizations) for sector-based outreach and technical assistance to support and to scale apprenticeship program development and accelerate innovation in the SEAs industries. DOL, through this solicitation intends to award one contract in each of these six sectors - to serve as an ApprenticeshipUSA national industry partner up to eight intermediaries or consortia of intermediaries, to hold contracts with USDOL), and further develop the SEAs industries' workforce though Registered Apprenticeship.