Outreach and Admissions and Career Transition Servcies to support the state of Nebraska

Sources Sought Notice for Request for Information (RFI) No. DOL121RI20537 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. Sources Sought Notice for Request for Information (RFI) No. DOL121RI20537. The Government reserves the right to compete any acquisition resulting from this survey among small businesses based on the responses received. We encourage firms that qualify under the Small Business Programs mentioned in Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 19, including 8(a), HUBZone and Service Disable Veteran Owned Small Business to respond to this Notice. When submitting your response, please indicate under which Small Business program(s), if any, you meet. The United States Department of Labor is conducting market research for upcoming procurement requirements, entitled "State of Nebraska Outreach, Admissions and Career Transition Services (OA/CTS)," to support the Job Corps Program. The NAICS Code for the Nebraska OA/CTS is 561990, with a size standard of $7M. The type of contract will be cost-reimbursement, incentive fee, with 2 base years and 3, one-year options. 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 Job Corps OA/CTS procurement will involve the management and operation of Outreach Admissions and Career Transition Services in the State of Nebraska. Contractors will be expected to provide all material, services, and necessary personnel to operate 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. For Outreach Admissions and Career Transition Services the contractor will provide: - Trained professional staff - Integration with local workforce development systems - Project oversight, financial and project management - Outreach to local communities about the Job Corps Program. - Recruitment to eligible youth in assigned geographical areas. - Information to eligible applicants about the Job Corps Program. - Eligibility screening and application processing for Job Corps enrollment. - Enrollment, assignment and arrival of a specified number of Job Corps eligible youth to centers as assigned by the contract. - Career transition support resulting in placement in careers aligned with training attained in Job Corps. - Placement of specified number of graduates and former enrollees as defined by the PRH and contract. - Job development and referral services. - Follow up placement services to graduates and former enrollees. - Transition support with housing, childcare and transportation for Job Corps graduates during the specified service window. Interested contractors responding to this Request for Information are required to demonstrate their ability to successfully perform OA/CTS services in the state of Nebraska by responding to the capability requirements listed below. When describing experience in response to a capability requirement, contractors must provide the contract number, Government agency (if applicable), dollar amount, contract period of performance and a description of the services that correlates to the capability requirements listed below. The contractor should also indicate the number of students/program participants served for each described contract. As stated above, the contractor's response to this RFI must address the following capability areas: 1. Experience providing services that are integrated with local workforce development systems. 2. Experience with project oversight and financial management. 3. Experience with conducting outreach to local communities about a program that serves a particular populations of individuals. 4. Experience recruiting eligible program participants in assigned geographical areas. 5. Experience disseminating information to eligible applicants about a program that serves a particular population of individuals. 6. Experience conducting eligibility screening and application processing. 7. Experience conducting enrollment, assignment and arrival of a specified number of program participants. 8. Experience providing career transition support resulting in placement in careers aligned with a training program. 9. Experience performing job development and referr services. 10. Experience providing follow up placement services to program participants. 11. Experience providing program transition support with matters such as housing, childcare and transportation. All interested parties are invited to submit a capability statement. The response must be specific to each of the capability requirements listed above. The submittals shall not exceed 10 pages, TOTAL. A determination by the Government to proceed with the acquisition as a set-aside is within the discretion of the Government. Please be advised that telephone inquiries will not be accepted. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All interested parties are invited to submit in writing, by the closing date indicated below for receipt of responses, a package entitled "Operation of the Dayton Job Corps Center - Capabilities Statement." The capabilities statement package must be transmitted under a cover letter. The Cover Letter must cite the following information at a minimum: 1. Response to RFI No. DOL121RI20537. 2. Company Name, Address, Contact Person with phone number and email address 3. Contractor's DUNS Number 4. Business Size Standard/Classification The closing date for the receipt of responses is 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, July 9, 2012. Send your responses to Denise Morrissey at her email address: morrissey.denise@dol.gov. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. The website for registration is https://www.bpn.gov/ccr. 7-6-2012 NEW INFORMATION: Please submit your capability statement to Michael Bolden at bolden.michael@dol.gov.