Request for Information (RFI) - Seeking sources interested in submitting a proposal for the Operation of the Woodland Job Corps Center contract

General Information Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Solicitation Number: To be announced Posted Date: Original Response Date: Current Response Date: Original Archive Date: Current Archive Date: Classification Code: M - Operation of Government-owned facilities NAICS Codes: 611519'Other Technical and Trade Schools Contracting Office Address Department of Labor, ETA/Office of Contract Management The Curtis Center, Suite 775 West 170 South Independence Mall West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 United States. Description This Sources Sought Notice is being issued for the purposes of conducting market research under Request for Information (RFI) No. DOL-11-RFI-WOOD for the operation of the Woodland Job Corps Center service contract, located in Laurel, MD. The government reserves the right to compete any acquisition resulting from this survey among small businesses 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. The NAICS Code is 611519, with a size standard of $35.5 million. The type of contract will be cost-reimbursement, incentive fee, with a 2 year base period and 3 unilateral option years. 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: 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. Specifically, the Woodland Job Corps Center operates at an estimated planned average on-board strength of 300, to include 168 residential males and 132 residential females. Currently vocational trades offered include: Business Technologies, Health Occupations, Food Service, Electrician, Telecommunications, Facilities Maintenance, Carpentry and Painting. Interested Contractors responding to this Request for Information No. DOL-11-RFI-WOOD will be required to indicate their ability to successfully manage and operate a Job Corps Center contract by responding to the 4 Qualifications/Capabilities requirements stipulated below: 1. Provide demonstrated experience for the most current three years which is relevant/equivalent in content, scope and/ or complexity to the requirements of operating a residential educational training or technical facility. 2. Provide demonstrated experience for the most current three years which is relevant/equivalent in content, scope and/ or complexity to the requirements of providing education and training of youth. 3. Provide demonstrated experience using past and current performance information, for the most current three years, on the management and operations of similar contracts. Explain how such experience and company's financial accounting system is adequate to perform a cost-reimbursement type contract. Include contract value of each contract. 4. Provide information demonstrating access to financial resources to satisfy requirements of operating a contract of this size and magnitude 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. DOL-11-RFI-WOOD; 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 April 18, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Send your responses to both contacts provided below. Written responses to this RFI should not exceed 10 pages. 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. Point of Contact Gail Thomsen, Contracting Officer, Email: thomsen.gail@dol.gov James Callan, Contracting Officer, Email: callan.james@dol.gov