Flint Hills Job Corps Center

The contract will have a 2-year (24-months) base period, plus three, 1-year (12-months each) Governmental unilateral renewal options; the anticipated start date is May 1, 2017

The RFP will be available on or about July 18, 2016. These services are being solicited as 100-PERCENT SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE.

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 disadvantaged youth throughout the United States. Job Corps was originally established by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; current authorization for the program is the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014.

The contractor shall operate the aforementioned Job Corps center, which includes provision of academic, career technical, career success skills, and career development training, and related support services, for an estimated total of 110 residential male students, 97 residential female students, 5 nonresidential male students, and 5 nonresidential female students. The contractor shall operate residential quarters (housing) and services to all students as applicable.

The contractor shall provide Outreach and Admissions services in the state of Kansas and shall ensure the arrival of a minimum of 352 students into the Job Corps program annually for residential male and female students, and nonresidential male and female students.

The contractor shall provide Post-Center Career Transition Services annually for 328 youth returning to the state(s) of Kansas.

The Contractor shall provide material, services, and all necessary personnel to operate a Job Corps center (Center). The Contractor shall provide enrolled youth, meeting Job Corps' eligibility or admission requirements, with a comprehensive range of career development services leading to employment and long-term attachment to the workforce. The Contractor shall:

1) Provide academic, career technical, career success, employability, and independent living skills training.
2) Provide basic health care, counseling, and other support services as required by the PRH.
3) Conduct program operations in a setting that is clean, well maintained, and safe.
4) Assist youth in obtaining employment, additional education or training, or entry into the Armed Forces.
5) Provide support that prepares graduates to maintain long-term attachment to the labor market or further educational opportunities.
6) Integrate center operations with the local workforce development systems, employers, the business community, and community-based organizations.

The general scope of work includes the participation of the Contractor in demonstration projects initiated by the U.S. Department of Labor. An equitable adjustment shall be made for those projects determined to be an increase in work within the general scope of the contract via a supplemental agreement to the contract negotiated with the Contractor. All disputes arising under these actions are subject to the disputes clause.

A Pre-proposal Conference and Site Visit will be scheduled at the Flint Hills Job Corps center. The Pre-proposal Conference and Site Visit shall be held on or about August 11, 2016 at 10:00 AM. local time. The Center is located at 4620 Eureka Drive, Manhattan, Kansas, 66503.

Potential attendees are required to register in writing in advance; please email Dawn Cavallo (CTR), Contracting Specialist, at cavallo.dawn@dol.gov using subject line "Intent to Attend Flint Hills Pre-Proposal Conference" no later than August 8, 2016.

Attendees are required to stop in at the front desk of the main building to acquire a security pass and gain instructions to the location of the pre-proposal conference. Please do not perform any unescorted tours; a formal tour will be provided as part of the pre-proposal conference. It is anticipated that the tour will last 3 or more hours, it is recommended that comfortable walking shoes be worn.

While attendees may submit written questions during the conference and/or site tour, no questions concerning the RFP will be answered at the conference. While all questions and resultant answers will be made public, the names of attendees and the source of the questions will not be disclosed publicly. Lodging, transportation, and meals are the responsibility of attendees.

Proposals in response to the RFP will consist of a written submission as described in Section L of the RFP. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the Agency. Submitted proposals will become the property of the United States Government. Unsuccessful and/or surplus proposals will not be returned and will be scheduled for destruction.