GARY JOB CORPS CENTER - SOLICITATION NOTICE

The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Job Corps has a requirement for operating the Gary Job Corps Center located at: 2800 Airport Highway 21, Hays County, San Marcos, Texas 78667. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 611519. The small business size standard is $47M.

The Contractor shall operate the aforementioned Job Corps Center, which includes providing academic, career technical, career success skills, and career development training, and related support services, for a PLANNED On Board Strength (OBS) total of 1,471 students consisting of 873 residential male students, 561 residential female students, 12 nonresidential male students, and 25 nonresidential female students.

The Contractor shall provide Outreach and Admissions services at a location(s) determined by the contractor to ensure the arrival of a minimum of 3,000 students (2,850 for Gary; 150 for Clearfield) into the Job Corps program annually for residential male and female students, and nonresidential male and female students.

The Contractor shall undertake all measures and efforts necessary to ensure that the center attains and/or maintains an average monthly OBS equal to 100% of the center’s planned OBS (planned OBS for this Center is set out at Section C.2.C below). The Contractor shall provide Career Transition Services (CTS) for all graduates and former enrollees of the center, regardless of where the graduate or former enrollee resides or matriculates.

The Contractor shall be responsible for providing CTS services for all graduates and former enrollees within their eligibility period that separated under the prior contractor. For purposes of this procurement, the Contractor should estimate annual inflow of students for providing CTS in accordance with the contractor’s approach to operating this center. All operations, services, and deliverables under these items will be provided as specified in Sections C and F of this solicitation.