RFP-DCS 99-45

Table of Contents

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT

FORM

SF 33 SOLICITATION, OFFER AND

AWARD

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1. This contract is a rated order under DPAS(15 CFR 700) RATING: N/A

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2. CONTRACT NO. |3. SOLICITATION NO. RFP-DCS 99-45

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4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION [ ] SEALED BID (IFB) [X] NEGOTIATED (RFP)

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5. DATE ISSUED |6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

10/1/1999 | PAR 99-840/omw

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7. ISSUED BY N CODE

U.S. Department of Labor, ETA/OGCM

Division of Acquisition and Assistance

200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S-4203

Washington, DC 20210

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8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If other than Item 7)

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NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations, "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder"

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SOLICITATION

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9. Sealed offers in original and (See L.11) copies for furnishing the

supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified

in Item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in Room S-4203,

until 2:00 p.m. local time on 11/05/1999________.

CAUTION-LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L,

Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms

and conditions contained in this solicitation.

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10. FOR INFORMATION CALL: A. NAME Ollye M. Williams

B. TELEPHONE NO. (Include Area Code)(NO COLLECT CALLS) (202) 219-8698 x163

C. EMAIL ADDRESS Owilliams@doleta.gov

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11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

A SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

B SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

C DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

D PACKAGING AND MARKING

E INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE See Attached Table of Contents

F DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

G CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

H SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I CONTRACT CLAUSES

PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

J LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

K REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF

OFFERORS

L INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

M EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

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STANDARD FORM 33 (REV.9-97) Prescribed by GSA FAR(48 CFR) 53.214(c)

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

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OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror)

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NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provision at

52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

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12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is

accepted within 120 calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period

is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified

above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price

set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time

specified in the schedule.

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13. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT (See Section I, Clause No. 52.232-8)

10 CALENDAR DAYS 20 CALENDAR DAYS 30 CALENDAR DAYS ___ CALENDAR

DAYS

______ % ______ % ______ % ______ %

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14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AMENDMENTS (The offeror acknowledges receipt of

amend-

ments to the SOLICITATION for offerors & related documents numbered and dated

AMENDMENT NO. DATE AMENDMENT NO. DATE

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15A. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR

Code: Facility Code:

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15B. TELEPHONE NO. (Include Area Code)

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15C. CHECK IF REMITTANCE ADDRESS IS DIIFERENT IN SCHEDULE

[ ] DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE - ENTER SUCH

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16. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER (Type or Print )

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17. SIGNATURE |18. OFFER DATE

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STANDARD FORM 33 (REV.9-97) Prescribed by GSA FAR(48 CFR) 53.214(c)

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

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AWARD (To be completed by Government)

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19. ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS NUMBERED

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20. AMOUNT

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21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION

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22. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

[ ] 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) [ ] 41 U.S.C. 253(c)( )

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23. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM:

(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

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24. ADMINISTERED BY CODE

(If other than Item 7)

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25. PAYMENT WILL MADE BY CODE

(If other than Item 7)

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26. NAME OF CONTRACTING |27. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |28.AWARD

DATE

OFFICER (Type or Print) |(Signature of Contract Officer)|

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KEITH A. BOND| |

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IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form or on Standard Form 26,

or by other authorized official written notice.

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STANDARD FORM 33 (REV.9-97) Prescribed by GSA FAR(48 CFR) 53.214(c)

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PART I - THE SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

SF 33 SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK . . . . . . . . C-1

C.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

C.2 Objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

C.3 Description of Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

C.4 Post-Separation Volunteer Transitional Support. . . . . . . . . C-7

C.5 Post Center Survey Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11

C.6 Post Center Survey Operation Procedures:. . . . . . . . . . . . C-13

C.7 Post Center Survey Operation Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13

C.8 Transportation Verification Assistance/Oversight. . . . . . . . C-14

C.9 Administration and Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

[For this Solicitation, there are NO clauses in this Section] . . . . D-1

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . . . E-1

52.246-9 INSPECTION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT APR 1984. . E-1
(SHORT FORM)

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . . . F-1

52.242-15 STOP-WORK ORDER AUG 1989. . F-1

ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

F.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

F.3 LEVEL OF EFFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

F.4 REPORTS/DELIVERABLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1

G.1 IDENTITY AND AUTHORITY OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . G-1
(GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE)

G.2 INVOICE REQUIREMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1

G.3 METHOD OF PAYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-3

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1

H.1 BUDGET LINE ITEM FLEXIBILITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1

H.2 FRINGE BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1

H.3 VACATIONS, SICK-LEAVE HOLIDAYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1

H.4 TRAVEL AND PER DIEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-2

H.5 USE OF AND PAYMENT TO CONSULTANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-3

H.6 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-3

H.7 ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING SERVICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-3

H.8 PRINTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-4

H.9 KEY PERSONNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-4

H.10 CONTRACT NUMBER IDENTIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5

H.11 SUBMISSION OF CORRESPONDENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5

H.12 OTHER CONTRACTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5

H.13 LAWS APPLICABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5

H.14 DISPOSITION OF MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5

H.15 NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. . . . . . H-6

H.16 FEDERAL REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-6

H.17 DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . H-6

H.18 ELIMINATION OF SEXIST LANGUAGE AND ART WORK . . . . . . . . . . H-7

H.19 HAZARDOUS OCCUPATION ORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-8

H.20 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS (FAR-Subpart 28.3) . . . . . . . . . . . H-8

H.21 DATA COLLECTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR . . . . . . . . . . H-9

H.22 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-9

H.23 RESTRICTION ON USE OF DOL FUNDS FOR LOBBYING. . . . . . . . . . H-10

H.24 PUBLICATION OF MATERIALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-10

H.25 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT - SERVICE . . . . . . H-10
(FAR 17.208(g))

H.26 INDIRECT COSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-11

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . . . I-1

52.202-1 DEFINITIONS OCT 1995. . I-1

52.203-3 GRATUITIES APR 1984. . I-1

52.203-5 COVENANT AGAINST CONTINGENT FEES APR 1984. . I-1

52.203-6 RESTRICTIONS ON SUBCONTRACTOR SALES TO THE GOVERNMENT JUL 1995. . I-1

52.203-7 ANTI-KICKBACK PROCEDURES JUL 1995. . I-1

52.203-8 CANCELLATION, RESCISSION, AND RECOVERY JAN 1997. . I-1
OF FUNDS FOR ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER ACTIVITY

52.203-10 PRICE OR FEE ADJUSTMENT FOR ILLEGAL OR JAN 1997. . I-1
IMPROPER ACTIVITY

52.203-12 LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE JUN 1997. . I-1
CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS

52.204-4 PRINTING/COPYING DOUBLE-SIDED ON RECYCLED PAPER JUN 1996. . I-1

52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST JUL 1995. . I-1
WHEN SUBCONTRACTING WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT

52.215-2 AUDIT AND RECORDS--NEGOTIATION JUN 1999. . I-1

52.215-8 ORDER OF PRECEDENCE--UNIFORM CONTRACT OCT 1997. . I-1
FORMAT

52.216-7 ALLOWABLE COST AND PAYMENT APR 1998. . I-1

52.216-8 FIXED-FEE MAR 1997. . I-1

52.219-4 NOTICE OF PRICE EVALUATION PREFERENCE JAN 1999. . I-1
FOR HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (JAN 1999)

52.219-8 UTILIZATION OF SMALL, SMALL JUN

1999. . I-1

DISADVANTAGED, AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL

BUSINESS CONCERNS

52.219-9 SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

JAN 1999. . I-1

ALTERNATE II (JAN 1999)

52.219-16 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES-SMALL BUSINESS

JAN 1999. . I-2

SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

52.219-25 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

JAN 1999. . I-2

PARTICIPATION PROGRAM--DISADVANTAGED

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STATUS AND REPORTING

52.222-1 NOTICE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF LABOR

FEB 1997. . I-2

DISPUTES

52.222-3 CONVICT LABOR AUG 1996. . I-2

52.222-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FEB 1999. .

I-2

52.222-35 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR DISABLED

VETERANS APR 1998. . I-2

AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA

52.222-36 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WORKERS WITH

JUN 1998. . I-2

DISABILITIES

52.222-37 EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON DISABLED

VETERANS JAN 1999. . I-2

AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA

52.223-2 CLEAN AIR AND WATER APR 1984. .

I-2

52.223-6 DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE JAN 1997. .

I-2

52.225-11 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN

AUG 1998. . I-2

PURCHASES

52.227-1 AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT JUL

1995. . I-2

ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

52.227-2 NOTICE AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING PATENT

AUG 1996. . I-2

AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

52.227-11 PATENT RIGHTS -- RETENTION BY THE JUN

1997. . I-2

CONTRACTOR (SHORT FORM)

52.227-14 RIGHTS IN DATA--GENERAL JUN 1987.

. I-2

52.228-7 INSURANCE--LIABILITY TO THIRD PERSONS

MAR 1996. . I-2

52.230-2 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS APR

1998. . I-2

52.230-6 ADMINISTRATION OF COST ACCOUNTING

APR 1996. . I-2

STANDARDS

52.232-17 INTEREST JUN 1996. . I-2

52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS APR 1984. .

I-2

52.232-22 LIMITATION OF FUNDS APR 1984. .

I-2

52.232-23 ASSIGNMENT OF CLAIMS JAN 1986. .

I-2

52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS--CENTRAL

MAY 1999. . I-2

CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION

52.233-1 DISPUTES MAR 1994. . I-2

ALTERNATE I (DEC 1991)

52.233-3 PROTEST AFTER AWARD AUG 1996. .

I-2

ALTERNATE I (JUN 1985)

52.242-1 NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISALLOW COSTS

APR 1984. . I-2

52.242-3 PENALTIES FOR UNALLOWABLE COSTS

OCT 1995. . I-2

52.242-4 CERTIFICATION OF FINAL INDIRECT COSTS

JAN 1997. . I-2

52.242-13 BANKRUPTCY JUL 1995. . I-2

52.243-2 CHANGES--COST REIMBURSEMENT AUG

1987. . I-2

ALTERNATE V (APR 1984)

52.244-2 SUBCONTRACTS AUG 1998. . I-2

ALTERNATE II (AUG 1998)

52.244-5 COMPETITION IN SUBCONTRACTING DEC

1996. . I-2

52.246-23 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FEB 1997. .

I-2

52.246-25 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY--SERVICES FEB

1997. . I-2

52.249-6 TERMINATION (COST-REIMBURSEMENT)

SEP 1996. . I-2

52.249-14 EXCUSABLE DELAYS APR 1984. .

I-2

52.253-1 COMPUTER GENERATED FORMS JAN

1991. . I-3

I.2 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (AUG 1989) . . . .

. . . . I-3

I.3 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE

CONTRACT . . . . . . I-3

(MAR 1989)

I.4 52.219-23 NOTICE OF PRICE EVALUATION ADJUSTMENT

FOR SMALL. . . I-3

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DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONCERNS (OCT 1998)

ALTERNATE I (OCT 1998)

I.5 52.227-23 RIGHTS TO PROPOSAL DATA (TECHNICAL)

(JUN 1987). . . I-5

I.6 52.232-25 PROMPT PAYMENT (JUN 1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I-6

I.7 52.243-7 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES (APR 1984) . . . . . . .

. . I-11

I.8 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

(FEB 1998) . . . . I-14

I.9 52.219-23 Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for . . . . . . I-14

I.10 52.219-24 Small Disadvantaged Business Participation. . . . . .

I-16

I.11 52.219-25 Small Disadvantaged Business Participation. . . . . .

I-17

PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER

ATTACHMENTS . . . . . . J-1

SECTION J - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-1

J.1 CONTRACT PRICING PROPOSAL COVER SHEET, SF 1411,

(9 PAGES). . . J-1

J.2 COST AND PRICE ANALYSIS, ETA 8555, (8 PAGES). . . . .

. . . J-1

J.3 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CAPABILITY, ETA 8554, (2

PAGES) . . . . J-1

J.4 COST CONTRACTOR'S INVOICE, ETA 3100-1 (1 PAGE) . . .

. . . . . J-1

J.5 COST CONTRACTOR'S DETAILED STATEMENT OF. . . . . .

. . . . . . J-1

J.6 PAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE (2

PAGES). . . . . . J-1

J.7 CLIENT AUTHORIZATION INFORMATION (3 pages) . . . . . .

. . . . J-1

J.8 VETS-100 - FEDERAL CONTRACTOR VETERANS

EMPLOYMENT. . . . . . . J-1

J.9 TABLE 3 - ANNUAL NUMBER OF TERMINATING MALE

STUDENTS BY. . . . J-1

J.10 TABLE 4 - CURRENT CENTERS WITH CONTRACT

SUPPORT STAFF. . . . . J-1

J.11 ORAL PRESENTATION QUESTIONNAIRE (2 PAGES). . . . .

. . . . . . J-1

PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . K-1

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND . . . . .

. . . . . . . K-1

OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

K.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

INCORPORATED . . . . . . K-1

BY REFERENCE

52.203-11 CERTIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE REGARDING

APR 1991. . K-1

PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL

TRANSACTIONS

52.222-21 PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED FACILITIES

FEB 1999. . K-1

(FEB 1999)

K.2 52.204-3 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION (OCT 1998) . . . . . .

. . . K-1

K.3 52.204-5 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS (OTHER THAN

SMALL BUSINESS). . . K-3

K.4 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT,

SUSPENSION,. . . . K-3

PROPOSED DEBARMENT, AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS

(MAR 1996)

K.5 52.215-6 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE (OCT 1997) . . . . . . . . .

. . K-4

K.6 52.219-1 SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

REPRESENTATIONS. . . . . . . . K-5

(MAY 1999)

K.7 52.222-22 PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE

REPORTS. . . . . . K-6

(FEB 1999)

K.8 52.222-25 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE (APR

1984). . . . . . K-7

K.9 52.223-1 CLEAN AIR AND WATER CERTIFICATION

(APR 1984) . . . . K-7

K.10 52.227-15 STATEMENT OF LIMITED RIGHTS DATA AND

. . . . . . . . K-7

RESTRICTED COMPUTER SOFTWARE (MAY 1999)

K.11 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES

AND . . . . . . . . K-8

CERTIFICATION (APR 1998)

K.12 SIGNATURE BLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K-12

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SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO

OFFERORS. . . . . . L-1

L.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

INCORPORATED . . . . . . L-1

BY REFERENCE

52.215-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMPETITIVE

OCT 1997. . L-1

ACQUISITION

ALTERNATE I (OCT 1997)

52.215-16 FACILITIES CAPITAL COST OF MONEY

OCT 1997. . L-1

52.219-24 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

JAN 1999. . L-1

PARTICIPATION PROGRAM--TARGETS

52.222-24 PREAWARD ON-SITE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

FEB 1999. . L-1

COMPLIANCE EVALUATION

L.2 52.204-6 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM

(DUNS) NUMBER . . . . L-1

(JUN 1999)

L.3 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984). . . . . . . . . . . . .

L-2

L.4 52.219-22 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS STATUS

(OCT 1998) . . . L-2

ALTERNATE I (OCT 1998)

L.5 52.227-6 ROYALTY INFORMATION (APR 1984) . . . . . . . . .

. . L-3

L.6 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (AUG 1996). . . . . . . . . . . .

L-4

L.7 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED

BY . . . . . . . L-5

REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

L.8 PAST PERFORMANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L-5

L.9 SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . L-6

L.10 ORAL PRESENTATION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

L-7

L.11 SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L-10

L.12 REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION (RFC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

L-13

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . M-1

M.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

INCORPORATED . . . . . . M-1

BY REFERENCE

52.217-3 EVALUATION EXCLUSIVE OF OPTIONS

APR 1984. . M-1

M.2 BASIS FOR AWARD (BEST VALUE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

M-1

M.3 EVALUATION CRITERIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M-2

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RFP DCS-99-45 Section B

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND

PRICE/COSTS

SERVICES ORDERED

Title: "JOB CORPS COUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES"

The purpose of this project is to provide educational and

occupational skills training and support services at one hundred

nineteen (119) campuses across the country, including Alaska, Hawaii

and Puerto Rico. The unique combination of services provided in 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 period of performance under this contract shall be twelve months

(12) calendar months from the date of execution plus four (4) 1-year

options at the discretion of the government.

Standard Industrial Classification Code has been determined to be

8744, with a $5 million size standard.

The government contemplates the award of a cost reimbursement plus

fixed-fee type contract under this solicitation.

This solicitation is let under Full and Open Competition.

Solicitation No: is RFP-DCS-99-45

OFFERORS PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT DOL/ETA SEEKS TO PLACE A FAIR

PORTION OF ITS CONTRACT DOLLARS WITH SMALL, SMALL DISADVANTAGED,

AND

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AS DEFINED IN FAR 52.219-8.

FOR

THIS PROCUREMENT THE CONTRACTING OFFICER HAS MADE AN ASSESSMENT

THAT

20% OF THE TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE OF THE CONTRACT BE SUBCONTRACTED

SMALL, SMALL DISADVANTAGED AND WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESSES.

THE RECEIPT OF PROPOSAL DATE IS NOVEMBER 5, 1999 AT 2:00 PM LOCAL

TIME. NOTE: THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT EXTEND THE RECEIPT OF

PROPOSAL

DATE BEYOND NOVEMBER 5, 1999. REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATIONS MUST BE

RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM LOCAL TIME OCTOBER 15, 1999.

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SECTION C -

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 Background

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 youth throughout the

United States. Job Corps was originally established by the Economic

Opportunity Act of 1964; current authorization for the program is

Title I-C of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). WIA became

effective August 1998 and will be implemented between July 1, 1999

and July 1, 2000 focusing on long term outcomes of students

[reference WIA, Section 159 (1)(E)].

Job Corps provides educational and occupational skills training and

support services at 119 campuses across the country, including

Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The unique combination of services

provided in 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 program is designed to assist young people, 16-24, who need and

can benefit from the multi-faceted approach provided by Job Corps

centers to prepare young adults to find and hold long-term

employment. Job Corps provides a comprehensive mix of services to

address barriers to employment, including: basic education;

occupational exploration; vocational training; social skills

training; health care; School-to-Work, work-based activities;

counseling and related services; recreation and post-program

placement support. The typical youth served by Job Corps is an

18-year-old high school dropout who reads at a seventh-grade level,

comes from a poor family, belongs to a minority group, and has never

been employed, or has been unemployed for many weeks. The aim of the

program is to help youth become responsible adults, prepare for and

obtain suitable employment, return to school or further training, or

satisfy Armed Forces entry requirements, thus breaking the cycle of

poverty by improving life-long earning prospects .

It is the residential aspect of Job Corps that distinguishes it from

other employment and training programs and enables Job Corps to

provide a comprehensive array of services in one setting 24 hours a

day, seven days a week. Approximately 90 percent of students are

residential; the remainder commute from home to centers daily to

attend classes. Enrollment in Job Corps is voluntary and programs

are open-entry, open-exit and self- paced to allow students to

progress at their own speed. Youth are enrolled from all areas of

the country, and the majority are assigned to Job Corps centers in

their home states. During the last year, the Office of Job Corps has

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increased its emphasis on reaching out to the community, employers,

and other employment, training and education programs.

As a national program that is 100 percent federally funded, Job

Corps is subject to Congressional scrutiny and oversight. There is

clear evidence of Congressional intent that Job Corps work more

closely with State workforce systems, of which communities and

employers are the main focus for Job Corps. The program has a

responsibility to be a major component of these systems,

particularly as they relate to serving at-risk youth.

Moreover, Job Corps will be focusing on five related RESPECT

principles for quality performance. These RESPECT principles

underscore the need for Job Corps to strengthen its connections to

the community at large, and the business community in

particular--thus providing the learning and living environment that

students need to benefit from this program. The contractor is

expected to understand the five Job Corps RESPECT principles, which

are the departure point for achieving quality performance, and to

know how each relates to the objective and tasks to be completed for

this project. The RESPECT principles are:

Student Retention

Student retention--the length of time a student remains in Job Corps

has been of concern. The early dropout rate at 30, 60 and 90 days

has been and remains high. For Program Year 1997, 31.3 percent of

students left within the first 90 days. The result of this high

turnover is that early leavers receive little or no training to

enable them to obtain employment or further training, yet they may

remain eligible for Job Corps placement services. Those who are able

to obtain jobs often perform poorly. Their association with Job

Corps can have a negative effect on the program's image with

employers, and can harm the prospects for placing other students.

On the other hand, the longer students remain in the program, the

better their outcomes. More students obtain GEDs, become vocational

completers, achieve higher reading and math gains and get placed in

job training matches at higher wages. Therefore, student retention

is a critical element in a student's success and is an area in which

the contractor can play a highly effective role through contact with

students while they are enrolled and during the critical

transitional phase after the student leaves Job Corps.

Employer Involvement

Employer awareness of, and sustained involvement in Job Corps is

essential to achieving overall program quality that leads to

long-term, well-paying job opportunities for students. In past

years, Job Corps' relationship with employers, especially at the

center level, focused almost exclusively on developing jobs and

encouraging representation on the center's Community

Relations/Advisory Council. Recent initiatives with employers, many

resulting from School-to-Work implementation efforts, are increasing

the involvement with a greater variety of employers. Ultimately, it

is employers, both public and private, that either accept (hire) or

reject our students. Therefore, it is this most important customer

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that Job Corps needs to reach with the information that Job Corps

can provide employees who will enhance their productivity and,

ultimately, profits. The work of this contract directly affects the

Job Corps-employer relationship through helping students remain in

the program to completion, helping students make successful

transitions to home and the work world, following up on students

after placement, and making connections with employers in the

community to tell them what Job Corps can do for them.

School-to-Work Principles

Job Corps is committed to becoming a comprehensive system that

institutes School-to-Work principles as part of its centers'

operation, particularly training and employer partnerships. Such a

system will transform each center's operation and atmosphere by:

significantly changing center staff roles, responsibilities and

schedules; reconfiguring center course offerings and training

resources; and adjusting classroom layouts and many other center

components to accommodate school-based and work-based learning. Job

Corps now has over 60 of its centers actively pursing the changes

needed to reconfigure current training delivery operations, working

to transform themselves into new systems based upon STW principles.

The retention activities that keep a student focused on training and

remaining in the program are related to participation in

school-to-work.

Placement Quality

Having reached a significant level in terms of efficiency and volume

in placing students, the Job Corps system needs to do more to

prepare students for, and help them obtain, long-term employment

paying high wages in occupations for which they were trained. Over

the last 5 years, Job Corps has dramatically improved its success in

placing students, in terms of both percentage placed and absolute

numbers. In Program Year 1997, 80 percent of the students leaving

Job Corps were placed in jobs, school or the military--compared to

64 percent in PY 1993. The annual number of placements achieved

increased by more than 15,000 over that period. While this level of

success is notable, concerns remain regarding the length of time

students stay in a job/school, the wages earned by students, and the

degree to which job placements relate to the training received.

These are primary factors to examine when considering quality

placement. The activities of this project directly address quality

placement through helping students decide to stay in the program to

completion and to work out their problems on the job rather than

quit. The contractor will help the students develop the skills and

job readiness to achieve quality placements by providing help with a

successful transition after Job Corps, and by following up for a

period after placement to assess customer satisfaction.

Community Connections (Expanded Community Ties)

For much of Job Corps' history, the general public has viewed Job

Corps centers as temporary homes for at-risk youth, and in response

to this perception, centers often viewed community outreach as a

necessary means of maintaining friendly relations with neighboring

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communities. As years passed, centers moved beyond this defensive

posture and began to recognize that communities could be an enormous

resource to students through enhanced services, educational support,

employment, and post-employment support services. Centers also

began to realize the importance of their own involvement in

improving the communities in which they are located.

Centers reach out to local community leaders by establishing

Community Relations Councils (Industry Councils when WIA is fully

implemented). However, an effective community relations program

extends beyond the organization and operation of a council.

Establishing a solid local foundation with the community affects the

climate of a Job Corps center and the program as a whole. How

students are perceived--and received--in a community can vary

dramatically depending on the degree of Job Corps involvement in the

community. Without community support, students cannot experience

the full benefits that Job Corps has to offer, and Job Corps as a

whole cannot broaden its base and evolve as a program. The

activities of this contract, in both the pre-separation and

post-separation phases, will influence community relations.

For both Employer Involvement and Expanded Community Ties, the new

Workforce Investment Act has additional implications. The Act

requires that each center establish a Business Community Liaison and

an Industry Council which includes employer membership from both the

local community surrounding the center and communities to which

students will be returning following training. The contractor will

be expected to work with both the Business Community Liaisons and

the Industry Councils in providing support to students and former

students. The contractor will also be expected to work with local

one-stop centers to assist former students find jobs and identify

other community resources to support them.

The very nature of the Job Corps program brings with it many

problems that are inherent when youth are located outside their home

environment. Students can become homesick or desire to return home

due to problems encountered in a new residential setting. Some

students are able to cope; others impulsively elect to leave centers

rather than deal with what is bothering them. Still others are

simply unable to cope with the problems encountered. Additional

problems are often encountered by students when they leave the Job

Corps program. They may lack information on resources available to

them in the center community as well as the community to which they

return or relocate, or they may be in need of support services to

enable them to successfully make the transition from Job Corps to

work. Effective long term follow up services will enable the

contractor to address employer and transitional issues of the

student.

Almost since Job Corps' inception, placement-related support

services have been provided to students. Under the current contact,

a salaried FTE working half-time is located on 56 Job Corps centers

to assist with the development of life skills and to counsel

students who want to leave the program early. Contractor staff

assess what a student's needs will be upon leaving Job Corps and

connect the student with a volunteer to assist that student in

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making the transition to the community from Job Corps. Their

specific roles and duties vary from center to center, as well as

region to region, according to local need. The contractor will be

expected to continue these functions.

In addition to those staff, a network of volunteers provides

transitional services to former students returning home or

relocating to another community. This involves helping students

with housing, transportation to work, health services, budget

planning, community resources, arranging for child care and other

needs generated in the process of making the transition from Job

Corps to the community and work.

The contractor will also be responsible for delivering a Post Center

Survey Operation that will be expected to attempt to contact the

full universe of placed students in order to obtain statistically

valid information on initial placement and 13th week placement

verification. In order to maintain the integrity of the survey and

obtain statistically valid information, the contractor must achieve

a 70% contact rate of the full universe of placed students. Towards

this effort, the contractor must ensure that staff, located at a

central office, are trained and focused in contacting techniques and

survey administration. In addition, the Post Center Survey will

gather customer satisfaction information for program improvement.

The contractor should be aware that this task may be modified,

reduced, or eliminated during the first contract year as policies

are developed for full implementation of WIA. The government will

provide a 90 day notification period prior to any changes for this

specific task.

Further tasks the contract will focus on are requirements for

transportation verification and establishing standardized oversight

procedures. These activities relate to DOL-paid tickets for student

inter-city travel. The contractor shall furnish staff in each Job

Corps Regional Office at the levels indicated in Table 1.

Other related duties specified in this contract will also include

the oversight of the Harpers Ferry Memorial Scholarship Fund Award.

This scholarship was established in 1996 to commemorate the memory

of eight Harpers Ferry Job Corps students who perished in the

MARC/AMTRAK train collision. A scholarship in the amount of $1,000

to help defray the costs of academic and/or vocational training is

presented to an eligible Job Corps student annually. Funds for this

scholarship are donated to a special bank account which will be

administered by the contractor.

TABLE 1. Number of Transportation Verifiers in Job Corps Regional

Offices

Region Transportation Verifier Planned OBS (data as of PY 1997)

1(1) Half-time 2,375

2(1) Half-time 3,146

3(1) Full-time 7,708

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4(1) Half-time 6,083

5(1) Half-time 3,492

6(1) Half-time 6,354

7/8(1) Half -time 4,983

9(1) Half-time 4,614

10(1) Half-time 2,985

C.2 Objectives

The Job Corps experience is that follow-up and support services

enabling students to readjust to their home environments must be an

integral part of the Job Corps program. Upon returning home, or in

some cases, relocating to a new community, students need support

services to make a successful transition to the actual world of

work. To provide these support services and extended follow up, the

contractor will furnish the necessary material, equipment, services

and personnel to provide the following support services to Job

Corps:

Pre-separation support and counseling services in 56 centers to Job

Corps students and center staff to help prepare students to complete

the program and make the transition from center life to a life of

employment and responsibility for their lives; Post-separation

transitional support services to all male Job Corps students, during

both the placement and post-placement periods, to help them make a

successful transition from Job Corps to home and the work force;

Post Center Survey Operation whose primary goal is to attempt

contact of the full universe of placed students, however ensuring a

70% contact rate for the purpose of:

(1) Obtaining statistically valid information on initial placement

verification, obtaining statistically valid information on 13th week

placement verification, and obtaining customer satisfaction

information.

(2) Transportation verification assistance/oversight requirements to

ensure travel vouchers for students meet specific requirements.

(3) Administration of the Harpers Ferry Scholarship Fund Award to

ensure the integrity of the selection process and funding account.

C.3 Description of Project

Pre-Separation Transitional Support Services:

At centers designated in this contract, the contractor shall provide

a transitional support services program designed to ensure that

students separating from the program are prepared with the knowledge

and skills needed to make a successful transition from Job Corps to

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home and the work force.

The contractor will provide a plan to ensure that all Transitional

Services Specialist (TSS) tasks listed below are completed on 56 Job

Corps centers. (See Table 4 (Attachment J.10)for list of Job Corps

centers for which contractor will provide services. On occasion, as

new centers open, they may be added to the list.)

The plan will describe how the following tasks will be accomplished

by the Transitional Services Specialist who shall:

(1) Inform new students about transitional support services

available throughout, and following, enrollment.

(2) Throughout enrollment, actively counsel and encourage students

to complete the Job Corps program.

(3) Assist each student in assessing and documenting his/her

potential transitional support needs.

(4) Counsel and assist each student in developing a plan to meet

transitional needs once he/she separates from Job Corps. The plan

shall identify potential needs, strategies and possible resources to

meet those needs.

(5) Prior to, or concurrent with, a student's separation, provide a

copy of the transitional support needs assessment and plan to the

Support Services Contractor who is designated to provide services to

returning males/females as appropriate.

(6) Advise each student that a support service volunteer in his/her

home community will be in contact following separation to offer

assistance with transitional needs.

In cooperation with the Center Director at each center where

assigned, develop a center-specific agreement which outlines the

role and responsibilities of the Transitional Services Specialist,

which shall include the tasks listed above and may include:

(1) Training students in social skills to enhance employability.

(2) Training staff on issues relevant to youth development.

(3) Organizing or coordinating career fairs.

(4) Other functions designed to promote program completion and

development of employability skills.

(5) Working with Industry Councils to discuss student transition

issues.

C.4 Post-Separation Volunteer Transitional Support

Activities:

Through a nationwide network of volunteers in both urban and rural

areas, the contractor shall provide transitional support services

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which will enable all separating male students to make a successful

transition from center life to the community and the work force.

Additionally, using its broad volunteer field network, the

contractor shall promote community connections to encourage

applicant referral and to enhance employer and community knowledge

and support of the Job Corps program.

(1) The contractor shall select and train volunteers in each

community who:

Show understanding of, and a commitment to, the mission of Job

Corps; Demonstrate the ability to interact effectively with young

adults, employers and community members and leaders; Are

knowledgeable of workforce and community issues and community

resources. Through the network of trained community volunteers, the

contractor shall provide the following services to separating male

students: (See Table 3 for the estimated Annual Number of Separating

male Students, by Region). The returning student contact to active

volunteer ratio should be no greater than a 15:1 ratio on a national

basis; Contact students at time of separation, to identify and offer

assistance with transitional needs; Provide direct assistance with,

or referral to, community resources to meet identified transitional

support needs (Commonly Needed Transitional Support Services are

described in Table 2); Continue monthly contact for a 12 month

period following separation, (or until student declines further

help) to determine status and provide needed support services; and

Maintain documentation of dates and methods of each contact (or

attempt), assistance provided, and results.

Through its volunteer network, the contractor shall promote referral

of interested youth for Job Corps enrollment. Volunteers shall:

(1) Elicit referrals to determine interest, and/or forward referrals

to the appropriate local Job Corps Admissions Counselor for initial

contact.

(2) Promote community connections to enhance community knowledge and

support of the Job Corps program. In their home communities,

volunteers shall:

a) Act as goodwill ambassadors for Job Corps to promote awareness

and engender support for the mission of Job Corps among the public,

employers and community leaders.

2) Identify, establish and maintain linkages with organizations

which can provide support resources which will enable returning

former students to transition successfully to the community and work

force.

The contractor will assist youth, through transitional support

services, in adjusting to community life. The support services may

include, but are not limited to, providing training in and/or

assistance with the following:

TABLE 2. COMMONLY NEEDED TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES

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DESCRIPTION

1. Housing Assistance

Providing information or assistance in finding housing and signing a

lease; the obligation of tenant and landlord; arranging for

emergency, short-term housing or shelter.

2. Transportation Assistance

Providing assistance with public transportation, insofar as bus

scheduling and routing from residence to place of employment or

other transportation needs are concerned. This includes the

formation of or entering into existing car pools, and providing bus

tokens or bus passes, or information on buying a car.

3. Post-Separation Center

Assisting in recovery of personal belongings, class rings, GED

certificates, completion certificates, etc.

4. Child Care

Assisting with finding affordable, safe child care services where

needed.

5. Health Services

Finding and making referrals for health services--clinics,

hospitals, health centers, private practitioners for medical, dental

or mental health problems.

6. Social Services

Providing assistance in obtaining SSI, general assistance, food

stamps, or other referrals to counseling on personal adjustment

problems, family planning, marriage counseling, etc.

7. Legal Services

Providing information and referrals on workers' rights, legal rights

and legal assistance; help with claims, worker's compensation, etc.

8. Emergency Services

Providing methods for securing subsistence sponsorship of students

through existing community agencies (e.g.; referrals to

food/clothing bank), or student loans or grants.

9. Advice

Providing general counsel or advice to former Job Corps students;

encouraging them to pursue worthy goals, etc.

10. Citizenship Information

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Providing assistance in acquiring driver's license, ID cards, birth

certificates, insurance, etc.; information on purchasing or consumer

laws; local, state and federal taxes and other laws; assistance or

referral in filing income tax returns and Selective Service and

voter registration procedures.

11. Other Training Opportunities

Providing information about eligibility criteria and current

openings with programs appropriate for particular Job Corps student

and the availability of such training programs.

12. Other Educational Opportunities Providing assistance in

returning, enrolling in high school, basic education, vocational

schools, college, etc.

13. Job Corps Alumni Associations

Assisting students to locate a National Job Corps Alumni Association

local chapter and/or members.

14. Other Community Services

Providing advice on recreational facilities youth clubs, and

location of various churches.

15. Readjustment Allowance

Providing assistance in location and tracking eligible readjustment

allowance checks that have not been properly received by terminating

Job Corps students.

16. Job Assistance

Providing advice on local employment opportunities; pinpoint local

employment opportunities through use of local resources (e.g., job

bank, employment agencies, one-stop centers, etc.) Assist with

additional information on filling out job applications, resume

preparation, employment skills, employment tools, uniforms, shoes,

etc. While these tasks are normally the function of Job Corps

centers and placement contractors, some students have not received

this assistance, often because they have left the center before

receiving the information or help. The volunteer should, where

possible, refer the students to a Job Corps placer for placement

services.

17. Job Placement

Providing direct assistance which results in the Job Corps student's

employment (i.e.,advisor or TSS contacts a potential employer and

arranges for the student to be interviewed, resulting in the student

being hired).

As in #16, these tasks are normally the function of Job Corps

centers and placement contractors. However, some students have not

received this assistance, often because they have left the center

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before receiving the information or help. The volunteer should,

where possible, refer the student to a Job Corps placer for

placement services.

18. Budget Planning

Providing information and advice on budget for rent, clothes,

entertainment, etc.; good shopping practices; cost of credit; help

or advice about banking practices, setting up personal checking or

savings accounts, etc.

An estimate of the number of male students who will be returning to

the regions, together with an estimate of those to be served by the

contractor, is provided in the table below. It is intended as a

guide for planning; the numbers provided are approximate. The

contractor shall be prepared to provide placement support and

post-placement services for those students whose names are provided

by the center or Job Corps Data Center, regardless of their location

within the region. The returning student contact to active

volunteer ratio should be no greater than a 15:1 ratio on a national

basis.

See Attachment J.9 - TABLE 3 : Annual Number of Terminating Male

Students by Region For Program Year 1997

The contractor will offer support services to the males separating

from Job Corps centers. The table above shows the number by region

of males separating from the program in Program year 1997 (July 1,

1997-June 30, 1998), the last full programs year for which data are

available

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C.5 Post Center Survey Operation

The contractor will provide a plan focusing on conducting a Post

Center Survey Operation in which a survey instrument has been

designed to provide required data on student outcomes. The overall

objective of the survey and interview approach is to collect

information in a consistent, non-biased way while achieving at least

a 70 percent response rate from a full universe of placed students

contacted. The results of the survey are then automatically

transmitted electronically to the Job Corps Data Center located in

San Marcus, Texas for further analysis. However, it should be noted

that the continuation of this specific task may be modified,

reduced, or eliminated as policies are developed for full

implementation of WIA during the first contract year. The

government will provide a 90 day notification period to the

contractor prior to any modifications to this specific task.

The survey for the Post Center Operation is designed to:

(1) Collect information from students or employers on the validity

of initial job placements.

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(2) Obtain information on student employment/school experiences 13

weeks after the initial placement.

(3) Collect information on overall customer satisfaction with the

Job Corps experience.

(4) Conduct outreach to ask former students to refer friends to Job

Corps.

Post Center Survey questions address a number of issues pertaining

to verification of the initial placement and 13th week placement of

the student including the following:

(1) Whether the student attended the school/training or worked for

the employer listed as the initial placement,

(2) The number of hours worked during the 7-day period,

(3) The date the student reported for work,

(4) Whether the student enrolled/attended the school listed in the

placement record,

(5) Whether the student was enrolled in the same or a different type

of training than what was listed on the placement record,

(6) Whether the student enrolled/attended on the date reported,

(7) Whether the student attended the school/training program for the

required duration, and

(8) The status of the student at the 13th week after the initial

placement.

The contractor will observe the following guidelines which provide a

standardized framework to follow in implementing the Post Center

Survey Operation:

1. The contractor will provide at least ten full-time equivalent

(FTE) surveyors plus one coordinator to be based at one central

location.

2. The contractor will select and train staff who:

-Have shown an understanding of, and a commitment to, the mission of

Job Corps.

-Have demonstrated effective interpersonal and verbal communication

skills.

-Have demonstrated competence in conducting surveys, including

locating respondents and probing for answers.

3. The contractor will ensure staffing schedules reflect coverage

for holidays, weekends, vacation/sick schedules and peak hours in

which students would mostly likely be at home (i.e., early morning,

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late afternoon, and evening).

4. The Post Center Survey Operation will be guided by the

definitions which are in accordance with the Job Corps Policy and

Requirements Handbook, Chapter 7, and will follow uniform procedures

communicated by the National Office to the contractor.

5. The Surveyors will be both trained and supervised by the

contractor.

C.6 Post Center Survey Operation Procedures:

The contractor should follow specified established procedures in

order to document survey results pertaining to verifications of

placement. In some instances results from the student survey may

result in a placement which is questionable due to lack of

information or due to conflicting information obtained from the

student. The guidelines set forth are as follows:

(1) The Job Corps Data Center populates the follow up database for

100% of placed students.

(2) Surveyor attempts telephone contact at the 13th week of the

student's placement.

(3) If contact is made, the surveyor completes the survey based on

information from the Job Corps database. This information is used

to verify the initial placement and 13th week placement.

(4) If, at any point during these questions, the students' answers

are different from the database information, the placement becomes

questionable and is referred to the Job Corps Regional Office for

further verification.

(5) If the Regional Office determines the questionable placement to

be either valid, invalid, or unverifiable, the contractor will enter

the findings into the system.

(6) In collecting customer satisfaction documentation, surveyors

must query the students in order to obtain useful information

regarding post placement services for program improvement.

(7) Surveyors should also encourage students to provide referrals to

the program

C.7 Post Center Survey Operation Assessment

To ensure that quality services are provided and accurate placement

verification data is collected, the contractor shall submit, within

30 days after the award of the contract, a plan to be approved by

the GAR which will include the following:

(1) Staff quotas in order to meet targeted employer placement

verification requirements and customer satisfaction inquires,

(2) A quality control system to ensure accuracy and integrity of

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surveys,

(3) A staff incentive system for quality performance, and

(4) A reporting system to include survey operation results

C.8 Transportation Verification

Assistance/Oversight

The contractor shall be required to provide a plan in order to

perform the following tasks:

To satisfy the DOL requirement for transportation verification

assistance/oversight and other related duties, the contractor shall

furnish staff in the Job Corps Regional Offices at the levels

indicated in Attachment 2. These activities relate to DOL-paid

tickets for inter-city student travel. They do not relate to tickets

that students furnish at their own expense, nor to intra-city

students travel via local bus, subway, ferry service or the like.

Staffing:

Contractor staffing levels in order to perform transportation

verification assistance/oversight functions shall be in accordance

with the following requirements:

a. In all regions except Regions III and VII/VIII, (See Table 1) the

staffing requirement for this function is for a single, half-time

position to be referred to as a Transportation Verifier.

b. The Transportation Verifier shall be located within the

contractor's Regional Offices, or if that is impractical, shall be

in close proximity to the Regional Office.

c. The transportation verifier shall be both trained and supervised

by the contractor. In addition, the Job Corps Regional Office shall

provide appropriate follow up training and shall monitor the work

process to ensure conformity with the established verification

procedures.

d. Transportation Verifiers may be assigned periodically at the

Regional Offices' discretion to assist with other functions

dependent on workload fluctuations.

Tasks:

The contractor shall furnish the necessary paid personnel, to

perform the following tasks in the Job Corps Regional Offices,

except that the Regional Offices will furnish the contractor with

postage and oversight delivery services for the transmittal of

tickets, receipts and reports.

1. Develop a system to track unused Job Corps student transportation

tickets purchased via Government Travel System (GTS) corporate

credit accounts. The system shall provide tracking from the point a

ticket is identified as not being used until the point which a

credit for refund of the unused ticket is obtained. The system

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shall be developed and made fully operational in each region within

four weeks after the effective date of the implementing contract.

2. Operate the system in each region to track unused Job Corps

student transportation tickets that are purchased via GTS accounts,

including the regional accounts that are used by the Job Corps

center travel agency and accounts that are used by individual Job

Corps centers. Contractor activities shall include the following

tasks and information collection functions:

a. Identity unused tickets issued for new student input. From

various information sources (e.g., SPAMIS, annotated JC-19 travel

authorizations), identify and initiate tracking of unused

transportation tickets issued for new students input.

b. Track organizational accountability for each unused ticket until

credit is obtained. Operating within the procedures and using the

document established, track the whereabouts (e.g., screener, center,

regional office, travel agency) of each unused ticket until credit

has been obtained. In some regions, this may involve receiving and

processing unused tickets from screening agencies and Job Corps

centers for transmittal to the Job Cops travel agency.

c. Review monthly GTS credit card billing statements to identify

unused, refunded tickets for which vendor credit has been obtained.

It is generally expected that, for air and rail tickets, a credit

will appear in the appropriate GTS account within no more than three

monthly billing cycles from the date that the ticket was received.

For bus tickets, it is expected that the credit would appear by no

later than two monthly billing cycles.

d. Based on regional procedures, make follow up contact with

accountable person or organizations concerning delinquencies in

handling or processing of unused tickets; provide reports of such

delinquencies to appropriate Regional Officials.

3. Verify that tickets purchased by the central travel agency were

ordered by the Regional Office, screening agencies, or Job Corps

centers. This involves the review of the monthly GTS billing

generated by the central travel agency and performing a spot check

of 10 tickets on each billing. A sample ticket is considered valid

if documentation is obtained that it was purchased based on an order

from the Regional Office, a screening agency or a Job Corps center.

Any instance of a non-verifiable ticket is to be referred to

appropriate Regional Office officials for follow-up action.

4. Assist Regional Offices where applicable in obtaining

verification of tickets ordered by Job Corps centers via center

specific GTS accounts, (E.g., faxing copies of month GTS billing to

the appropriate Job Corps centers for a determination that the

changes are proper and to identify any unused tickets for which a

credit should be expected on a later billing).

5. Assist Regional Office where applicable in tracking the use of

Regional GTR's and obtaining verification of tickets ordered by Job

Corps centers via Regional GTR's. In regions that elect to use

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Regional GTR's this would include maintenance of logs and

documentation to track distribution and use of GTR's by centers and

screening agencies. This function might also include assistance to

the Regional Office in appropriate purchases made by centers and

screening agencies.

6. Provide Job Corps Regional Offices and the National Office with

a monthly report indicating, by region, the number and dollar value

of unused tickets identified during the month, the number and value

of tickets for which credit was obtained during the month, and the

number and dollar value of unused tickets for which credit is still

pending at the close of the month. (See c). Transportation

Verifiers are expected to handle all routine communication and

contact with screening agencies, Job Corps centers and the central

travel agency unless otherwise directed by the Regional Office. If

the Transportation Verifier is having difficulty in obtaining

resolution of an issue with any of these parties, the matter is to

be referred to the appropriate Regional Office official.

7. Maintain archival data (electronic) on "resolved" tickets from

the time of resolution until the end of the third program year

following the program year in which resolution occurred.

Transportation Verification Assessment

To ensure quality services and accurate transportation verification

data is collected, the contractor shall submit, within 30 days after

the award of the contract, a plan to be approved by the GAR which

will include the following:

a. A quality control system to ensure accuracy,

b. A staff incentive system for quality performance, and

c. Standardized guidelines and procedures for transportation

verification to be utilized nationwide.

C.9 Administration and Management

The contractor will provide direction, management and administrative

support to all functions and tasks of this contract and shall

furnish the necessary material, equipment and supplies. The

contractor will establish systems that ensure:

Effective program organization and management

The contractor will establish systems which ensure achievement of

program goals and maintenance of quality performance.

Program integrity and accountability

The contractor will establish procedures for monitoring and tracking

operations and outcomes, including a plan for formal review of TSS

offices on centers, contract regional offices, and the volunteer

program. It will show how the contractor will measure performance

on goals, hold all TSSs accountable, and conduct measurement of, and

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accountability for, volunteer goals.

Design a series of forms for gathering required internal reporting

data (e/g/. Counselor and volunteer personal assistance reports,

volunteer recruiting brochures as well as a model quarterly 3-8 page

newsletter, which delineates the contractors activities in support

of the Job Corps program. The newsletter will be distributed

throughout the Job Corps program, national and regional offices and

to the contractor's aid and voluntary staff).

Maintain an 800 number to ensure that volunteers, paid staff, and

present and former Job Corps students have access to the

contractor's regional office and national offices.

Develop and implement an ongoing annual awards and recognition

program to acknowledge significant volunteer contribution in each

region and nationally.

Provide training for regional staff in the recruiting and training

of volunteers.

Comply with all required reports/deliverables identified in section

F, Deliverables and Performance.

Staff professionalism and development

The contractor will recruit, hire, and retain qualified staff, in

accordance with the requirement below and will be expected to manage

the contract through a structure that includes a regional office in

each of the Job Corps regions and national office. The contractor

will develop and implement policies which promote a working

environment of equal opportunity which is free of race, gender or

ethnic bias. To carry out the requirements of the contract, the

contractor shall have:

a. a nationally controlled structure

b. staff with a thorough knowledge of Job Corps procedures and

operations and an ability to promote the Job Corps program in a

positive, knowledgeable manner to the community and employers,

experience with WIA in general and Job Corps specifically,

c. knowledge of, and sensitivity to, the needs of disadvantaged

young men and women,

d. an existing, stable, dependable, visible, accountable force of

trained volunteer workers nationwide, in all states, and in both

rural and urban areas,

e. an existing, comprehensive national network of service providers

who are available nationally, in all states, both rural and urban,

on a 24-hour basis, every day, with capability for immediate direct

service delivery and immediate response to requests for emergency

help in any area of the country,

f. service providers who have a history of experience in

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pre-employment counseling skills, specifically those related to

assisting young men to become independent, and

g. active communications and strong relationships with other

organizations providing services to youth in general and male youth

in particular.

h. an organizational system for the recruitment of staff and/or

volunteers to provide the support services as described in this

solicitation. The system shall provide contingency plans in the

event staff are not available in a particular are to serve returning

students

The contractor shall also:

a. provide supervision, training and evaluation to all regional

office staff;

b. coordinate with the National Office and provide statistical data

on task accomplishments as required;

c. recruit, train and support volunteers to assist placement and

post placement support activities;

d. establish linkages with regional social service agencies to

assist in providing placement and post placement support to

regional Job Corps terminees;

e. identify and provide appropriate recognition to volunteers and

other who have made significant contributions to assist Job Corps

terminees; and comply with all applicable reports as specified in

Section F, Deliverables and Performance.

Community support and partnership

The contractor will develop a plan for carrying out the community

outreach and support part of this contract that will promote

positive public awareness about the Job Corps program and referrals

of youth to Job Corps.

See Attachment J.10 - Table 4: Current Centers with Contract

Support Staff Center Location Number of Students (Females/Males)

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SECTION D - PACKAGING AND

MARKING

[For this Solicitation, there are NO clauses in this

Section]

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SECTION E - INSPECTION AND

ACCEPTANCE

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The following contract clauses pertinent to this section are

hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and

Date) in accordance with the clause at FAR "52.252-2 CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" in Section I of this contract. See FAR

52.252-2 for an internet address (if specified) for electronic

access to the full text of a clause.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

52.246-9 INSPECTION OF RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT APR 1984

(SHORT FORM)

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SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR

PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The following contract clauses pertinent to this section are

hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and

Date) in accordance with the clause at FAR "52.252-2 CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" in Section I of this contract. See FAR

52.252-2 for an internet address (if specified) for electronic

access to the full text of a clause.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

52.242-15 STOP-WORK ORDER AUG

1989

ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

F.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance under this contract shall be twelve months

(12) calendar months from the date of contract execution plus four

(4) 1-year options at the discretion of the government.

F.3 LEVEL OF EFFORT

The level of effort for this contract shall be between 41 and 43

professional person years. The level of effort for each option

period shall be equal to base year plus inflation. The inflationary

rate will be determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

F.4 REPORTS/DELIVERABLES

The contractor shall submit to the Government Authorized

Representative (GAR) designated in the contract the following

reports.

Quartely reports (one copy) summarizing qualitatively the

performance and for the quarter on pre-and post-separation service,

national statistical information and narrative on the post center

survey operation, and transportation verification information. This

report is due to the GAR no later than 30 days after the end of each

quarter. The format for the report must be approved by the GAR

during the first month after the effective date of the contract.

Among other information, reports will address quartely progress on

tasks specified in the Statement of Work, plans for the resolution

of any problems which may arise, and if necessary an updated

workplan for the remainder of the contract.

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Six-month summary reports are to be submitted to the GAR twenty (20)

days after the first six months (6) of the contract and each six

months (6)thereafter showing total progress on all tasks during the

previous six months (6). An annual report will be provided twelve

months (12) after contract execution. The reports will also include

a discussion of creative, innovative counseling techniques

demonstrating work that goes beyond traditional emphases, and

lessons learned from replication of successful initiatives.

Contractors Operating Plan (COP)

The contractor will be required to develop an operating plan which

will clearly define how the scope of work will be accomplished.

This plan should include such items as the flow of documents, e.g.,

regarding notice of separation: the methods and procedures for

assignment of the TSS to assist the former students: procedures

designed for contracting the former students and follow up; methods

for transportation verification; the methods of ensuring survey

reliability; staff communications, training etc. In order to

provide maximum support services to the former student at the

lowest price possible, the maximum use of volunteers is encouraged

to provide the services, as well as to assist the TSS on center

which training and other activities where feasible. The operating

plan should show the number and type of paid staff and the number of

active volunteers, if any, who are available and how other

volunteers will be recruited, selected and trained. The plan should

also address ongoing training techniques used to ensure the post

center survey operation integrity and oversight management of the

transportation verifiers. In addition, the plan will address

management oversight and how the contractor can ensure volunteer

maximum performance, from all staff, including volunteers. The COP

shall be submitted to the GAR for review and approval within twenty

(20) calendar days of the effective date of the contract.

Communications Responsibilities:

The contractor, both on a national and regional level, must develop

and maintain close coordination of contract activities with Job

Corps Regional Offices.

The contractor must develop and maintain close coordination of post

center survey operations with the Job Corps National Office. The

contractor will develop and maintain ongoing communication with

other support services, one-stop centers and resource agencies

operating in their locale, as well as other support contractors.

The contractor shall make every effort to coordinate with

appropriate youth-service agencies available in the area(s) being

served to enhance referral and explore all placement possibilities.

The contractor will provide a plan for communication with each of

the above-referenced entitles, and will include a plan for regular

field visits by the contractor's national director to assess

performance of contractor regional personnel and regional contract

activities.

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SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

DATA

G.1 IDENTITY AND AUTHORITY OF THE

CONTRACTING OFFICER'S

REPRESENTATIVE (GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED

REPRESENTATIVE)

(A) The authorized representative of the Contracting Officer is To

Be Determined whose authority to act on behalf of the Contracting

Officer is limited to the extent set forth in (B) below. Under no

circumstances is the Government Authorized Representative (GAR)

authorized to sign any contractual documents or approve any

alteration to the contract involving a change in the scope, price,

terms or conditions of the contract or order.

(B) The Government Authorized Representative is authorized to:

(1) Monitor and inspect Contractor's performance to ensure

compliance of the scope of work.

(2) Make determinations relative to satisfactory or

unsatisfactory performance, including acceptance of all work

performed and/or all products produced under the terms of the

contract.

(3) Review and approve invoices.

(4) Review and approve Contractor's project staff as may be

called for on the contract.

(5) Recommend program changes to the Contracting Officer as a

result of monitoring or as may be requested by the Contractor.

(6) Review, coordinate changes or corrections, if any, and

accept all reports (including any final reports) required under the

contract.

G.2 INVOICE REQUIREMENTS

Contractor will prepare and submit proper invoices (as defined in C

below) in accordance with the criteria outlined below. (Also, see

Clause 52.232-8 "Discount for Prompt Payment", contained in Section

I of the contract.):

A. (1) If the contract is a cost-reimbursement type contract,

the contractor will submit three (3) ink- signed copies of the

invoice, Cost Contractor's Invoice, (ETA 3100-1), together with a

detailed report of expenditures, Cost Contractor's Detailed

Statement of Costs (ETA 3-2), to the Government Authorized

Representative (GAR), U.S. Department of Labor, not more frequently

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than monthly, unless otherwise so authorized in the contract.

(2) If the contract is a fixed-price type contract, the

contractor may submit SF-1034, Public Voucher, or the equivalent

thereto; i.e., contractor's own invoice, in lieu of the forms

described in A(l) above.

(3) Invoices should be submitted to the individual listed

below:

To Be Determined

U.S. Department of Labor, ETA

200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5637

Washington, D.C. 20210

B. The Detailed Report of Expenditures (ETA 3-2) submitted with the

Invoice (ETA 3100-1) must include the same budget line items or cost

categories as appears in the contract, including any modifications

thereto.

C. To constitute a proper invoice, the invoice, must include the

following information and/or attached documentation:

(1) Name and address of the Contractor;

(2) Invoice date;

(3) Contract number or other authorization for supplies

delivered or services performed (including order number and contract

line item number).

(4) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price, and

extended price of supplies delivered or services performed.

(5) Shipping and payment terms (e.g., shipment number and date

of shipment, prompt payment discount terms. Bill of lading number

and weight of shipment will be shown for shipments on Government

bills of lading.

(6) Name and address of Contractor official to whom payment is

to be sent (must be the same as that in the contract or in a proper

notice of assignment).

(7) Name (where practicable), title, telephone number and

mailing address of person to be notified in event of a defective

invoice.

(8) Any other information or documentation required by other

requirements of the contract.

In addition to the above, invoices should be numbered consecutively.

All final invoices shall be clearly marked Final Invoice.

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G.3 METHOD OF PAYMENT

A. Payments under this contract will be made either by check or

electronic funds transfer (through the Treasury Fedline

Communications System (FEDLINE) or the Automated Clearing House

(ACH)), at the option of the Government. After award, but no later

than 14 days before an invoice or contract financing request is

submitted, the Contractor shall designate a financial institution

for receipt of electronic funds transfer payments. The contractor

shall submit this designation to the Contracting Officer or other

Government official as directed.

B. For payments through FEDLINE, the Contractor shall provide the

following information:

(1) Name, address, and telegraphic abbreviation of the

financial institution receiving payment.

(2) The American Bankers Association 9-digit identifying number

of the financing institution receiving payment if the institution

has access to the Federal Reserve Communications System.

(3) Payee's account number at the financial institution where

funds are to be transferred.

(4) If the financial institution does not have access to the

Federal Reserve Communications System, provide the name, address,

and telegraphic abbreviation of the correspondent financial

institution through which the financial institution receiving

payment obtains electronic funds transfer messages. Provide the

telegraphic abbreviation and American Bankers Association

identifying number for the correspondent institution.

C. For payments through ACH, the Contractor shall provide the

following information:

(1) Routing transit number of the financial institution

receiving payment (same as American Bankers Association identifying

number used for FEDLINE).

(2) Number of account to which funds are to be deposited.

(3) Type of depositor account ("C" for checking, "S" for

savings).

(4) If the Contractor is a new enrollee to the ACH system, a

"Payment Information Form," SF 3881, must be completed before

payment can be processed.

D. In the event the Contractor, during the performance of this

contract, elects to designate a different financial institution for

the receipt of any payment made using electronic funds transfer

procedures, notification of such change and the required information

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specified above must be received by the appropriate Government

official 30 days prior to the date such change is to become

effective.

E. The documents furnishing the information required in paragraphs

B and C above must be dated and contain the signature, title, and

telephone number of the Contractor official authorized to provide

it, as well as the Contractor's name and contract number.

F. Contractor failure to properly designate a financial institution

or to provide appropriate payee bank account information may delay

payments of amounts otherwise properly due.

G. The Contractor shall forward the information required above to:

U.S. Department of Labor, ETA

Division of Accounting, Room C-5319

200 Constitution Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20210

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SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT

REQUIREMENTS

H.1 BUDGET LINE ITEM FLEXIBILITY

Flexibility of Direct Costs will be allowed within the Prime

Contract Budget, provided no single line item of cost shall be

increased or decreased in excess of 20 percent and provided further

that the total estimated cost of the Contract is not exceeded. This

flexibility of cost does not apply to the wages, salaries and fringe

benefits line items (including proposed changes by the Contractor in

the mixture, number of hours, wages, and/or bonus or personnel paid

under the contract) wherein no increase is permitted without the

prior review and approval by the Contracting Officer.

In contracts with OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES provisions, this

clause is applicable to each yearly negotiated budget line item

amounts, and not the accumulated budget line item totals.

H.2 FRINGE BENEFITS

Social Security, Workmen's Compensation, Unemployment Compensation

and any other fringe benefits are a normal practice of the

Contractor at the time of final negotiations for this contract and

are available to all employees. Fringe benefits from an immediate

previous employer which may be continued while employed under this

contract are an allowable cost. In no event will duplicate fringe

benefits be allowable to an individual under this contract.

H.3 VACATIONS, SICK-LEAVE HOLIDAYS

The Contractor may grant leave in accordance with its established

written policy, provided that policy is accepted by the Contracting

Officer or, in the absence of an established policy, leave may be

granted as follows:

Vacation: Maximum 2 weeks (10 working days)

Sick Leave: Maximum 2 weeks (10 working days)

Holiday: Maximum of paid holidays

Leave shall be accrued at the rate of 5/6 of 1 day per month for

each month employed. If the term of this contract is for more than

or less than 1 year, the above leave shall be adjusted accordingly.

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H.4 TRAVEL AND PER DIEM

Travel policies as set forth in the Travel Regulations referred to

below are required of the Contractor and consultants hereunder.

Where the Contractor has a more restrictive travel policy than the

Federal Travel Regulations, the more restrictive requirements shall

apply.

It is the responsibility of the Contractor to authorize only such

per diem allowances as justified by the circumstances affecting the

travel. Care should be exercised to prevent fixing per diem rates

in excess of those required to meet the necessary authorized

subsistence expenses. To this end, consideration should be given to

factors which reduce the expenses of the employee such as: known

arrangements at temporary duty locations where lodging and meals may

be obtained without cost or at prices advantageous to the traveler;

established cost experience in the localities where lodging and

meals are required; situations where special rates for

accommodations have been made available for a particular meeting or

conference; the extent to which the traveler is familiar with

establishments providing lodging and meals at a lower cost in

certain localities, particularly, where repeated travel is involved;

and the use of methods of travel where sleeping accommodations are

provided as part of the transportation expenses.

All travel shall be at tourist, coach, or less than first class

unless itinerary or unavailability dictate otherwise. All temporary

duty and local area automobile travel shall be allowed as prescribed

by the applicable Travel Regulations.

Copies of applicable Travel Regulations can be obtained as follows

at a fee:

a. Federal Travel Regulations, prescribed by the General

Services Administration, for travel in the conterminous 48 United

States: Available on a subscription basis from the Superintendent

of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

20402, Stock No. 022-001-81003-7.

b. Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 2, DoD Civilian Personnel,

Appendix A, prescribed by the Department of Defense, for travel in

Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and territories and

possessions of the United States: Available on a subscription basis

from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 908-010-00000-1.

c. Standardized Regulations, (Government Civilians, Foreign

Areas), Section 925, "Maximum Travel Per Diem Allowances for Foreign

Areas," prescribed by the Department of State, for travel in areas

not covered in 1 and 2 above: Available on a subscription basis from

the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,

Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 744-008-00000-0.

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H.5 USE OF AND PAYMENT TO

CONSULTANTS

(a) Consultant(s) hired to perform under this contract may be

compensated at a rate for time actually worked (e.g., amount per

day, per week, per month, etc.), or at a fixed price for performance

of a specific task, or at nominal compensation in accordance with

Contractor's policies. However, for the use and payment to

consultant(s) prior written approval must be obtained from the

Contracting Officer.

(b) The amount or rate of payment will be determined on a

case-by- case basis, taking into account (among any other relevant

factors) the relative importance of the duties to be performed, the

stature of the individual in his specialized field, comparable pay

for positions under the Classification Act or other Federal pay

systems, rates paid by private employers and rates previously paid

other experts or consultants for similar work.

on the results on all consultations charged to the contract. This

report must include, as a minimum: (1) the consultant's name, dates,

hours and amounts charged to the contract; (2) the names of the

contractor's staff to whom the services are provided; and (3) the

results of the subject matter of the consultation.

H.6 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COST

Unemployment insurance costs shall be paid by the contractor as

they are incurred.

However, in the event billings for Unemployment Insurance costs

are received by the contractor after the expiration date of this

contract and the billings cover the period that this contract was

effective, the Government agrees to reimburse the contractor at the

same rate that would have been applicable had the cost been paid as

they were incurred.

H.7 ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING

SERVICES

(a) Accounting

The contractor may procure and utilize such accounting services as

are required to establish and maintain an accounting system which

reflect accurate, current and complete financial transactions and

which meet the standards of the Comptroller General of the United

States and the Department of Labor.

(b) Auditing

The contractor shall audit or have audited subcontractor financial

records as may be required to determine, at a minimum, the fiscal

integrity of financial transactions and compliance with laws,

regulations and administrative requirements.

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The U.S. Department of Labor shall be responsible for scheduling

all audits of the prime contractor's books, documents, papers and

records. The Department will use its own audit resources or shall

use certified or public accountants under contract or auditors from

another Federal agency.

Cost of Accounting Services and Audit of subcontractors as

described herein are allowable cost under this contract. Costs for

audits for which the U.S. Department of Labor is responsible are

unallowable.

H.8 PRINTING

Unless otherwise specified in this contract, the contractor shall

not engage in, nor subcontract for, any printing (as that term is

defined in Title 1 of the Government Printing and Binding

Regulations in effect on the effective date of this contract) in

connection with the performance of work under this contract:

provided, however, that performance of a requirement under this

contract involving the reproduction of less than 5,000 production

units of any one page or less than 25,000 production units in the

aggregate of multiple pages, will not be deemed to be printing. A

production unit is defined as one sheet, size 8 by 11 inches, one

side only, one color.

H.9 KEY PERSONNEL

The personnel specified below or in attachment to this contract

are considered to be essential to the work being performed

hereunder. Prior to diverting any of the specified individuals to

other programs, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer

reasonably in advance and shall submit justification (including

proposed substitutions) in sufficient detail to permit evaluation

of the impact on the program. No diversion shall be made by the

Contractor without the written consent of the Contracting Officer;

Provided, that the Contracting Officer may ratify in writing such

diversion and such ratification shall constitute the consent of the

Contracting Officer required by this clause. The below list or

attachment to this contract may be amended from time to time during

the course of the contract to either add or delete personnel, as

appropriate.

For the purpose of this contract, the key personnel positions are

identified below as:

(not specified)

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H.10 CONTRACT NUMBER IDENTIFICATION

The Contractor agrees to utilize the number of this contract on

all correspondence, communications, reports, vouchers and such other

data concerning this contract or delivered hereunder.

H.11 SUBMISSION OF CORRESPONDENCE

All correspondence relating to contractual aspects shall be

directed to the Division of Acquisition and Assistance, Attention:

Division Chief.

H.12 OTHER CONTRACTORS

The Government may undertake or award other contracts for the

same, essentially similar, or related work, and the Contractor shall

fully cooperate with such other contractors and Government

employees. The Contractor shall not commit or permit any act which

will interfere with the performance of work by any other contractor

or by Government employees.

The foregoing paragraph shall be included in the contracts of all

Contractors with whom this Contractor will be required to cooperate.

The Government shall equitably enforce this clause as to all

contractors, to prevent the imposition of unreasonable burdens on

any contractor.

H.13 LAWS APPLICABLE

The contractor will perform its duties in accordance with the

applicable Act, and the regulations, procedures and standards

promulgated thereunder. The Contractor will comply with all

applicable Federal and State and Local laws, rules, and regulations

which deal with or relate to the employment of persons who perform

work or are trained under contract.

This contract in no way relieves the Contractor of responsibility

for compliance with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act,

as amended.

H.14 DISPOSITION OF MATERIAL

Upon termination or completion of all work under this contract,

the Contractor shall prepare for shipment, deliver F0B destination,

or dispose of all materials received from the Government and all

residual materials produced in connection with the performance of

this contract as may be directed by Contracting Officer, or as

specified in other provisions of this contract. All materials

produced or required to be delivered under this contract become and

remain the property of the Government.

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H.15 NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

(a) No person shall on the ground of race, religion, color,

handicap, national origin, sex, age, political affiliation, or

beliefs be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits

of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity

funded or otherwise financially assisted, in whole or in part with

funds made available hereunder. (b) In addition, this contract and

any subcontract hereunder is subjected to Title VI of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252) and the Regulations issued

thereunder and found at 29 CFR 31. The Contractor agrees that any

service, financial aid, or other benefit to be provided by it under

this contract shall be furnished without discrimination because of

race, color, sex, or national origin; and that his employment

practices shall be subject to the same restrictions to ensure

nondiscriminatory treatment of beneficiaries of assistance under the

Act.

H.16 FEDERAL REPORTS

In the event that it subsequently becomes a contractual

requirement to collect or record information calling for answers to

identical questions from 10 or more persons other than Federal

employees, or for information from Federal employees which is to be

used for statistical compilations of general public interest, the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 and 5 CRF 1320 shall apply to this

contract. No plan, questionnaire, interview guide or similar device

for collecting formation (whether repetitive or single-time) may be

used without first obtaining clearance from the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB).

The contractor shall obtain the required OMB clearance through the

Project Officer before expending any funds or making public

contracts for the collection of data. The authority to expend funds

and to proceed with the collection of data shall be issued in

writing by the Contracting Officer.

H.17 DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMATION

The Contractor agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any

information regarding applicants, project participants or their

immediate families which may be obtained through application forms,

interviews, test reports from public agencies or counselors, or any

other source. Without the permission of the applicant or

participant, such information shall be divulged only as necessary

for purposes related to the performance or evaluation of the

contract and to persons having responsibilities under the contract,

including those furnishing services to the projects under

subcontracts.

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H.18 ELIMINATION OF SEXIST LANGUAGE AND ART

WORK

All written materials issued by the Contractor or grantee shall

conform to the following guidelines for eliminating sexist language

and art work:

(a) Avoid the use of sex reference in job titles. Titles

should conform to the Census Bureau's occupational classification

system and the most recently published edition of the Dictionary of

Occupational Titles.

-- Longshore workers instead of longshoremen.

(b) Avoid the use of male and female gender word forms.

-- Aviator to include men and women pilots, not aviatrix.

whole.

-- Human beings or people instead of mankind.

(d) Avoid the use of masculine and feminine pronouns or

adjectives in referring to a hypothetical person or people in

general. Change sentences such as: The average American worker

spends 2 years of his life in the workforce.

-- By rewording to eliminate unnecessary gender pronouns

and adjectives. (The average American worker spends 20 years in the

workforce.)

-- By recasting into the plural. (Most Americans spend 20

years of their lives in the workforce.)

-- By replacing the masculine or feminine pronoun or

adjective with "one", "you", "he or she", "her or him", or his or

her". (An average American spends 20 years of his or her life in

the workforce.)

(e) Refer to both men and women in such generic terms as

economist, doctor, or lawyer. Identify sex through the use of

pronouns.

-- The lawyer made her final summation.

(f) Avoid the use of stereotyped terms or expressions such as

"man-sized" job.

-- Employee-years and employee-hours (or staff-hours)

instead of man-years and man-hours.

(g) The use of art work in publications should conform to the

following guidelines:

(i) Strive to use racially and sexually balanced designs.

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(ii) Depict both men and women in art work on general

subject matters.

(iii) Show men and women in a variety of roles in

photographs, illustrations, and drawings.

-- Show women and men as managers and skilled laborers.

H.19 HAZARDOUS OCCUPATION ORDERS

The Contractor shall comply with the Hazardous Occupation Orders

issued pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act and set forth at 20

CFR 570.50 et seq. with respect to the employment of youths under 18

years of age and the Child Labor Standards of 29 CFR 570.31 et seq.

with respect to the employment of youths aged 14 and 15.

H.20 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS (FAR-Subpart

28.3)

In accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, 48 CFR,

Clause 52.228-7 entitled, "Insurance-Liability to Third Persons" the

following kinds and amounts of insurance must be procured and

maintained in force during the lifetime of the above numbered

contract.

A. Worker's Compensation - In the amounts required by State law

or the United States Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation

Act (33 U.S.C. 901).

B. Occupational Diseases Insurance - As required by applicable

law. In any area where all occupational diseases are not

compensable under applicable law, insurance for occupational

diseases shall be secured under the employer liability section of

your insurance policy, minimum per accident $100,000.

C. Employer Liability - This insurance is to cover any

liability imposed upon an employer, by law, for damages on account

of personal injuries, including death resulting therefrom, sustained

by his employees by reason of accident.

D. General Liability Insurance (Bodily Injury) - This insurance

protects the insured against claims arising from bodily injury or

death to third parties occurring on it business premises or through

its operations except those arising from motor vehicles away from

the premises, those covered by any Worker's Compensation law, and

other exclusions stated in the policy. The required coverage for

bodily injury shall be $200,000 per person and $500,000 per

occurrence.

E. Automobile Liability - The required coverage is $200,000 per

person and $500,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and $20,000 per

occurrence for property damage.

F. The policies evidencing such insurance as required under

this contract shall contain the following endorsement:

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"No cancellation, termination, or modification of this policy

shall take effect prior to the expiration of 35 days after written

notice of the cancellation, termination or modification together

with suitable identification of the policy and name insured has been

sent by registered letter to the Government representative at the

address stated below:

Name of Contracting Officer: Keith A. Bond

Address: USDOL/ETA/DASET/OGCM/DAA

200 Constitution Ave., N.W.

Room S-4203

Washington, D.C. 20210

The types and minimum limits reflected above for vehicle insurance

shall apply to any vehicle operated or used in connection with

performance of official business under this contract. In the event

a privately-owned vehicle is used, the Government's share of

insurance premiums, including any additional coverage required to

conform with the above limits, shall be prorated in accordance with

the vehicle's actual use while conducting business under the terms

of this contract.

H.21 DATA COLLECTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF

LABOR

The Contractor shall be responsible for informing any grantee that

they have been requested to collect information for the Department

of Labor. The collection of such data shall be the responsibility

of the Contractor solely. The Contractor may request assistance

from ETA grantees in locating the data. However, the actual data

gathering must be done by the Contractor.

H.22 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

The composition, workmanship, printing or reproduction and

substantive content of all reports, evaluations, charts, tables,

graphs, and other data to be furnished under this contract shall

strictly conform to the generally accepted quality standards of the

Contractor's profession and shall be suitable for dissemination and

use without revision, to DOL, other Government agencies and the

general public.

Reports shall include a compl