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General

The Snohomish County Workforce Development Council Request for Proposal (RFP) for the selection of contractor(s) for WIA Title I-B Adult and Dislocated Worker Services WorkSource Everett and Lynnwood for the period of July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006 is now available.

Attachments

• Cover Page
• Monthly Activity Projections
• Line Item Budget Detail
• Salaries and Benefits Detail Narrative
• Monthly Cost Projections
• Leveraged Resources
• Software and Equipment Detail Narrative
• Staffing Plan - Revised 05/12/05
• Program Management and Operation Experience

All inquires related to the RFP are to be submitted electronically.  E-mail inquires should be identified on the e-mail as "Adult and Dislocated Worker Services RFP Inquiry" and send to marla@snocowdc.org.

Written questions will be responded to within 72 hours by posting in the "Questions and Answers" section on this page.

Questions received after May 20, 2005 will not be answered.

Evaluation Process & Time Table

CLARIFICATION: PTA obligations for WorkSource Everett were stated incorrectly in the Q&A below. The correct PTA obligations are:

WorkSource Everett
- Adult - $72,940
- Dislocated Worker - $61,952

WorkSource Lynnwood
- Adult - $9,120
- Dislocated Worker - $15,674

Q At the Bidder's Conference that was mention of some One-Stop Centers in the nation that do not use WIA dollars to fund client training. I am very interested to know which one-stop centers these are and how they manage to leverage all that training.
A While the Snohomish County WDC has not done a current one stop system analysis of other systems across the country in the recent past, during the initiation phase of WIA legislation, there was a best practice and model review conducted. At that time, the Sacramento area had a service delivery system that had sufficient training dollars available from other sources that they did not feel that they needed to utilize WIA dollars to support training and felt that there was such a high level of demand for core services that they would concentrate their WIA resources in that area. Funding levels in 1999 were higher for a great many training based programs, and the economy in general was fairly hot, and not as demanding of the job seeker for skilled labor. The point being made here is that the choice on the amount of funding that should go into core, intensive or training services is a design issue in the RFP, and one that each bidder should put forward an argument to sustain the design for. It is not an option to only have on kind of service available, but it has always been an option to collaborate with other programs to provide the mix of required services. In many one stop offices, Wagner Peyser resources carry the core service function, with only a very limited level of support from any other funding source. But there is nothing in the law that prescribes the specific percentage of WIA dollars that have to go to support each of the three tiers of service. The bidder needs to thoughtfully approach this in their design and provide the supporting argument for the percentage they recommend.

Q Do the dollars that are available through the Adult and Dislocated Worker Program RFP need to cover the RSA costs, or will there be separate dollars for RSA?
A RSA costs need to be included in the amounts released in the RFP. There will be no additional dollars available to cover RSA costs