Title
Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Award a Contract to Arbor E&T, LLC, D/B/A Rescare Workforce Services in an Amount not to Exceed $1,994,063
Body
Department: Executive/Office of Workforce Development
Council District: n/a
Public Hearing: n/a
Advertising Date/By: n/a
Contact 1 and Phone: Lillian Plummer, 373-8568
Contact 2 and Phone: Steve Jones, 373-3001
PURPOSE:
City Council approval is requested to award a contract for the provision of Adult and Dislocated Worker services under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) in WIA Program Year 2014-15 to Arbor E&T, LLC, d/b/a ResCare Workforce Services in an amount not to exceed $1,994,063.
BACKGROUND:
The objective of the contract is to provide comprehensive services to Adults and Dislocated Workers under the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act and within the framework for integrated service delivery established by the NC Department of Commerce.
NC Senate Bill 73 was signed into law on July 23, 2013. This bill added the following additional item to the list of Local Workforce Development Board duties found in NC General Statutes 143B-438.11: "to designate through a competitive selection process, by no later than July 1, 2014, the provider of adult and dislocated worker services authorized in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998". As directed in NC Division of Workforce Solutions Policy Statement PS 15-2013, local workforce boards were to maintain an "arm's length" financial transactional approach in this competitive selection process, thereby removing the option for the City of Greensboro's Office of Workforce Development to continue to both provide administration of Workforce Investment Act programs while also directly operating those programs.
An RFP was released in April 2014 and bids received in May. There were two bidders for services: ResCare Workforce Services and JobWorks, Inc. A committee comprised of Workforce Development Board (WDB) members numer...
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