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R -- EVALUATION OF YOUTH OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVE SOL RFP-DCS-0013 DUE 050100 POC Harry B. Ladson, Jr.,Contract Specialist (202) 219-8698 X 147, Keith A. Bond, Contracting Officer WEB: Department Of Labor Employment and Training Administration, http://www.doleta.gov. E-MAIL: Harry B.Ladson, Jr. Contract Specialist, hladson@doleta.gov. The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA), is soliciting proposals to select a contractor to evaluate the Youth Opportunity Grants Initiative under the Workforce Investment Act. On February 19, 2000 DOL/ETA announced the award of 36 grants to cities, rural areas, and Indian Reservations which will be the subject of this evaluation. The evaluation will (1) Estimate and compare youth employment, school enrollment, graduation rates, wages, welfare enrollment and crime rates in the Youth Opportunity areas. This will include a survey of youth to measure each area's labor market outcomes and use of the decennial census and American Community Survey to measure outcomes for the initiative as a whole. (2) Conduct a process evaluation of each area's Youth Opportunity program. The process evaluation will identify the services funded by the demonstration grants and assess the measures taken by grantees to expand employment, education, training opportunities for out-of-school youth ages 14-21 in the Youth Opportunity areas. It will use the grantees' MIS data to measure program participation and participant outcomes. (3) Use ethnographic research to provide comparisons of each area's sense of well being. The level of effort for this requirement is between 230 and 250 professional person years. The period of performance for the prospective award will be 60 months from the date of contract execution. The contract type is cost reimbursement. This requirement is being offered as a 100% small business set-aside. The SIC code is 8742 and the size standard is $5 million. As indicated above, the proposed effort is substantial and complex, requiring offerors to field a wide range of experience and expertise in a relatively short time frame. Therefore, offerors are encouraged to form relationships with firms who can demonstrate they have successfully carried out tasks similar to those required. It is recognized that subcontracting may be proposed pursuant to FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting. Offerors are advised that they must comply with all applicable FAR Regulations. Request for Proposals will be available on the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration's Internet Home Page at HTTP://WWW.DOLETA.GOV, approximately 15 days from the date of publication. Request for Proposals in hard copy form will be available, on a first come, first-served basis until the supply is exhausted. Telephone requests will not be honored. For requests made after the supply is exhausted, the Contracting Officer may determine whether payment of a fee is warranted. The fee will not exceed the actual cost of duplication of the solicitation document. Closing date for receipt of proposals will be May 1, 2000 at 2:00 PM local time. Requests must cite RFP-DCS 00-13 and must include two self addressed labels. Failure to enclose labels may cause delay in receipt of the solicitation. No collect calls will be accepted. It is the sole responsibility of the offeror to continually view the website for any amendments to this solicitation. Posted 03/02/00 (W-SN430506). (0062)

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