Title
Joint resolution authorizing execution of various Agreements for Youth Program Services for the Lake County Workforce Development Department.
Staff Summary
• Lake County desires to enter into contracts for Youth Programs with qualified providers to service In-School and Out-of-School Youth under the federal Workforce Investment Act.
• Lake County extended Requests for Proposal to 59 providers and received eleven (11) sealed proposals from six (6) service providers.
• The Workforce Development Board Selection Review Committee has recommended awards be made to the five (5) service providers that offered favorable proposals to meet the diverse needs of the student populations to be served.
• The Lake County Workforce Investment Board has concurred with these recommendations and forwards them for County Board consideration.
• Contracts are recommended for three (3) In-School Youth Programs:
North Chicago High School #187, Future First, North Chicago, IL in the amount of $133,333 to service 20 youth, Zion Benton High School, Jobs For Bees, Zion, IL, in the amount of $133,333 to service 18 youth and Waukegan High School, SHINE Educational Leadership Program, Waukegan, IL in the amount of $133,333 to service 20 youth.
• Contracts are recommended for five (5) Out-of-School Youth Programs: North Chicago High School #187, CNA Program, North Chicago, IL in the amount of $125,000 to service 15 youth, North Chicago High School #187, Phlebotomy Program, North Chicago, IL in the amount of $75,000 to service 10 youth, Waukegan High School, Pharmacy Tech Program, Waukegan, IL in the amount of $75,000 to service 12 youth, Youth Build Lake County, North Chicago, IL for $62,500 to service 12 youth, and First Institute Training and Management, Inc., Waukegan, IL, for $62,500 to service 7 youth.
• These contracts will cost the County a total $799,999, to be funded through the County’s allocation of federal Workforce Investment Act funds.
Body
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 5-102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, proposals were called for by publication for establishing contracts with qualified providers for Youth Services to provide In-School and Out-of-School Programs under the Workforce Investment Act for the Lake County Workforce Development Department; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to said publication, request for proposals were extended to fifty nine (59) service providers; and
WHEREAS, eleven (11) sealed proposals were received from six (6) service providers on February 24, 2010; and
WHEREAS, a Workforce Development Board Selection Review Committee recommends, and the Workforce Investment Board concurs, that awards be made to multiple service providers offering the most favorable proposals to meet the diverse needs of the In and Out of School populations to be served.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby directed to enter into contracts for In-School Youth Programs with North Chicago High School #187, Future First, North Chicago, IL in the amount of $133,333 to service 20 youth; Zion-Benton High School, Jobs for Bees, Zion, IL, in the amount of $133,333 to service 18 youth; and Waukegan High School, SHINE Educational Leadership Program, Waukegan, IL in the amount of $133,333 to service 20 youth, charging the cost thereof to account # 750-4042020-79940 and for Out-of-School Youth Programs to First Institute Training and Management, Inc., Waukegan, IL, in the amount of $62,500 to service 7 youth; North Chicago High School #187, CNA Program, North Chicago, IL in the amount of $125,000 to service 15 youth; North Chicago High School #187, Phlebotomy Program, North Chicago, IL in the amount of $75,000 to service 10 youth; Waukegan High School, Pharmacy Tech Program, Waukegan, IL in the amount of $75,000 to service 12 youth; and Youth Build Lake County, North Chicago, IL in the amount of $62,500 to service 12 youth charging the cost thereof to account # 750-4042021-79940 for one year, plus renewals for Workforce Development.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, June 8, 2010.