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Joint resolution authorizing contracts with various firms for the Lake County Workforce Development’s Youth Program Services in the amount not to exceed $822,545.59.
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 Innovation and Opportunity Act.
• Lake County extended requests for proposal to 26 providers and received ten sealed proposals from nine service providers.
• The Workforce Development Board Selection Review Committee recommends and the Workforce Development Board agrees that the awards be made to six service providers that offered favorable proposals that meet the diverse needs of the student populations to be served.
• Two In-School Youth Programs contracts are recommended to Zion Benton High School’s, Jobs for Bees, Zion, Illinois, in the amount of $74,998.15 to service 20 youth, and Waukegan High School’s, SHINE Educational Leadership Program, Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $74,995.95 to service 17 youth.
• Five Out-of-School Youth Programs contracts are recommended to Waukegan High School’s, Pharmacy Tech Program, Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $194,267.19 to service 30 youth, Youth Build Lake County, North Chicago, Illinois, for $109,348.78 to service 25 youth, First Institute Training and Management, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, for $195,162.33 to service 23 youth, Business & Career Services, Arlington Heights, Illinois, for $66,542.19 to service 12 youth, and Youth Conservation Corps, Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $107,231.00 to serve 10 youth.
• Contracts are not to exceed $822,549.59 and will be funded through the County’s allocation of federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds.
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RESOLUTION
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 Innovation and Opportunity Act for the Lake County Workforce Development Department; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to said publication, request for proposals were extended to 26 service providers; and
WHEREAS, ten sealed proposals were received from nine service providers on January 7, 2016; and
WHEREAS, a Workforce Development Board Selection Review Committee recommends, and the Workforce Development Board concurs that awards be made to Zion Benton High School’s, Jobs for Bees, Zion, Illinois, in the amount of $74,998.15 to service 20 youth, and Waukegan High School’s, SHINE Educational Leadership Program, Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $74,995.95 to service 17 youth for In-School Youth Programs and Waukegan High School’s, Pharmacy Tech Program, Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $194,267.19 to service 30 youth, Youth Build Lake County, North Chicago, Illinois, for $109,348.78 to service 25 youth, First Institute Training and Management, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, for $195,162.33 to service 23 youth, Business & Career Services, Arlington Heights, Illinois, for $66,542.19 to service 12 youth, and Youth Conservation Corps, Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $107,231.00 to serve 10 youth for the Out-of-School Youth Programs; and
WHEREAS, these service providers offer 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 authorized to enter into a contract with the service providers listed above for the Lake County Workforce Development’s Youth Program Services in the amount not to exceed $822,545.59.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 12, 2016.