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Joint resolution authorizing agreements for the Lake County Workforce Development's Youth Program Services in an amount not to exceed $731,201.
Staff Summary
· Lake County desires to enter into contracts with qualified providers for youth programs to service in-school and out-of-school youth under the federal Workforce Investment Act.
· Lake County extended a Request for Proposal to 154 providers and received nine sealed proposals from six service providers.
· The Workforce Development Board Selection Review Committee has recommended awards be made to five service providers that offered favorable proposals to meet the diverse needs of the student populations to be served.
· The Lake County Workforce Investment Board concurs with these recommendations and forwards them for County Board consideration.
· Contracts are recommended for two in-school youth programs: Zion Benton High School, Jobs for Bees, Zion, Illinois, in the amount of $140,431 to service 22 youth; and Waukegan High School, SHINE Educational Leadership Program, Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $150,000 to service 30 youth.
· Contracts are recommended for four out-of-school youth programs: Waukegan High School, Pharmacy Tech Program, Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $113,270 to service 20 youth; Youth Build Lake County, North Chicago, Illinois, for $90,000 to service 12 youth; First Institute Training and Management, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, for $150,000 to service 20 youth; and Computer Systems Institute, Gurnee, Illinois, in the amount of $87,500 to serve 10 youth.
· Contracts are not to exceed $731,201 and will be funded through the County's allocation of federal Workforce Investment Act funds.
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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 154 service providers; and
WHEREAS, nine sealed proposals were received from six service providers on December 19, 2013; 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 two in-school youth programs at Zion Benton High School, Jobs For Bees, Zion, Illinois, in the amount of $140,431 to service 22 youth; and Waukegan High School, SHINE Educational Leadership Program, Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $150,000 to service 30 youth; and four out-of-school youth programs to Waukegan High School, Pharmacy Tech Program, Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $113,270 to service 20 youth; Youth Build Lake County, North Chicago, Illinois, for $90,000 to service 12 youth; First Institute Training and Management, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, in the amount of $150,000 to service 20 youth; and Computer Systems Institute, Gurnee, Illinois, in the amount of $87,500 to serve 10 youth for one year, plus renewals for Workforce Development charging the costs to various accounts.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, May 13, 2014.