Title
Joint resolution to approve a Memorandum of Understanding between Lake County Workforce Development Board, Lake County and the One-Stop Operator Consortium in the amount of $116,213.
Staff Summary
* Since 2000, the Job Center of Lake County has been operated under a partner consortium including the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), the College of Lake County (CLC), and the Lake County Workforce Development Department (Workforce Development).
* New Federal legislation went into effect in 2015 that requires these services to be procured by the Workforce Development Board through a competitive selection process.
* The County met its obligation through the initial award of the One-Stop Operator to the Workforce Development Partner Consortium at the County Board meeting on June 13, 2017.
* The Workforce Development Board received notification in December 2017 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) requiring that the competitive selection process be resolicited based on a finding that with no funding included in the original Request for Proposal (RFP) the competition was restricted and, as such, would limit the number of responses from entities already receiving Title One funds.
* Lake County was unsuccessful in their appeal of the finding by DCEO and re-released the RFP for the One-Stop Operator on February 22, 2018 to 26 vendors and one proposal was received from the consortium of the IDES, CLC, and Workforce Development.
* The review committee determined that the proposal submitted by the Workforce Development Partner Consortium satisfied the requirements set forth in the RFP.
* It is recommended that the consortium of the IDES, CLC, and Workforce Development be approved to continue to provide these services in the amount of $116,213.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires that there must be, at a minimum, one physical One-Stop Center in Lake County; and...
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