Title
Employment Readiness Substitute Trainer Services Request for Proposals Contract Award (RFP-CED18-ERT) (Ordinance S-45301)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into contracts with Crystal Clear Results Life Coaching, LLC; Nicholas A. Rago dba Consultants to Management; and Thomas Resources, LLC to provide employment readiness substitute training services for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) participants. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The aggregate value of the three contracts, including extension options, shall not exceed $150,000. No General Funds are required.
Report
Summary
The successful proposers will serve as substitute workshop trainers for the City's five-day employment readiness series for WIOA participants. This series provides accountability to a job seeker for decision-making in her/his career path by identifying the skill sets necessary for employment and advancement in her/his occupational goal. From time to time, City staff are unavailable to conduct these training sessions and substitute trainers are utilized to teach from existing training curriculum and lesson plans.
Procurement Information
RFP-CED18-ERT, Employment Readiness Substitute Trainer Services, was issued on Sept. 26, 2018 and conducted in accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10. All five proposals received by the proposal deadline were responsive and reviewed by an evaluation panel based on:
- Qualifications and Experience of the Proposed Substitute Trainer (0-400 points).
- Fee (0-375 points).
- Approach to Scope (0- 325 points).
The three top-ranked proposers are:
Nicholas A. Rago: 876 points
Thomas Resources, LLC: 876 points
Crystal Clear Results Life Coaching, LLC: 703 points
Staff recommends the proposals offered by these three proposers be accepted as the three highest-scored, responsive, and responsible proposals that are most advantageous to the City.
Contract Term
Each contract will have a one-year term beginning on or about March 1, 2019, with four one-year renewal options.
Financial Impact
The aggregate value of the three contracts, including extension options, shall not exceed $150,000. No General Funds are required; WIOA Grant Funds will be used.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The Phoenix Business and Workforce Development Board Executive Leadership Committee approved the funding of these contracts at its Dec. 13, 2018 meeting.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Deanna Jonovich and the Human Services Department.