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Dept./ Agency: One Stop Career Center-NewarkWORKS
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Service Contract
Purpose: To provide pre-high school and high school equivalency prep program.
Entity Name: La Casa de Don Pedro
Entity Address: 75 Park Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $60,000.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development/ Business Unit NW051, Dept. G20, Div./Proj. M20D0, Account #72060, Budget Ref: B2020
Contract Period: July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, on September 16, 2020 through Resolution 7R2-c, the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor of the City of Newark to accept the following Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) allotments: WIOA - Youth ($2,553,043.00), WIOA - Adult ($2,393,169.00), WIOA - Dislocated Worker ($750,427.00); totaling $5,696,639.00 through the Newark Workforce Development Board (NWDB) grant funds for Program Year 2020 (July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021) with eighty percent (80%) obligated by June 30, 2021 and fully expended by June 30, 2022; and
WHEREAS, there exists a need for NewarkWORKS to enter into a contract with an entity that can provide WIOA-Youth clients for pre-high school and high school equivalency pursuant to the provisions of WIOA Program Year 2020; and
WHEREAS, on March 27, 2020, NewarkWORKS advertised a Request for Proposal (RFP), returnable on May 22, 2020 for training services under the provisions of WIOA Program Year 2020; and
WHEREAS, on May 22, 2020, NewarkWORKS received a total of twenty-five (25) proposals for both WIOA Youth...
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