Request for Information: Transit Transitional Employment Program for Bus Cleaning Services

Project Description: Notice of Intent to Designate Only Reasonable Source:
This Request for Information (RFI) Notice of Intent to Designate Only Reasonable Source is to determine if the specified service is available from multiple providers, or if an alternate service is available that would meet the County’s needs. This is not a request for pricing or a purchase commitment.
The following service is thought to be available from only a reasonable source and is the only service that meets the County’s needs:
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of South Florida (OIC of South Florida) is the qualified organization to manage the Transit Transitional Employment (TTE) Program for Bus Cleaning Services and employment opportunities the County is requesting.
The TTE Program provides required supplemental bus cleaning services and employment opportunities that introduce specialize job readiness classes, vocational and job skills to receive future job placement assistance for Broward County unemployed residence. OIC of South Florida serves as a community-based workforce, job development, and training organization that focuses on the unemployed, underemployed, unskilled, and those with barriers to self-sufficiency due to past indiscretions in their background through their various Workforce Development Division programs.
This RFI will remain posted until closing date and time.
Prospective Vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to provide the service described or written explanation or other documentation contesting the proposed RFI designation.
If you are capable of meeting or exceeding the County’s requirements for the specified service, respond to this RFI through the electronic bidding system. Vendor should upload any supporting information in the electronic bidding system as part of its response to assist the County in determining if service is comparable, is available from multiple suppliers, and meets the County’s needs. The Director of Purchasing shall have sole authority in deciding what is comparable.
The Director of Purchasing shall consider such submittals and notify all submitting vendors (thru the electronic bidding system) of the decision whether to designate as a Reasonable Source, which decision shall not be subject to objection, protest, or appeal.