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C. 93

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	July 21, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Oakland Private Industry Council

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 07/21/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Stephen Baiter, 2-6820

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 21, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, on behalf of the Workforce Development Board to execute a contract with the Private Industry Council, including modified indemnification language, in an amount not to exceed $659,494, for training vendor contracting and pay agent services, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.

FISCAL IMPACT:

$659,494: 100% Federal Workforce Investment Act funds

BACKGROUND:

In May 2013, the EASTBAY Works Consortium, of which the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa (WDB) is a member, selected Oakland Private Industry Council (OPIC), a member organization, as a result of an Alameda County Request for Proposal (RFP) to serve as procurement and pay agent for training vendors on behalf of all EASTBAY Works partner agencies. In this capacity, OPIC is responsible for contracting with and paying training vendors who provide Workforce Investment Act (WIA) related jobs and skills training to clients served by WDB. A core component of these services is the availability of occupational training which allows the WDB, its One-Stop Career Centers, and its youth providers to continue regular WIA training services to job seeking clients. OPIC has historically met or exceeded its contracted goals. Their past performance was evaluated as part of their response to the RFP that lead to awarding this contract. (18-346-4)

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Dislocated workers and job seekers in Contra Costa county will have less opportunities to receive on-the-job-training.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This contract supports all five of the community outcomes established in the Children's Outcome Report: 1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; 2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; 3) "Families that are Economically Self Sufficient"; 4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and, 5) "Communities that Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families" by assisting with training and employment services.