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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend contracts with various Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network service and product providers for training and employment services to residents, to increase the total amount by $450,000, for a revised total aggregate amount not to exceed $5,855,712, and to extend the contracts term through December 31, 2022, with an option to renew for one additional one-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend contracts with various Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network (Pacific Gateway) service and product providers to continue training and employment services to Long Beach residents.
Contracted vendors provide specialized workforce training services delivered through America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) in support of strategies that provide training and employment services to residents and job seekers.
Pacific Gateway administers the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and other employment and training funds received annually by the City of Long Beach (City). Those funds support job training programs and business services delivered by the Workplace, Harbor Gateway WorkSource Center, Harbor YouthSource Center, FutureLB, and selected community-based organizations to assist residents to acquire skills leading to employment in high-demand occupations with local employers.
Pacific Gateway utilizes labor market information, industry feedback, and changes in the industry to monitor hiring needs. Such practices ensure that local skill training design and investments are in industries with growth and demand leading to employment for residents. For training programs not associated with Pacific Gateway initiatives connected with local colleges and universities, customers are required by WIOA to select training providers procured and/or approved through the State’s Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL). Vendors under the ETPL are exempt from other local procurements, as are employers participating in On-the-Job (OJT), and Customized Training (CT) programs, as mandated by WIOA. A City procurement process for vendor selection is not required.
Pacific Gateway will continue to partner with the training and service providers outlined below, based on customer demand.
On November 10, 2015, the City Council authorized the execution of agreements with various providers for training and employment services to Long Beach residents. In following meetings, increases provided for a revised total aggregate amount of $5,405,712. Pacific Gateway requests contract increases and renewals for the coming months for organizations with current agreements with the City in the amount of $450,000, for a new revised aggregate total amount of $5,855,712. The following provides the detail increase amounts for each intended contract:
|
Service Provider |
Primary Area of Instruction/ Services/ Product |
Current Contract/BPO Terms |
Requested Amendment/ New Terms |
New Contract/BPO |
|
Integrated Digital Technologies (IDT) |
• Database Technologies Specialist • It Security Administrator (Network+/Security+/CCNA/ CEH/CWNA) • Software Development/Programmer • Telecommunications Specialist |
32100169 11/01/20 - 12/31/21 $200,000 |
Add 1 year Add: $150,000 |
11/01/20 - 12/31/22 $350,000 |
|
Olivarend, Inc., dba GSF Driving and Truck Training School |
• Professional Combo Course CDL Class A & B-P • Complete Course CDL Class A • Complete Course CDL Class B-P |
32100268 11/01/20 - 12/31/21 $175,000 |
Add 1 year Add: $150,000 |
11/01/20 - 12/31/22 $325,000 |
|
Pacific Harbor Lines |
• Assistant Engineer |
3182500035 08/15/18 - 12/31/21 $295,000 |
Add 1 year Add: $150,000 |
08/15/18 - 12/31/22 $445,000 |
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Amy R. Webber on November 14, 2021, Business Services Bureau Manager Tara Mortensen November 10, 2021, and by Budget Operations and Development Officer Rhutu Amin Gharib on November 15, 2021.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on December 7, 2021, to ensure there is no interruption to services.
FISCAL IMPACT
The requested action increases contract authority with various Pacific Gateway service and product providers by $450,000 for a revised total aggregate amount not to exceed $5,855,712. These contracts are supported by WIOA grant funding and sufficient appropriation is budgeted in the Community Development Fund Group in the Economic Development Department. This recommendation has no staffing impact beyond the normal budgeted scope of duties and is consistent with existing City Council priorities. Approval of this recommendation will result in job training, skills enhancement, and employment opportunities for hundreds of residents.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
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Respectfully Submitted,
JOHN KEISLER
DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
APPROVED:
THOMAS B. MODICA
CITY MANAGER