Procurement

Procurement – Heartland Workforce Solutions

ABOUT THE RFP

On behalf of Heartland Workforce Solutions,

Thomas P. Miller and Associates, LLC (TPMA) is managing the procurement of an Adult and Dislocated Worker Service Provider, Youth Service Provider, and One-Stop Operator. The RFPs are attached below.

As the contracted entity to lead this procurement process, TPMA serves as a “separate and independent outside entity to conduct the competition” for this contract. TPMA will review all submitted proposals and evaluate them on a scale coordinated and agreed upon by Heartland Workforce Solutions. Based on its evaluation, TPMA will submit its selection, along with a description of the selection process and scoring justification, to Heartland Workforce Solutions’ leadership for approval. For questions related to this procurement, please contact procurement@tpma-inc.com. Please reference Heartland Workforce Solutions in the subject line.

***The Public Opening of the RFP bids will be conducted on February 18, 2022 at 12:30pm CST virtually and in-person at the HWS Community Conference Room located at 5752 Ames Avenue, Omaha, NE 68104. Virtual attendees can use the following Zoom link and information:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88927859865?pwd=UU5yM01kMlllTlpqdDZPeG9CRVNxdz09

Meeting ID: 889 2785 9865
Passcode: 187284

 

Action Date
RFP Issued January 10, 2022
Deadline for RFP Inquiries for Clarification January 21, 2022
Posting of Answers to Inquiries January 26, 2022
Proposal Deadline (email only) February 18, 2022 at 12:00 pm CST
Public Opening (in person or virtual) February 18, 2022 at 12:30 pm CST
Interviews (if necessary) Week of March 7th to March 11th, 2022
TPMA Recommendation to HWS team March 25, 2022
Notice of Intent to Award to Proposers

April 28, 2022

 

Contractual Start Date 

 July 1, 2022

 

RFP Documents

To download the RFP for Adult and Dislocated Worker Service Provider, CLICK HERE.

To download the RFP for Youth Service Provider, CLICK HERE.

To download the RFP for One Stop Operator, CLICK HERE.

To download responses to bidder questions, CLICK HERE​.

Heartland Workforce Solutions, Inc. (HWS) has released an addendum about its Workforce System Program Evaluation with Wichita State University. HWS offers this data as reference to proposers during the RFP process.