Transcript The United States Department of Labor

Doing Business With
The U.S. Department of Labor
Presented by:
Michael Kirsch
TATC Consulting
WHAT IT DOES
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Runs unemployment insurance, job training
and employment and workers’
compensation programs
Collects, analyzes, and publishes labor and
economic statistics
Administer and enforce labor laws that
protect workers’ wages, safety and health,
and employment, pension, and other
benefits
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Promote equal employment opportunity
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Ensure free collective bargaining
Office of the Secretary
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Center for Faith Based and
Community Initiatives
Office of Small Business Programs
Office of the 21st Century Workforce
Office of Administrative Law Judges
Adjudicatory Agencies
Office of the Deputy
Secretary of Labor
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Office of Disability Employment Policy
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Employment and Training Administration
Office of Congressional and
Intergovernmental Affairs
Office of the Deputy
Secretary of Labor
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Office of Chief Financial Officer
Women’s Bureau
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Office of Assistant Secretary for Policy
Employment Standards Administration
Office of Solicitor
Office of Inspector General
Office of Public Affairs
The FY 2005 Budget Request
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Department’s FY 05 budget request is for $57.3 billion
-- $45.4 billion mandatory, $11.9 billion discretionary
Four major themes:
 Innovative programs to Help Workers Find Jobs
 Protecting Workers with Stronger Enforcement
 Protecting America’s Immigrant Workforce
 Building a 21st Century Department of Labor
Goals are:
 A Prepared Workforce
 A Secure Workforce
 Quality Workplaces
 Competitive Workforce
Expect continued focus on “targeted enforcement
and on compliance assistance to help employers
comply with U.S. labor laws”
USDOL BUDGET OVERVIEW
FISCAL YEAR 2005
Total Budgetary Authority
(Dollars in Billions)
FY
2004
FY
2005
Change
Discretionary Programs
$11.70
$11.90
$0.10
Mandatory Programs:
$48.30
$45.40
($2.90)
Full Time Equivalents (FTE)
17,347
17,419
72
President’s Management
Agenda
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Department continues to make progress in
implementation of President’s Management
Agenda:
 Strategic Management of Human Capital
 Competitive Sourcing
 Improved Financial Performance
 Expanded Electronic Government
 Budget and Performance Integration
Community College Initiative
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To support the department’s goal of
developing a Competitive Workforce, the
budget contains a $250 million initiative for
a new, employment –focused competitive
grant that will leverage the expertise of the
nation’s community and technical
colleges and help workers wishing to refine
and broaden their skills
Other highlights include:
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$50 million for Personal Reemployment Accounts
program which allow employees flexibility in selecting
services to help them return to work
$40 million increase in worker protection and retirement
security
$132 million for Employment Benefits Security
Administration (EBSA)
OSHA and MSHA receive an additional $10.8 million to
help strengthen labor law enforcement
$33.6 million is included for Information Technology
Types of Contracts
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Cost Reimbursement plus Fixed Fee
Firm-Fixed Price
Time and Materials
Labor Hour
These are often five-year contracts (12 month
base period plus one-year options extended
at the Government’s discretion)
Types of Services Funded
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Research and Evaluation
Training and Technical Assistance
Conference Planning and Support
Media Services
Call Center Operation
Pilot Programs and Projects
Technical Assistance for Pilot Projects
Vocational Curriculum Development
Accounting
Staffing
Logistical Support
Architectural Engineering and Construction of Job Corps
Sites
Safety and Environmental Support for Job Corps Centers
Contract Procurement
Methods
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Federal Supply Schedule/MOBIS
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100% Small Business Set Aside Competitions
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HubZone (Historically Underutilized BusinesS Zone)
Women-Owned Concerns
Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns
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Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
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8(a) Competitions
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8(a) Sole Source
Simplified Acquisitions
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Buying off the Federal Supply Schedule
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GSA awards indefinite delivery contracts
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Federal Supply schedules are assembled in catalog form
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Task Order Contracts
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Task order contracts are labor hour, time
and materials contracts that are indefinite
quantity, indefinite delivery
Task order contracts are up to five-year
contracts. Solicitation for new task order
contractors will be let in 2006
Each task order contract has a ceiling of $2
million per year
ETA guarantees a minimum of five task
orders or $2500 per year, whichever is less
Open Market Selection
Process
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Step 1: Fed BizOpps Announcement
Step 2: RFP released
Step 3: Proposal Submission
Step 4: Technical Panel Evaluation
Step 5: Establishment of a Competitive
Range
Step 6: Oral Presentations
Step 7: Cost Negotiations
Step 8: Final Revised Proposal Submission
Step 9: Contract Award
Step 10: Debriefings
Potential Procurement
Opportunities
Women’s Bureau
Release Date
1/31/05
Value
Description
Contact
$25,000 - $100,000
To assist the Women’s Bureau
in advancing flexible workplace
policies through educational
and outreach activities
NAICS Code: 54199
Karen Furia
(202) 693-6753
3/01/05
$25,000 - $100,000
To provide technical assistance
and program development for
on-line learning for women in
transition
NAICS Code: 54199
Cathy Breitenbach
(202) 693-6754
3/31/05
$25,000
To provide technical assistance
in providing information to
women and girls about
employment opportunities in
occupations identified as high
growth/high demand
NAICS Code: 54199
Collis Phillips
(202) 693-6747
Total Available Business: $75,000-$200,000
Potential Procurement
Opportunities
Employment Standards Administration (ESA)
Release Date
9/30/05
Value
$1-5M
Description
Analysis, programming, technical
support, administrative support
services, research &
development, database
development, consulting, etc to
support ESA & Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs National
and Regional offices.
Total Available Business: $1,000,000-5,000,000
Contact
Edward Duncan
(202) 693-0040
Potential Procurement
Opportunities
Employment Benefits Security
Administration
Release Date
9/30/05
Value
$1-5M
Description
Economic Studies
Total Available Business: $1,000,000-5,000,000
Contact
Melvin Smith
202-693-8484
Potential Procurement
Opportunities
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Release Date
Value
Description
Contact
04/01/05
$25K - $100K
Training and Program
Evaluation Services for
OSHA Training
Institute
Ernest Thompson
(847)759-7731
07/31/20005
$250K-$500K
Instructional
technology support to
facilitate development
of course modules at
OSHA Training
Institute
Ernest Thompson
(847)759-7731
Total Available Business: $275,000-$600,000
Key Business Liaison Contacts at
the Department of Labor
 See Handout