RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A WAIVER FOR THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS AND THE EXECUTION OF AN AGEEMENT WITH OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER WEST FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADMINISTERING THE JOBS NOW PROGRAM

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, Jobs Now is a component of the County’s SUCCESS program and a service under the One-Stop Career Center located at Opportunities Industrialization Center West (OICW); and the County has placed SUCCESS staff (employees of the County) at OICW and it would be costly to re-develop such program, relocate staff and in addition remove services from the One-Stop Career Center; therefore it is requested that the Board of Supervisors waive the Request for Proposal Process (RFP) for this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, Jobs Now provides provide job preparation, workshops, employment counseling, structured job search and vocational training for Cal-WORKs participants and OICW has successfully administered this program since 1998;

 

WHEREAS, the County and the Contractor wish to enter into an Agreement for the term of July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2008 to continue such services in the amount of $250,000 for the first year of the Agreement and will add funds in the form of amendment for future years thereafter; and

 

WHEREAS, This Board agrees that it is in the best interest of the County to waive the RFP process and has been presented with a form of such Agreement and said Board has examined and approved same as to both form and content and desires to enter into the same.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that

1) The Request for Proposal process for the services provided in connection with the administration of the Jobs Now program is hereby waived; and

2) The President of this Board of Supervisors is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Agreement for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President's signature thereto.

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