(RFP) NO. LAJCC-RFP-41 For CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SERVICES
ISSUED: AUGUST 13TH, 2012

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: AUGUST 28, 2012, 10:00 A.M. P.S.T.

LOCATION: 1020 S. OLIVE STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90015

QUESTIONS AND ANSWER DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2012

PROPOSALS DUE: SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2012 AT 2:00 P.M. PST

BEST AND FINAL OFFERS: IF NEEDED

INTRODUCTION

The YWCA of Greater Los Angeles - Los Angeles Job Corps Center (hereinafter referred to as LAJCC) is a comprehensive residential and non-residential program designed to provide vocational training and to meet the individual needs of each student. LAJCC is operated by the YWCA of Greater Los Angeles.

A series of manuals, handbooks, directives, and technical supplements has been developed which establishes minimum requirements in each program area. The program emphasizes meaningful vocational training with related program components supporting the objective of career placement above the helper skill level.

The LAJCC provides a comprehensive residential program to prepare poverty level youth, sixteen (16) through twenty-four (24) years of age, for meaningful employment and the responsibilities of citizenship.

The LAJCC is seeking to engage a qualified Subcontractor to provide a Firm-Fixed Price proposal for "Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Services" for the period of 13 months beginning October 1st. 2012 through October 31st, 2013. Option Year 1 begins November 1st, 2013 with a renewal of four (3) each one (1) year options which may or may not be exercised at the sole and absolute discretion of LAJCC.

It is the policy of the LAJCC to award subcontracts to the maximum extent possible to small business concerns, so that they have an equitable opportunity to compete for subcontracts. These firms include "Small Business, Women-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Small Disadvantage Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business."