2021-6 - Skills For Life Training Services (SFLTS) RFP

DESC oversees eight (8) Detroit Michigan Works! One-Stop Service Centers and contracts with qualified entities to provide workforce development services to job seekers and employers. Locally, the Michigan Works! One-Stop Service Centers are branded as Detroit at Work Career Centers.  DESC is also a proud member of the American Job Center network.

In February 2017, the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development and DESC launched Detroit at Work to build Detroit’s talent pool, create an opportunity for Detroiters, and give employers access to a demand-driven talent pipeline. Detroit at Work offers residents and employers a simplified brand to serve as the umbrella for all City of Detroit workforce development efforts. This includes the employment and training programs administered by DESC.

DESC is seeking proposals from qualified individuals and/or firms to provide as needed Occupational Training Services for DESC and the MWDB, known collectively as Detroit at Work.
DESC plans to award multiple contracts for requested services as detailed in this RFP. DESC intends to award at least one (1) contract within an occupational group detailed in the Scope of Work or by reference in the RFP. 

A contract resulting from an award of this RFP will be specifically for provision of occupational training following a schedule determined by DESC and the City of Detroit, to coordinate with the work component of Skills for Life using funding made available under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021.