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“November 30, 2010 Submit cover sheet of the statement of qualifications indicating intent to respond and in support of Question & Answer technical support.” Please expand on how Question & Answer technical support will be provided. Will the submitted Q&A be posted to the website, and if so where? Will the enclosed Q&A be answered and returned to the entity submitting the questions, if so when will a response be returned? |
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Questions may be directed to cao@tocowa.org. Please identify in the subject line which Statement of Qualifications for which you have a question. (i.e. Adult & DW Services SoQ Q&A) Answers to questions will be processed within 24 hours and the FAQ website will be updated once a day. A notice of the webpage update will go out to those contact people designated on the submitted Intent to Respond Cover Sheet. An individual email response to the question will NOT be provided to the entity submitting the question. |
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Part 9(E) Financial Information. “Provide a current year operating budget. Please itemize your sources of revenue and the corresponding amounts.”
a) Please define current year. Is it January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010, or is it July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.
b) Please define: Revenue, Source, Costs, Program, and Profit/Loss. Specifically, what are you expecting under Costs and Profit/ (Loss). |
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An entity’s approved operating budget is contingent upon that entity’s designated fiscal year of operation. The current year operating budget may be January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 or July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.
Definition of Revenue – Funding amount estimated to be available during the fiscal year. Included are carry-over balances and new revenues.
Definition of Source – Sources of revenue include Federal, State or Other where Federal and State designations also have a corresponding agency such as Department of Labor or Department of Transportation.
Definition of Costs – Planned expenditures during the fiscal year.
Definition of Program – Many revenue sources are earmarked for a particular grant program, if applicable please note the program
Definition of Profit/(Loss) – The net of costs and revenues
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Who submitted a letter of intent for Regions 13 & 14? |
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TEC but the letter of intent was for the purpose of facilitating an efficient Q&A process and identifying any regions that may need additional advertising in the absence of at least one interested respondent. A letter of intent is not a rite of passage for participating in the submission of a response to the request for statement of qualifications. |
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Who submitted a Letter of Intent for adult and dislocated worker services? |
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To clarify the letter of intent was for the purpose of facilitating an efficient Q&A process and identifying any regions that may need additional advertising in the absence of at least one interested respondent. A letter of intent is NOT a rite of passage for participating in the submission of a response to the request for statement of qualifications. TOC received letters of intent from R1 MTC; R6 UTE; R7 SCBEC; R9 MCCOG; R10 COIC; R11 COIC; R12 CAPECO; R13 TEC; R14 TEC for adult and dislocated worker services. |
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Part 9(E) Financial Information. “Provide a current year operating budget. Please itemize your sources of revenue and the corresponding amounts.”
Please clarify: Do you want a top level summary of budget (ie revenue) per funding stream to be submitted? OR Do you want a detailed budget per funding stream listing both Revenue & Expense and showing the net of costs and revenues at the bottom of each detailed budget to be submitted? |
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Provide a current year operating budget by revenue source that lists the source, program, revenue amount, planned expense, and profit/(loss). |
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Formatting Question: Instructions state, “….using the headings provided to identify each section and sub-section.” Are you defining “sub-section” as the numbered questions that fall under Section A, B, C etc.? Do you want one numbered document or should the Narrative be a separate numbered document? |
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Answer: Refer to Page 22 “A Statement of Qualifications will include the following, in the order listed:” where it lists all the headings for the response. I would use the respective numbered questions and letter references whenever possible to help the reviewer identify that the response is complete. |
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Do I have to do a line by line comparison OR are the assurances and certifications (Attachments A, B, and C) identical for Youth and Adult/DW? |
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The assurances and certifications (Attachments A, B, and C) are identical for Youth and Adult/DW. |
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Will you accept a hand delivered copy of SOQ on Wednesday, December 15, 2010? |
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Yes, the deadline for submittal of the SOQ 3:00pm (PST) Friday, December 17, 2010 at The Oregon Consortium & Oregon Workforce Alliance, 260 SW Ferry Suite 202, Albany, OR 97321 |
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Be aware there is one instance in the SoQ solicitation where there is a typo on the zip code. The zip code for The Oregon Consortium is 97321. |
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