The Workforce Development Board of the Southwestern Workforce Development
Consortium is seeking proposals for the operation of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Programs for program
year 2019. Proposals should be for Adult, DW and Youth programs in Tri-County
(Cherokee, Clay, and Graham) and the Youth programs in Jackson, Macon, and
Swain Counties. Please note all bidders can bid for all counties but must bid with
the intention of operating all the programs in the Tri-County Area and all the youth
programs in Macon, Jackson and Swain verses just a single county. Request for
Proposal (RFP) packages will be available for distribution at a Bidders Conference to
be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, January 31, 2019 at the Southwestern Commission
offices located at 125 Bonnie Lane, Sylva, NC 28779. RFP’s may also be requested
by emailing david@regiona.org no later than 4:00 p.m. Thursday, February 7, 2019.
The completed bid packages must be returned to the above address no later than
4:00 p.m., Thursday, February 28, 2019. Late submittals will not be accepted.