[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR638.301]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 638--JOB CORPS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE IV-B OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart C--Funding, Site Selection, and Facilities Management
 
Sec. 638.301  Funding procedures.

    (a) Contracting officers shall request proposals for the operation 
of all contract centers and for provision of operational support 
services, pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR chapter 
1) and the DOL Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR chapter 29) for work to be 
done under contract. The requests for proposal for each contract center 
and for each operational support service contract shall describe 
specifications and standards unique to the operation of the center and 
for the provision of operational support services.
    (b) Job Corps contract center operators shall be selected and funded 
on the basis of proposals received, according to criteria established by 
the Job Corps Director. Such criteria shall be listed in the request for 
proposals.
    (c) The contracting officer shall negotiate with eligible deliverers 
for operational support services on the basis of the criteria developed 
for each specific service to be rendered. Such criteria shall be listed 
in the request for proposals.
    (d) The Secretary may enter into interagency agreements with 
eligible deliverers that are Federal agencies for the funding, 
establishment, and operation of CCCs. Such interagency agreements shall 
ensure compliance by such Federal agencies with the regulations under 
this part.
    (e) Job Corps payments to Federal agencies that operate CCCs shall 
be made by a transfer of obligational authority from DOL to the 
respective operating agency on a quarterly basis.
    (f) The Secretary is authorized to expend funds made available for 
Job Corps for the purpose of printing, binding, and disseminating data 
and other information related to Job Corps to public agencies, private 
organizations, and the general public. (Section 438(3)(A))
    (g) Notwithstanding the limitations of titles II, III, and IV of the 
Act, funds made available under those titles and transferred to the Job 
Corps program pursuant to Sec. 638.541 of this part may be used for the 
Job Corps program in accordance with the provisions of this part. 
(Sections 427(b) and 439)
    (h) (1) In accordance with this section and procedures established 
by the Job Corps Director, the contracting officers shall enter into 
contracts with public or private (including nonprofit) entities for the 
provision of outreach and screening services, which shall be performed 
in accordance with Sec. 638.402 of this part and procedures established 
by the Job Corps Director. (Sections 424 and 425)
    (2) In accordance with this section and procedures established by 
the Job Corps Director, the contracting officers shall enter into 
contracts with public or private (including nonprofit) entities for the 
provision of placement services, which shall be performed in accordance 
with Sec. 638.409 of this part and procedures established by the Job 
Corps Director.
    (i) All agreements and contracts pursuant to this section shall be 
made pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, as amended; the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 
1977; and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR chapter 1) and the 
DOL Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR chapter 29).
    (j) All Job Corps contractors shall be provided with an equitable 
and negotiated management fee of not less than 1 percent of the contract 
amount.

[55 FR 12996, Apr. 6, 1990, as amended at 58 FR 69100, Dec. 29, 1993]