The Michigan Works! System is a customer-focused, demand-driven workforce development system that prepares people for employment. Also, the System ensures that job seekers are provided with an opportunity to advance knowledge and skills to achieve financial independence. Similarly, assistance is available to all employers seeking a skilled workforce. This System is open to everyone – employers seeking employees, and job seekers searching for employment opportunities or obtaining career information. Last year, over 3 million customers were served through the Michigan Works! System.

At the heart of the System is the more than one-hundred (100) Michigan Works! Service Centers. The Service Center is a repository of agencies providing services including employment, training, and career education in a central location. Michigan Works! Service Centers physically house multiple agencies that provide services.

The state is divided into twenty-fine (25) geographic Michigan Works! regions. The System in each of these regions is governed by a private/public partnership. This partnership sets the philosophy of the System for the region, within federal guidelines, based on local conditions and economies.

The purpose of this request for proposal is to solicit the delivery of training a Sectoral Skills Academy to Michigan Works! Agencies in two tiers.

Proposals will be accepted no later than 12:00 p.m., Friday, April 18, 2008. Incomplete proposals might not be considered. We look forward to reviewing your proposal.

Questions will be accepted, in writing, until 4:00pm, Monday, March 31, 2008 by e-mail only at andersonk@michiganworks.org. Please include "Michigan Works! Sectoral Skills Academy" in the subject line of your e-mail.

Answers to all questions regarding this proposal will be posted on the Association’s website no later than Friday, April 4, 2008.

For the complete RFP, select below:

Michigan Works! Sectoral Skills Academy RFP in PDF Format

Michigan Works! Sectoral Skills Academy RFP in MS Word Format

Thank you for your interest.