May 8, 2021
Grant helps workers displaced by COVID-19
The Greater Lawrence Technical School is receiving $375,000 to support access to career pathway training for local residents from underserved populations with a focus on those impacted by COVID-19.
The grants are part of the administration s Career Technical Initiative (CTI), launched at GLTS in January 2020, which aims to grow skills for students and adults for careers in high demand, high growth sectors while also meeting the needs of businesses across the Commonwealth. Greater Lawrence Tech is receiving $375,000 as part of this latest allocation of grant funding through the initiative, which will support the offering of training and placement services to unemployed and underemployed Merrimack Valley adults for careers as Biotech Lab Technicians, Carpenters, Electricians, HVAC Technicians, and Plumbers.
File: B-418963.4
Date: April 19, 2021
David S. Black, Esq., Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., and Amy L. Fuentes, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester.
Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., and Allison Johnson, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Heather Self, Esq., Emily O’Hara, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the adequacy of discussions and limitation of initial proposal revisions in connection with the agency’s ongoing source selection process is dismissed as premature.
DECISION
Systems Implementers, Inc., a small business of Clearfield, Utah, protests the Department of the Air Force’s implementation of corrective action taken in response to a prior protest filed in connection with request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8201-20-R-0005, issued by the agency to obtain enterprise information technology (IT) services. As part of its corrective action,