FCI Danbury VT HVAC Services

Description: The contractor will provide HVAC instruction per Bureau of Prisons Program Statement 5353.01, Occupational Education Programs, and Bureau of Prisons Program Statement 5300.21, Education, Training, and Leisure Time Program Standards. Twenty - forty percent (20-40%) of the curriculum's competencies must be hands-on replication of the actual work environment. The application of hands-on work must be occupational, the live work project may be utilized to demonstrate or apply hands-on competencies. Electronic or computer-based simulation does not satisfy the hands-on or live work requirement. The Supervisor of Education must approve live-work projects. Marketable programs shall allow inmates to gain skills in a specific occupation, industry, or trade that is in demand. The marketable program must qualify inmates graduates for at least an entry-level position in HVAC. As a precondition of the proposal for the contract, the contractor shall specify in writing to the Supervisor of Education the position(s) of employment for which inmates graduates will be eligible to apply.