# Texas DIR/ESBD #FY27001RFI-Informal

Supplemental Workforce and Economic Development Services

**Posted:** October 27, 2026
**Respond By:** December 02, 2026
**Identifier:** FY27001RFI-Informal
**NAICS:** 624310, 624110, 561320, 923130

Workforce Solutions Borderplex, Inc. is seeking providers for supplemental workforce and economic development services under Lot 3.
- **Buyer:** Workforce Solutions Borderplex, Inc. (WSB), a regional workforce organization serving a six-county area in Texas; procurement contact office: Contracts and Procurement Manager.
- **Opportunity:** Providers may propose for one or more service categories and eligible populations, including youth, college students, childcare-program families, veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses.
- **Services requested:** Assessment, counseling and case management; training enrollment and job placement; paid or unpaid work experience and other work-based learning; supportive services; program compliance; and payroll/employer-of-record administration for work-based learning participants.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No service-provider vendors or product OEMs are named. WSB is the procuring organization.
- **Budget:** The attachment states that the economic development budget is not to exceed $3,340,900, while the initial release summary estimates $350,000; the documents therefore contain differing value figures.
- **Term:** An initial 12-month contract may be renewed for up to four additional one-year terms, for a maximum of 60 months. Renewals depend on performance, continuing need, and funding.
- **Notable requirements:** Providers will serve as subrecipients and must meet applicable qualification, evaluation, submission, and program-compliance requirements. No products, part numbers, or quantities are specified.

### Description

This informal supplemental RFP seeks to expand the qualified provider pool established under FY26002RFP Workforce & Economic Development Services – Lot 3. Providers with an existing FY26002 contract need not respond unless they want to add service categories or be considered for a different category; new respondents may propose for one or more available categories. Services include workforce case management, training enrollment, job placement, work-based learning, supportive services, and payroll services. The solicitation may reopen after the initial evaluation period to accept and evaluate additional proposals.

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