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ELCLCITN-2007-2008-001

LAKE COUNTY SCHOOL READINESS COALITION, INC. D/B/A EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF LAKE COUNTY

NOTICE OF INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE

ITN DOCUMENT NUMBER: ELCLCITN-2007-2008-001

Title: School Readiness and Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Services

The Purpose:

The EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF LAKE COUNTY INC. has released an Invitation to Negotiate in an effort to enter into an agreement with an agency or several agencies to perform early care and education services for children of Lake County ages 0-12 for fiscal year 2007-2008 (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008).

Services include four components:

1.     Child Care Resource and Referral, Child Care, Eligibility and Enrollment Management and Provider Fiscal and Administrative Services

2.     Early Care and Educational Support Services

3.     Child Development Services, and

4.     Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Services Child Care Eligibility and Payment Administration Services and Early Care and Education Support Services

Total annualized contract amount is approximately $11.5 million.

Letters of Intent to Submit are due to the Coalition by March 26, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. An Applicant’s Conference will be held on April 5, 2007. Deadlines for all applications will be April 27, 2007 at 12:00 Noon. Results will be posted on June 10, 2007.

For information regarding this ITN, please contact:

Lesha Coffield at (352)435-0566. The ITN is available electronically at www.elclc.org