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    L&I Parent Association

    L&I Early Learning Center: Request for Proposals

    The Labor & Industry Parents’ Association (“LIPA”) is soliciting proposals from qualified childcare providers to operate a high-quality, affordable, and licensed childcare center for children aged six weeks through five years. This Request for Proposals (RFP) provides interested contractors with sufficient information to enable them to prepare and submit proposals for consideration for the LIPA to satisfy the need for childcare services.

    Review the Request for Proposal (RFP)

    Project Description

    The Parents’ Association seeks to acquire a supplier to provide affordable childcare services for up to 47 children. The selected contractor must deliver high-quality childcare, meeting the developmental needs of the children including their social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and creative needs and meet all requirements for a childcare facility established by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL).

    The selected contractor will be legally liable for the operation of the childcare facility. The Commonwealth provides the Parents’ Association with space in the Labor & Industry Building at 651 Boas Street, Harrisburg PA 17121 (see Appendix G – Floor Plan), and the following utilities and services without cost: heating, ventilation, cooling, electricity, water, sewer, and janitorial services (excluding operational cleaning supplies).

    The selected contractor will be reimbursed through tuition fees and will report to the Parents’ Association Board of Directors. With oversight from the Parents’ Association, the selected contractor will be responsible for staffing, equipping, insuring, administering, and managing the operations of the childcare service. The selected contractor must meet the Parents’ Association’s requirements for participation, collaboration, information, and guidance. The caregivers’ wages and benefits shall reflect the importance of quality childcare and the willingness of parents to pay for talented and skilled individuals.

    Questions & Answers - Contact Us

    Questions must be submitted by email (with the subject line RFP 6100064874) Question to RA-LIPARENTS-ASSOC@PA.GOV no later than the date indicated on the Calendar of Events July 7, 2026, at 04:00 PM ET. Responses to the questions will be emailed to all interested contractors who attended the site visit on June 23, 2026. The Offeror shall not attempt to contact the LIPA or the LIPA Liaison by any other means. The LIPA Liaison shall provide the responses to the questions as an addendum to the RFP and contract. The LIPA shall not be bound by any verbal information provided nor shall it be bound by any written information that is not contained within LIPA’s written questions and answers/contained within the RFP or formally issued as an addendum by the Issuing Office. Questions do not constitute a protest of the RFP.