NOTICE OF BID OPPORTUNITY
OII National Polygraphy Testing
COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION POSTING: 10/12/2024
DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING BIDS: 11/25/2024
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Contract Location: National
Contract description: The Washington State Legislature created the Office of Independent Investigations (OII) in 2021 to conduct thorough, transparent, and unbiased investigations of cases that involve police use of deadly force. OII is unique in the nation, being led by a civilian director and tasked with developing a plan to eventually include civilian investigators on its teams.
As a limited authority law enforcement agency, OII is tasked to conduct fair, thorough, transparent, and competent investigations.
OII is soliciting proposals from qualified vendor(s) who can provide nationwide pre-employment polygraph tests to help safeguard and maintain the integrity of our independent investigation. OII may award one or more contracts.
Scope of Work:
a) All work performed by Contractor under the resulting contract(s) shall comply with the Washington Administrative Code WAC 139-07-040 and conform to applicable industry standards and guidelines of the American Polygraph Association (APA) Standards, Exhibit H, which will be incorporated into the resulting contract.
b) Utilize a certified polygraph examiner, whether employed or contracted with, with experience in pre-employment testing of law enforcement, corrections and other public safety candidates to conduct examinations.
c) Coordinate with candidate or OII the time, date, and place to conduct each polygraph test.
d) Conduct pre-employment polygraph testing on candidates with a conditional offer of employment for OII on specific positions identified as limited law enforcement officers, to include, but not limited to candidates for the positions of Investigators, Senior Investigators and Regional Supervisors.
e) Type of Testing required:
a) Candidates for hire will undergo standard polygraph testing;
b) If candidates for hire have past law enforcement background, those candidates will receive an additional set of questions into their experiences as determined by the Contractor.
f) Conduct interviews nearest to the candidate receiving the polygraph test.
g) Notify OII of the scheduled polygraph test of each candidate.
h) During the course of administering a polygraph examination, Vendor shall be responsible for notifying OII immediately if any additional documentation or information is needed from OII or the recipient of the polygraph examination.
i) OII will provide relevant information for each candidate and any information that came up in the candidate’s prescreen that Contractor needs to follow up on.
j) Administer the polygraph test within fourteen (14) business days of OII’s request.
k) Acceptance Criteria. 1) Submit the results of the polygraph examination to its partner agency the Office of Financial Management (OFM) Human Resource (HR) no more than ten (10) business days following the administration of the exam to each recipient. Submit in the form of a report. 2) OII shall determine whether all reports and/or verifications requested are included in the final report. 3) If all reports and/or verification are not included, OII shall notify Contractor upon discovery. 4) Upon notification of missing reports and/or verifications, Contractor shall have five (5) business days to produce missing reports and/or verifications. 5) Upon receipt and approval of all reports and/or verifications requested by OII, Contractor shall invoice OII for all amounts owed. l) Collaborate with OII for status updates throughout the process.
Commodity codes: 990-57, 990-70
Solicitation documents: Solicitation documents, contacts and bid instructions are available in WEBS https://pr-webs-vendor.des.wa.gov/
Point of Contact:
Name: Natalie Eckart
Phone: (360) 790-4823
Email: natalie.eckart@ofm.wa.gov
Organization: Office of Independent Investigations
Value: No max, depends on the need
Links: https://pr-webs-vendor.des.wa.gov/
Pre Bid Meeting Details: Pre-bid conference will be held October 18th at 1:30pm. You must register by October 16th at 5:00pm by emailing natalie.eckart@ofm.wa.gov.
