SOURCES SOUGHT
Q -- Development of Physical Fitness and Medical Standards
- Notice Date
- 3/18/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 621999
— All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Procurement Directorate - IN, 6650 Telecom Drive, Intech Two, Suite 100, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46278, United States
- ZIP Code
- 46278
- Solicitation Number
- RWS-20061993
- Archive Date
- 5/7/2011
- Point of Contact
- Robert W Sieferman, Phone: 317-614-4590
- E-Mail Address
-
robert.sieferman@dhs.gov
(robert.sieferman@dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This posting is a "Request for Information" as part of a market research gathering effort to assist in the possible development of a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requirement. This is NOT a request for proposals and any information submitted in response to this posting will not result in a contract award. NOTE: FRI responses will NOT be shared with other industry suppliers and will solely be used as part of the contract planning process. Posted below this paragraph is a description of the possible requirement as well as questions that will assist CBP in developing the requirement properly as well as formulate the most advantageous acquisition process to be employed. If you are interested in this possible requirement if it developes into an actual requirement, please respond to this posting via email to Robert Sieferman at robert.sieferman@dhs.gov. If you have clarification questions to the information in the RFI, please email them (do not call) to robert.sieferman@dhs.gov. The questions will be forwarded to the appropriate person for answering and then a written response to the question will be provided. Below is a description of the possible requirement and questions CBP would like to have answered from industry: Specification: Development of Physical Fitness and Medical Standards To develop and validate physical fitness standards, medical standards and identify physical requirements for arduous, hazardous or physically demanding U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) positions. The qualification standards and physical requirements must be directly related to the actual requirements of the position and minimum criteria necessary to ensure safe, effective, and efficient performance of the essential job tasks and duties. The standards and physical requirements will be used for employment selection and retention determinations for incumbent personnel. The procedures used to develop the standards, criteria, and methods of administration must be consistent with established federal regulations, anti-discrimination statues, executive orders, the Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations Chapter 339 and the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures. The reporting analysis should be consistent with the American Psychological Association and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Guidelines. The vendor will be required to determine the minimum level of health status and fitness necessary for successful job performance. A job analysis is required, to establish the critical physical, cognitive and sensory job functions, inclusive of time and frequency. The analysis must include the identification of the environmental conditions and ergonomic parameters impacting the position. The standards must include the linkage of essential job tasks to the identification of the required physical abilities (e.g., muscular strength, aerobic capacity, anaerobic power) and the physical requirements, (e.g., lift 50 lbs., drag a 150 lb. individual for 25 feet.). The standards must identify the physical performance constructs being assessed and related job specific validation evidence (e.g., criterion, content, and construct) that substantiates the use of the measures and the agency's ability to defend the utilization. The physical fitness standards must include the protocol for administering the physical fitness tests, in an office, field and/or academy setting and the training materials necessary to successfully follow and complete the protocol. The tests must be graded pass/fail and include the specific justification for the test selection, identified cut scores and scoring protocol. The development of medical standards includes the identification of the specific medical requirements, the content of the medical examination protocol, the required assessment test(s) and measures, training materials necessary to administer the examination protocol, and guidelines pertaining to the need for specialty evaluations. The medical standards must include specific details as to the level of disease, impairment, and/or condition which is acceptable, requires further evaluation, or disqualifies the applicant or an incumbent for the ability to perform the essential job tasks and functions. The vendor must include the medical basis to support and explain the specific qualification(s) or to explain the specific disqualifying requirements, a written description of the medical criteria necessary to show the level, the nature and stability of diagnoses, impairments, and/or conditions. The medical standards must include a detailed description of any qualifying and disqualifying diagnoses, impairments, conditions or requirements reflective of a full medical systems review (e.g., Cardiovascular, Neurological, Musculoskeletal, Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, Endocrine, Hearing, Vision, Psychiatric, organ transplantation, prosthetic devices, cardiac/orthopedic implant devices and medication regimens). In addition to providing information concerning the capability to support the above requirements, the vendor shall provide detailed information addressing the items/questions below. · Labor categories utilized and approximate hours necessary to support these requirements and per study phase, (e.g., Job Task Analysis, Development of Physical Fitness Standards, Development of Medical Standards). · What is the typical staffing utilized to develop the medical standards. · Approximate timeframe to complete the job study and the individual study phases, (e.g., Job Task Analysis, Development of Fitness Standards, Development of Medical Standards). · List of Other Direct Costs (ODC) typically associated with performing these requirements. · If a subcontractor is utilized, what types of services are provided by the primary vendor and what types are provided by the subcontractor? · Provide commercial practices pertaining to receipt of payments for work effort (e.g., monthly invoicing, invoice submitted at time of acceptance of final deliverable, payment made in conjunction with project milestones). · What challenges are frequently present when conducting job studies and job studies for a law enforcement agency? · Sanitized sample of previously issued technical reports for the Job Task Analysis, Development of Physical Fitness Standards and Development of Medical Standards. · Location of vendor and staffing personnel. · Socioeconomic status of the business (ie: SBA Classification) · Independent of completing job studies for the development of physical fitness standards, if the Agency was to internally complete the job task analysis and the data collection, what are the probable labor categories and approximate hours necessary to just complete the reporting analysis phase to produce a technical report for the development and validation of the physical fitness standards. · Independent of completing the job studies and developing medical standards, what are the probable labor categories and approximate hours necessary if the Agency was to entertain medical consultation services (management consultation services) for policy development, revision of any medical standards, review of occupational health issues, and completion of independent medical examinations.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Multiple locations across the United States, Headquarters located in Washington, DC, Washington, District of Columbia, 20229, United States
- Zip Code: 20229
- Zip Code: 20229
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