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Intent to Sole Source - Pearson Talent Lens DAT Testing for Army Recruiter Evaluations

This notice from MICC Fort Knox announces the Army's intent to sole source psychological testing materials from Pearson Talent Lens for recruiter evaluations. - Agency: Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC), Fort Knox, Department of the Army - Requirement: Psychological assessments (DAT Next Generation) for evaluating Army Recruiter candidates, MOS transfers, and special unit applicants - OEM: Pearson Talent Lens - Tests must: - Be scalable and objective - Evaluate cognitive abilities, personality, and psychological health - Be administered virtually with secure remote access - Provide immediate computer-scored results - Allow results to be accessed and reviewed on government platforms, retrievable via cloud storage - Meet state psychology licensing board and American Psychological Association (APA) standards for validity, reliability, and empirical support - Sole source justification: DAT Next Generation from Pearson Talent Lens is specified as meeting all requirements and is cost-effective - Commercial opportunity: No competition anticipated due to sole source designation - No specific quantities or part numbers provided in the notice

Description

The procurement consists entirely of psychological testing materials and assessments, specifically the DAT Next Generation. OCP requires scalable usage of tests that render objective data related to certain specific cognitive abilities, variations in personality, and psychological health to evaluate candidates for mental health readiness and suitability to become an Army Recruiter, undergo MOS transfer, or join specific units. Assessments must be administered in virtual environments using remote methods while ensuring test security. Results need to be visible and reviewable on government owned/operated platforms, retrievable via cloud storage through network connections, and scorable via computer programming with results available immediately after test administration. OCP uses psychological tests to execute personnel evaluations across the force generation enterprise. To make hiring decisions, selected tests must meet minimum criteria required by state psychology licensing boards and the American Psychological Association. These criteria require empirical support, overall validity, reliability, and utility. The DAT Next Generation meets the psychometric properties, utility, and cost-effectiveness needed for current OCP missions.

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