New Haven Opengov #2027-RFP-394

New Haven Fire Department promotional examination services for three training ranks

The City of New Haven is seeking a consultant to deliver promotional examinations for three New Haven Fire Department training ranks. - Government buyer: City of New Haven, Department of Human Resources; procurement office: Bureau of Purchases, Department of Finance. - OEMs and vendors: No examination-services OEMs, vendors, or contractors are named in the opportunity. No manufactured products are requested. - Services requested: Develop, validate, administer, score, and analyze promotional examinations for Director of Training, Drillmaster, and Assistant Drillmaster; provide candidate preparation materials, secure testing, assessors, individual score reports, adverse-impact analysis, and technical validation reports. - Director of Training: One examination process; estimated 8–10 applicants; candidates must be Lieutenant or higher. - Drillmaster: One examination process; estimated 5–8 applicants; candidates must have at least three years at Lieutenant rank or higher. - Assistant Drillmaster: One examination process; estimated 10–15 applicants; candidates must be Firefighter 1st Grade or higher. - Notable requirements: Use fair, legally defensible selection methods aligned with applicable federal guidance and personnel-selection validation principles. Maintain test security, analyze potential adverse impact, provide diverse assessors, and be prepared to support the examination methods if challenged. - Contract term: One-year initial term with two optional one-year extensions. The project is anticipated to be completed within one fiscal year or less. - Potential competitors: Industrial/Organizational Solutions, Inc.; Ergometrics; PSI Services LLC; Public Safety Testing.

Description

The City of New Haven seeks a professional consultant to develop, validate, administer, and score promotional examinations for Director of Training, Drillmaster, and Assistant Drillmaster positions in the New Haven Fire Department. The examination processes must follow applicable federal, state, and local merit-system requirements and selection-validation guidelines, with legally compliant and cost-effective methods. Work includes job analyses, examination design and administration, candidate preparation, scoring and adverse-impact analysis, and candidate scoring and technical validity reports. Proposals must be submitted electronically as separate technical and price files, with pricing itemized by position and per candidate.

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