# Texas DIR/ESBD #RFP27-20022-KM

Police Department promotional assessment center consulting services

**Posted:** November 02, 2026
**Respond By:** November 17, 2026
**Identifier:** RFP27-20022-KM
**NAICS:** 541612, 541611

The City of Lubbock Police Department is seeking an independent consultant to run promotional assessment centers for police leadership candidates.
- **Government buyer:** City of Lubbock, Texas — Police Department; Purchasing and Contract Management office.
- **Requested service:** Develop, administer, score, and support promotional assessment centers for Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Assistant Police Chief, and other applicable classifications. Work includes job analysis, competency identification, job-related exercises and scoring materials, assessor recruitment and training, secure administration, quality control, candidate reports, and technical and validation documentation.
- **Additional support:** Develop uniform evaluation criteria and provide guidance or training for the City’s Performance Review Panel.
- **Key requirements:** The process must be consistent, secure, objective, job-related, valid, reliable, and professionally defensible. Candidates need a score of at least 70% to pass; final scores and reports are due within 10 business days after assessment administration, unless otherwise approved in writing.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No OEMs or service vendors are named in the provided materials.
- **Quantity:** No fixed quantity is specified; services cover applicable promotional classifications as needed.

### Description

The City of Lubbock is requesting proposals from qualified independent consultants to provide Police Department Promotional Assessment Center services. The assessment process must be consistent, secure, objective, job-related, valid, reliable, and professionally defensible. It is intended to complement the City’s police promotional examination process and give qualified candidates a fair opportunity to demonstrate readiness for promotion. The contract term is one year, with four optional one-year extensions.

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