This requirement is for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).
Title: Psychological Testing for Fisheries and Oceans’ Employees and Candidates to a Fishery Officer Position
OBJECTIVES OF THE REQUIREMENT
To engage the services of a registered psychological services firm to conduct clinical psychological assessments in order to determine suitability to carry out and use non-lethal and lethal force equipment (including firearm), and safely carry out enforcement duties.
BACKGROUND
Psychological testing is a critical step for assessing potential candidates for a career in law enforcement. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)-Conservation and Protection (C&P) uses psychological assessments as part of the recruitment processes to ensure that potential new Fishery Officers are emotionally and psychologically suited to carry out and use non-lethal and lethal force equipment (including firearm), and safely carry out enforcement duties.
Psychological testing is also use to assess Canadian Coast Guard personnel before they can partake in Armed Boarding Training and to re-assess Fishery Officers who have been away from enforcement duties for more than 24 months or have suffered emotional stress.
The assessments or re-assessments are used to identify possible judgment or behavioural issues which may negatively affect an individual`s ability to exercise sound judgment in enforcement situations, and in particular where use of force may be required.
PERIOD OF CONTRACT
The Contractor is required to perform the work on an as-and-when-required basis for a three (3) year period commencing on April 1st, 2016 and ending March 31st, 2019.
The Contractor grants to Canada the irrevocable option to extend the term of the resulting Contract by up to two (2) additional one (1) year period(s) under the same conditions.
SECURITY
The Contractor personnel requiring access to Protected B information must each hold a valid personnel security screening at the level of RELIABILITY STATUS, granted or approved by the Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the mandatory evaluation criteria as detailed herein. Bidders’ Proposals must clearly demonstrate that they meet all Mandatory Requirements for the proposal to be considered for further evaluation. Proposals not meeting the mandatory criteria will be excluded from further consideration.
Mandatory Criteria
MT1 The Bidder must provide the names and the resumes of the proposed resources under the following categories:
Minimum of ONE (1) Resource as a Senior Clinical Psychologist
Minimum of SIX (6) Resources as a Clinical Psychologist
MT2 The Bidder must demonstrate that the proposed Senior Clinical Psychologist resource(s) has a minimum of 60 months experience within the last 10 years, in individual psychological assessments* to clients whose primary role pertains to law enforcement or military.
*The individual psychological assessment types must fall under all of the following:
Assessing psychological fitness of officers for whom the duty firearm and defensive equipment has been removed;
Assessing employees who have been involved in a situation resulting in the serious injury or death of an individual;
Assessing psychological readiness of new recruits;
Assessing continued psychological readiness of existing employees; and,
Assessing psychological testing for ethical and integrity characteristics of an individual.
MT3 The Bidder’s proposed Senior Clinical Psychologist resource(s) named in MT1 must have performed the following minimum number of individual psychological assessment types within the last 10 years:
1 assessment for psychological fitness of officers for whom the duty firearm has been removed;
1 assessment for officers who have been involved in a situation resulting in the serious injury or death of an individual;
A combination of 100 assessments using MMPI, 16PF and Clinical Interviews for any of the following:
assessing psychological readiness of new recruits;
assessing continued psychological readiness of existing officers;
assessing psychological suitability to carry a duty firearm;
assessing social responsibility with respect to ethics, reliability, integrity of existing employees and new recruits with respect to security screening.
MT4 The Bidder must demonstrate that it has a minimum of one Clinical Psychologist which meets the advanced level described below in the Language Proficiency Grid in both English and French at each of the following Fisheries and Oceans Regional Headquarter locations:
St. John’s, NL
Halifax, NS
Moncton, NB
Québec, QC
Winnipeg, MB
Vancouver, BC
For each location the following information must be provided:
The name of the Clinical Psychologist; and,
The name, address and telephone number of the Clinical Psychologist’s organization, firm or practice.
Note: Duplicate names are acceptable only within the same province.
MT5 The Bidder must demonstrate that the proposed Clinical Psychologist resource(s) named in MT1 must have a minimum of 36 months experience providing individual psychological assessments to clients whose primary role pertains to law enforcement or military and performed the following minimum number of individual psychological assessments types within the last 10 years.
- 1 assessment for psychological fitness of officers for whom the duty firearm has been removed;
- A combination of 50 assessments using MMPI, 16PF and Clinical Interviews for any of the following:
A) assessing psychological readiness of new recruits,
B) assessing continued psychological readiness of existing officers; and,
C) assessing psychological suitability to carry a duty firearm
D) addressing social responsibility with respect to ethics, reliability, integrity of existing employees and new recruits with respect to security screening.
The Bidder must provide for each assessment: the name of the client organization, date of assessments and a description of services and tests administered.
SELECTION METHOD
A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive.
The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract.
Enquiries regarding this RFP requirement are to be submitted in writing to the following:
Nancy Paquette
A/Senior Contracting Officer
Materiel and Procurement Services
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
301 Bishop Drive
Fredericton (NB) E3C 2M6
Telephone: (506) 452-3494
Email: D••••••••@•••••••.••.ca
