Police Department Promotional Assessment Center Services

The City of Lubbock is soliciting proposals under RFP27-20022-KM for an independent consultant to develop, administer, score, and support promotional Assessment Centers for the Police Department. The objective is to establish a secure, objective, job-related, and professionally defensible process that ensures qualified candidates have a fair opportunity to demonstrate their readiness for promotion. The selected vendor must provide a detailed project schedule with major milestones and coordinate with City representatives to establish deadlines for delivering individual candidate scores and final results. Proposals will be numerically scored by an evaluation committee based on qualifications, experience, methodology, project approach, compliance, and the ability to perform the services, with cost considered in conjunction with these factors. Top-rated respondents may be required to participate in a structured oral presentation and interview. The City requires the consultant to maintain strict confidentiality and security of all materials and provide a comprehensive staffing plan including the qualifications of proposed assessors. The contract is subject to the availability of annual appropriations by the City. Proposers must identify all associated fees, including assessor costs, training, per-person charges, travel, and reporting expenses, although the City does not guarantee a specific volume of services. Eligible respondents include small business concerns certified as Disadvantaged Business Enterprises or Historically Underutilized Businesses. Submissions must be organized in an indexed binder or single volume, featuring a cover letter to the Mayor and City Council and a detailed project methodology.