SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Revision and Updating of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and Selected Characteristics of Occupations Defined in the Revised Dictionary of Occupational Titles
- Notice Date
- 6/4/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21207-5279
- ZIP Code
- 21207-5279
- Solicitation Number
- OSD-03-0002
- Response Due
- 6/13/2003
- Archive Date
- 6/28/2003
- Point of Contact
- London Johnson, Contracting Officer, Phone 410-965-9495, Fax 410-966-9310, - Loretta Hawley, Contract Specialist, Phone (410) 965-9511, Fax (410) 966-9310,
- E-Mail Address
-
london.johnson@ssa.gov, loretta.hawley@ssa.gov
- Description
- This is a request for information (Sources Sought Synopsis). This is not a solicitation. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is seeking sources capable of providing the Agency with a revised and updated version of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles Revised 4th Edition (DOT) and its companion publication, Selected Characteristics of Occupations Defined in the Revised Dictionary of Occupational Titles (SCO), published by the Department of Labor (DOL). SSA relies on these publications for its disability evaluation process and work opportunity and employment support initiatives. In its regulations, SSA takes administrative notice of reliable job information available from various governmental and other publications [20 CFR 404.1566(d) and 416.966(d)]. SSA currently uses the DOT and the SCO as the primary sources of information about jobs, job requirements, and the existence of work in the national economy. In addition, SSA's regulatory guidelines are based on DOT constructs and definitions. For example, they define sedentary, light and medium strength work in the same way it is defined in the DOT/SCO. However, DOL has not formally updated the DOT/SCO since 1991 and has no plans to do so. Instead, DOL is developing an entirely new system, the Occupational Information Network, or O*NET. This system is useful for career and educational exploration and planning, but it does not provide the type of data required for disability claim adjudication or vocational rehabilitation and job placement of persons with disabilities. Therefore, SSA is seeking an existing occupational database that has been updated to provide the same type of data shown in the DOT/SCO, which SSA can use while developing alternative sources of occupational data. The database must: 1) currently exist (SSA is not interested in developing such a database for interim use); 2) utilize the same constructs and definitions as the DOT/SCO; 3) contain the complete set of descriptors found in the DOT/SCO; 4) contain information on work found in the national economy that is more recent than the 1991 version of the DOT/SCO; 5) be representative of work found in the national economy; and 6) have been developed in a statistically valid, reliable and defensible manner. If you feel your organization has the corporate capability and expertise for performing this type of service, provide the following information via E-MAIL ONLY about your company: 1) company or university name, address, e-mail address, website address, point of contact, and telephone number, 2) corporate capability statement (not to exceed 2 pages) that includes similar experience and references, 3) name of the database, and 4) the source of data. This request for information does not constitute a request for proposals and submission of any information is based on this request or information is purely voluntary. SSA may make a solicitation available at FEDBIZOPPS at a later date. If a solicitation is posted, it will be preceded by a presolicitation announcement that will specify an anticipated solicitation issue date sometime in 2003. Any questions should be submitted via E-MAIL ONLY (no phone calls please) to the Contracting Officer at London.Johnson@ssa.gov.
- Record
- SN00339913-W 20030606/030604213816 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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