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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 24, 2005 FBO #1336
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- DEVELOPE INITIAL IRAQI ARMED FORCES RECRUIT SCREENING TEST

Notice Date
7/22/2005
 
Notice Type
Solicitation Notice
 
NAICS
561410 — Document Preparation Services
 
Contracting Office
Department of the Army, Project and Contracting Office, Joint Contracting Command-Iraq, PARC Reconstruction, US Embassy Palace APO, Baghdad, Iraq, AE, 09316
 
ZIP Code
09316
 
Solicitation Number
W914NS-05-Q-9088
 
Response Due
8/5/2005
 
Archive Date
8/20/2005
 
Description
The Minister of Defense (MOD) and Joint Headquarters (JHQ) require a professionally designed and administered pre-induction screening program to aid in (a) the elimination of unsuitable applicants before significant time and resources are wasted in the vain effort to train these applicants, and (b) the identification of those applicants possessing superior cognitive skills that make them likely prospects for future leadership roles in the military service. a. Devise, validate, and then administer basic cognitive abilities multiple choice screening instrument in a pilot project that envisions the testing of approximately 5,000 applicants for recruit positions in the military. The test must be paper based and administered in less than one hour to potential recruits. The test should be in Arabic and Kurdish languages and capable of being scored by electronic scanning equipment immediately at the conclusion of testing. Test scoring for 100 should take no longer than 20 minutes. The translated tests must be rigorously reviewed by Arabic and Kurdish scholars and ?man-on-the street? groups to (a) address the accuracy of the translation to include idiomatic correctness, and (b) to discover and deal with cultural and social issues that might cause difficulties with an English version. To retrieve a copy of the solicitation go to www.rebuilding-iraq.net. POC: TSgt Billie P. Crockett, 703-544-1516 or billie.crockett@pco-iraq.net
 
Place of Performance
Address: Baghdad
Country: IRAQ
 
Record
SN00853016-W 20050724/050722212254 (fbodaily.com)
 
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