Department of the Treasury, Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks, 250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219

R -- JOB ANALYSIS AND EXAMINER TEST DEVELOPMENT SOL CC-98-R-0004 POC Kathleen Scherf, Contract Specialist, 202-874-5144 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is a bureau of the Department of Treasury headquartered in Washington, DC with district and field offices located throughout the United States. The OCC employs approximately 3,000 employees and is responsible for promoting and assuring the safety and soundness of the country's national banking system and maintaining its competitiveness, efficiency, integrity, and stability in the financial marketplace. The OCC has the need for a qualified Contractor to perform a job analysis of the Bank Examiner occupation and to design selection tests, based on the job analysis, for hiring into the occupation. The contractor will be expected to perform the following processes: 1) Conduct an analysis of the bank examiner occupation and document the knowledge, skills and abilities, and other factors required to perform the tasks well at every working level of the occupation. Currently, OCC recognizes eight major working levels in the occupation: three trainee levels, three journeyman to senior levels and two expert levels. Within these levels are examiners who are assigned to generalists positions and five speciality areas: asset management, consumer, bank information systems, capital markets, and credit; 2) Develop defensible, job-related selection devices to be used by the OCC in evaluating external candidates for examiner positions. The OCC is required to conduct a test of applicants for the OC-8 entry level Assistant National Bank Examiner position which measures the technical knowledge required for the position. In addition, the OCC must be able to test the oral and written communication skills of applicants for all levels of the occupation (assuming the requirement for communication skills is supported by the job analysis). The following test instruments must be developed: a test to measure knowledge required for the OC-8 entry level position and test(s) to measure oral and written communication skills at the eight major working levels of the occupation (see #1 above). OCC requires a Contractor able to defend its products in the event of a legal action against the OCC. In addition, the selection system must incorporate a defensible method for applying veterans' preference as required by Federal regulations; 3) Develop support materials for the testing process. These materials may include, but are not be limited to testing instruments, test scoring keys, standards and instructions; evaluator's instructions or manual; training course for evaluators including lesson plan and instructors guide; and a process for conducting on-going test validation. This Request for Proposal (RFP) is issued using Full and Open Competition rules. Solicitation CC-98-R-0004 shall be released no sooner than 15 days after publication of this announcement. All requests for a copy of the solicitation must be in writing, addressed to: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Acquisition Services, (4-13), 250 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20219, Attention: Kathleen J. Scherf. (0083)

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