U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover Building, Rm 6833, 935 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20535-0001

R -- MEDICAL STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT SOL RFP 7208 DUE 080598 POC Camille C. Battle, Contracting Officer, (202)324-3718 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Health Care Programs Unit, has a full and open competitive requirement to procure complete legally defensible job-related physical and psychosocial medical hiring and retention standards for its Special Agents (SA). The Contractor shall perform a job task analysis of the FBI position, including the identification of critical knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), and specialized job requirements of the SA position. The Contractor shall develop a functional job analysis methodology, which shall be scientifically sound and approved by the FBI, from which standards will be developed, specifying the working conditions, physical abilities and psychosocial abilities required to perform essential job functions for the SA position. These standards will assist the medical providers and FBI management in making decisions regarding fitness for duty. The standards shall: 1) provide information about the critical job tasks, environmental working conditions, and medical diseases and conditions; 2) provide guidelines related to the levels of severity of diseases and conditions that limit or preclude effective essential job functions performance; 3) provide in-depth information about each body system which is usually supplied by a medical specialist; 4) provide for consistent, fair medical decisions by medical providers pertaining to all applicants and employees; and, 5) be validated medically and legally defensible. The FBI contemplates award of a one year firm-fixed-price contract. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 8999. The small business size standard is $5.0 million. Interested, responsible parties may submit a written request for the solicitation to the address above or request by facsimile at (202)324-8040 or 8031. Proposal due date will be thirty (30) days after release of the solicitation. See Numbered Note 26.***** (0163)

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