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Solicitation Number:

494-SH

Title:

RFSQ - Polygraph Examination Services

Department:

Sheriff

Bid Type:

Service

Bid Amount:

N/A

Commodity:

LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES (INCLUDING PROCESS SERVER SERVICES)

Description:

BULLETIN NUMBER 1 REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS (RFSQ) POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION SERVICES RFSQ NUMBER 494-SH INTRODUCTION The County of Los Angeles ("County") Sheriff’s Department ("Department") requires the services of one or more Qualified Contractors to provide Polygraph Examination Services to the Department's Scientific Services Bureau on an intermittent, as-needed basis. VENDOR’S MINIMUM MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS Interested and qualified Vendors that can demonstrate their ability to successfully provide the required services outlined in Appendix B (Statement of Work) of the RFSQ, are invited to submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ), provided they meet the following Minimum Mandatory Qualifications: 1. Vendor must have successfully graduated from a polygraph training course, recognized and accredited by the American Polygraph Association, California Association of Polygraph Examiners, or the American Association of Police Polygraphists. Vendor must submit copies of diploma and/or certificate. 2. Vendor must be active in the administration of polygraph examinations. To qualify for this status, the Vendor must meet the following criteria: a. Vendor must have completed a minimum total of two hundred (200) documented polygraph examinations. b. Of the total documented polygraph examinations, Vendor must have administered a minimum of one-hundred (100) polygraph exams for a law enforcement agency or agencies. c. Twenty-Five (25) of the one-hundred exams for a law enforcement agency or agencies must have been within the last two (2) years using the Lafayette computerized polygraph instrument. Vendor must provide supporting documentation and references to meet these criteria. 3. Vendor must be a current member, in good standing, with one of the following professional polygraph examiner associations and have attended a minimum of 12 hours of training sponsored by one of the following organizations in the last two (2) years: • American Polygraph Association • California Association of Polygraph Examiners • American Association of Policy Polygraphists Vendor must provide a copy of membership and training certificates. 4. Vendor must pass with a score of 100% the polygraph proficiency test consisting of general polygraph knowledge, question formulation, chart analysis, and instrumenttation; Refer to Appendix D (Required Forms), Exhibit 12 (Proficiency Exam) of the RFSQ. The test is to be completed and submitted with the SOQ. If a passing score is not achieved, the Vendor shall be disqualified. RFSQ RELEASE The RFSQ will be accessible in electronic Portable Data File (PDF) format by 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on October 29, 2014, via the Department’s website at http://www.lasd.org/lasd_contracts/info.html (underscore between “lasd” and “contracts”). RFP TIMETABLE The timetable for this RFSQ is as follows: • Release of RFSQ…………………………………….………October 28, 2014 • Request for a Solicitation Requirements Review Due....November 10, 2014 • Written Questions Due by 3:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)….,….November 3, 2014 • Questions and Answers Released…….………………....November 6, 2014 • SOQ Submittal Deadline…by 3:00p.m. (Pacific Time)......November 19, 2014 The submittal date is an initial due date. SOQs received after the due date may not be reviewed initially; however, they may be reviewed at a later date to determine if they meet the Minimum Mandatory Qualifications listed in Paragraph 1.4 (Vendor’s Minimum Mandatory Qualifications) of the RFSQ. The solicitation will remain open until the needs of the Department are met. STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS SUBMISSION The original SOQ and three (3) exact duplicate, hard, numbered copies; and two (2) Compact Discs, each containing the SOQ in electronic format, shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, plainly marked in the upper left-hand corner with the name and address of the Vendor and bear the words: “STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION SERVICES RFSQ 494-SH” The SOQ and any related information shall be delivered or mailed to the following: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Contracts Unit, Room 214 4700 Ramona Boulevard Monterey Park, California 91754 Attention: Stacey Kirk, Contracts Analyst STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS DELIVERY It is the sole responsibility of the submitting Vendor to ensure that its SOQ is received before the SOQ due date and time as outlined under Bulletin #1 or any addendum amending the SOQ due date and time. Submitting Vendors shall bear all risks associated with delays in delivery by any person or entity, including the U.S. Mail. Any SOQs received after the scheduled closing date and time for receipt of SOQs, as stated in Bulletin #1, or any addendum amending the SOQ due date and time, will not be reviewed initially; however, they may be reviewed at a later date. No facsimile (fax) or electronic mail (e-mail) copies will be accepted. CONTACT WITH COUNTY PERSONNEL All contact regarding this RFSQ or any matter relating thereto must be in writing and may be mailed, e-mailed, or faxed as follows: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Contracts Unit, Room 214 4700 Ramona Boulevard Monterey Park, California 91754 Attention: Stacey Kirk, Contracts Analyst Email address: sjkirk@lasd.org Fax number: (323) 415-4650 If it is discovered that a Vendor contacted and received information from any County personnel, other than the person specified above, regarding this solicitation, County, in its sole determination, may disqualify their SOQ from further consideration.

BULLETIN NUMBER 1
REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS (RFSQ)
POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION SERVICES
RFSQ NUMBER 494-SH

INTRODUCTION
The County of Los Angeles ("County") Sheriff’s Department ("Department") requires the services of one or more Qualified Contractors to provide Polygraph Examination Services to the Department's Scientific Services Bureau on an intermittent, as-needed basis.

VENDOR’S MINIMUM MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS
Interested and qualified Vendors that can demonstrate their ability to successfully provide the required services outlined in Appendix B (Statement of Work) of the RFSQ, are invited to submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ), provided they meet the following Minimum Mandatory Qualifications:

1. Vendor must have successfully graduated from a polygraph training
course, recognized and accredited by the American Polygraph Association,
California Association of Polygraph Examiners, or the American Association
of Police Polygraphists. Vendor must submit copies of diploma and/or
certificate.

2. Vendor must be active in the administration of polygraph examinations. To
qualify for this status, the Vendor must meet the following criteria:
a. Vendor must have completed a minimum total of two hundred (200)
documented polygraph examinations.
b. Of the total documented polygraph examinations, Vendor must have
administered a minimum of one-hundred (100) polygraph exams for a law
enforcement agency or agencies.
c. Twenty-Five (25) of the one-hundred exams for a law enforcement
agency or agencies must have been within the last two (2) years using
the Lafayette computerized polygraph instrument.

Vendor must provide supporting documentation and references to meet
these criteria.

3. Vendor must be a current member, in good standing, with one of the
following professional polygraph examiner associations and have attended
a minimum of 12 hours of training sponsored by one of the following
organizations in the last two (2) years:
• American Polygraph Association
• California Association of Polygraph Examiners
• American Association of Policy Polygraphists

Vendor must provide a copy of membership and training certificates.

4. Vendor must pass with a score of 100% the polygraph proficiency test
consisting of general polygraph knowledge, question formulation, chart
analysis, and instrumenttation; Refer to Appendix D (Required Forms),
Exhibit 12 (Proficiency Exam) of the RFSQ. The test is to be completed and
submitted with the SOQ. If a passing score is not achieved, the Vendor
shall be disqualified.

RFSQ RELEASE
The RFSQ will be accessible in electronic Portable Data File (PDF) format by 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on October 29, 2014, via the Department’s website at http://www.lasd.org/lasd_contracts/info.html (underscore between “lasd” and “contracts”).

RFP TIMETABLE

The timetable for this RFSQ is as follows:
• Release of RFSQ…………………………………….………October 28, 2014
• Request for a Solicitation Requirements Review Due....November 10, 2014
• Written Questions Due by 3:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)….,….November 3, 2014
• Questions and Answers Released…….………………....November 6, 2014
• SOQ Submittal Deadline…by 3:00p.m. (Pacific Time)......November 19, 2014

The submittal date is an initial due date. SOQs received after the due date may not be reviewed initially; however, they may be reviewed at a later date to determine if they meet the Minimum Mandatory Qualifications listed in Paragraph 1.4 (Vendor’s Minimum Mandatory Qualifications) of the RFSQ. The solicitation will remain open until the needs of the Department are met.

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS SUBMISSION

The original SOQ and three (3) exact duplicate, hard, numbered copies; and two (2) Compact Discs, each containing the SOQ in electronic format, shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, plainly marked in the upper left-hand corner with the name and address of the Vendor and bear the words:

“STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION SERVICES RFSQ 494-SH”

The SOQ and any related information shall be delivered or mailed to the following:

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Contracts Unit, Room 214
4700 Ramona Boulevard
Monterey Park, California 91754
Attention: Stacey Kirk, Contracts Analyst

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS DELIVERY
It is the sole responsibility of the submitting Vendor to ensure that its SOQ is received before the SOQ due date and time as outlined under Bulletin #1 or any addendum amending the SOQ due date and time. Submitting Vendors shall bear all risks associated with delays in delivery by any person or entity, including the U.S. Mail. Any SOQs received after the scheduled closing date and time for receipt of SOQs, as stated in Bulletin #1, or any addendum amending the SOQ due date and time, will not be reviewed initially; however, they may be reviewed at a later date. No facsimile (fax) or electronic mail (e-mail) copies will be accepted.

CONTACT WITH COUNTY PERSONNEL
All contact regarding this RFSQ or any matter relating thereto must be in writing and may be mailed, e-mailed, or faxed as follows:

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Contracts Unit, Room 214
4700 Ramona Boulevard
Monterey Park, California 91754
Attention: Stacey Kirk, Contracts Analyst
Email address: sjkirk@lasd.org
Fax number: (323) 415-4650

If it is discovered that a Vendor contacted and received information from any County personnel, other than the person specified above, regarding this solicitation, County, in its sole determination, may disqualify their SOQ from further consideration.

Open Day:

10/28/2014

Closed Date:

11/19/2014 3:00:00 PM

Contact Name:

Gabby Frierson

Contact Phone:

(213) 229-3278

Contact Email:

gfrierso@lasd.org

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