STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Core
AGENDA DATE: August 13, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): N/A
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Donzell Gipson
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a five-year service price agreement for situational judgment testing and personality inventory for the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department. - Front Line Mobile Health, PLLC, most advantageous proposer of five - Estimated amount of $1,205,625.00 - Financing: General Fund (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service price agreement is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations. The estimated amount is intended as guidance rather than a cap on spending under the agreement, so that actual need combined with the amount budgeted will determine the amount spent under this agreement.
This service price agreement will provide for situational judgment testing and personality inventory for the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department (DFR). This testing will enhance the interview structure currently used by DFR for the officer trainee position. The purpose of performing the situational judgment testing and personality inventory is to identify candidates that may pose a behavioral risk to the department and measure characteristics such as integrity, emotional stability, interpersonal sensitivity, self-discipline, conscientiousness, and resiliency.
A six-member committee from the following departments reviewed and evaluated the qualifications:
* Civil Service (1)
* Dallas Fire-Rescue Department (2)
* Dallas Police Department (1)
* Office of Procurement Services (2)*
*The Office of Procurement Services evaluated cost, local preference, and the Business Inclusion and Development Plan, if applicable.
The committee selected the successful respondents on the basi...
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