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AGENDA ITEM REPORT

Title: Report On Augmentation of FY 2011-12 Contract for the Entry-Level Dispatcher Selection Test Battery
REPORT PROFILE
MEETING DATE
6/28/2012		 BUREAU SUBMITTING THIS REPORT
Strategic Communications and Research Bureau
RESEARCHED BY (PRINT NAME)
Tammura Hathorne-Brown		 REVIEWED BY (PRINT NAME)
Stephanie Scofield
REPORT DATE
06/12/2012		 APPROVED BY
Paul Cappitelli		 DATE APPROVED
06/12/12
PURPOSE
Decision Requested		 FINANCIAL IMPACT
Yes

ISSUE:
Should the Commission authorize the Executive Director to augment the existing FY 2011-12 contract  with Cooperative Personnel Services (CPS) for the administration of the POST Entry-Level Dispatcher Selection Test Battery from $116,474.51 to 174,750.00 in an amount not to exceed $58,275?
BACKGROUND:
The Commission has authorized that the mandated Entry-Level Dispatcher Selection Test Battery be made available to agencies in the POST program at no cost. Because POST does not have the staff,  equipment resources, nor the space necessary to assume direct responsibility for performing services associated with the administration of this test (e.g., printing, maintaining sufficient inventory, shipping and retrieving test booklets, etc.), a contract with an outside vendor is used to provide these services.
ANALYSIS:
Cooperative Personnel Services has administered the POST Entry-Level Dispatcher Test Battery in an efficient and timely manner during the last eight fiscal years. The services provided by CPS cannot be performed by POST.  The contract for the previous year was $232,949.02. The proposed contract FY 2011-12 was previously approved for $116,474.51; however, as test administrations have increased over the past few months, the original amount needs to be augmented.  The new amount requested, not to exceed $174,750, remains lower than the previous fiscal year (See Attachment A).
RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended the Commission authorize the Executive Director to augment the existing FY 2011-12 contract with the Cooperative Personnel Services to administer the POST Entry-Level Dispatcher Selection Test Battery in an amount not to exceed $58,275.

 

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