Job Task Analysis Professional Services RFP

The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation's Office of Law Enforcement Training (LET) is soliciting proposals through a Request for Proposal (RFP #26RFP19762) for comprehensive Job Task Analysis (JTA) professional services. The procurement seeks a qualified vendor to conduct a statewide JTA of approximately 2,000+ currently employed law enforcement officers across 200+ agencies, identifying job tasks by assignment, frequency, and criticality. The vendor must translate JTA findings into curriculum topic areas, learning objectives, and prioritized integration points for de-escalation and crisis response within the Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course. Primary deliverables include instructor and student guides, static visual aids, testing instruments for prioritized blocks, lesson plans in approved LET format, curriculum content outlines with scenarios and evaluation tools, and project management artifacts. Offerors must demonstrate proven experience conducting large-scale JTA/occupational analysis projects preferably within law enforcement contexts, expertise in adult learning and scenario-based training, capacity to engage rural and tribal agencies, and project management capability for statewide outreach. Evaluation criteria include specialized expertise and technical competence, ability to handle project constraints, available resources, past performance records, project management techniques, overall cost, availability to the project locale, and familiarity with South Dakota's environment. Key dates include Letters of Intent due April 10, 2026; offeror questions due by April 24, 2026 with responses by April 27, 2026; proposals due May 15, 2026; and an anticipated award decision scheduled for May 22, 2026, with contract performance running from June 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027.

The RFP does not specify set-aside designations or restrictions on organization types responding to this procurement. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the available documentation. The State will provide substantial support infrastructure to the successful contractor, including access to agency contacts, Subject Matter Expert (SME) cadre training coordination, LET formatting standards, and training facilities at the George S. Mickelson Criminal Justice Center in Pierre. The contract will operate on a fixed-price, deliverable-based pricing structure with all costs including labor, travel, materials, software licenses, data collection tools, and administrative overhead included in the fixed fee; however, no specific budget range or award value is disclosed in the RFP materials. Proposals must be submitted in the format of one original and three identical copies with an electronic copy on flash drive or USB in Microsoft Word or PDF format. The contractor must obtain commercial general liability insurance ($1,000,000 per occurrence), professional liability insurance ($1,000,000), business automobile liability insurance ($1,000,000 per accident), and workers' compensation insurance as required by law.