State Officer Certification Exam (SOCE) Content Development and Psychometric Analysis

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Criminal Justice Professionalism division, is conducting a statutorily mandated 15 business day advertisement for a single source procurement of State Officer Certification Exam (SOCE) content development and psychometric analysis services. This procurement is not a request for bids or proposals but rather formal notice of an intended single source purchase by the Leon County jurisdiction. The services to be procured include specialized public safety assessment content development and comprehensive psychometric analysis to ensure the SOCE examination maintains validity, reliability, and fairness while meeting FDLE standards and legislative requirements for law enforcement officer certification. Key objectives include developing examination content that accurately assesses law enforcement competencies and conducting psychometric analysis to validate the examination's measurement properties. The service provider must demonstrate expertise in public safety assessment development, psychometric analysis specific to law enforcement contexts, and the ability to integrate seamlessly with Pearson VUE's proprietary testing system infrastructure. The procurement timeline includes a posting date of March 17, 2026, with the final deadline for receipt of information from prospective vendors set for April 7, 2026. The contract term for selected services is 24 months.

This single source procurement is restricted to Industrial/Organizational Solutions, Inc. (IOS, Inc.), based in Oak Brook, Illinois, as the intended sole source vendor. FDLE justifies this single source designation based on IOS, Inc.'s unique and specialized expertise in public safety assessment development and psychometric analysis within law enforcement contexts, combined with their exclusive arrangement with Pearson VUE that enables seamless technical integration with the proprietary testing system. The agency determined that no other equivalent vendors in the marketplace offer both the required psychometric specialization credentials and the necessary ability to integrate with Pearson VUE's infrastructure. The estimated contract value for this single source acquisition is $300,000. The procurement was approved by Julia Lycett, Chief of General Services, and Chad Brown, Director of Criminal Justice Professionalism at FDLE. This single source arrangement permits the state to leverage existing technological infrastructure while ensuring continuity and compatibility with current examination delivery systems.