Fire Department Background Investigation Services

The City of Santa Monica Fire Department is seeking personnel background services as part of the hiring process for various positions within the fire department. The selected vendor will be required to conduct thorough pre-employment background investigations, including initial phone contact, issuance of a Personal Investigative Questionnaire and Personal History Statement, review of the questionnaire and statement, and final written summary of findings. The vendor must also comply with the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Act. The contract may be renewed for two additional one-year periods. • The Ambulance Operator Background shall consist of initial phone contact, issuance of a Personal Investigative Questionnaire and Personal History Statement, review of the questionnaire and statement, and final written summary of findings. • The Firefighter Background shall consist of initial meeting with candidates, thoroughly evaluating each applicant's character, general reputation, honesty, reliability, personal characteristics, and mode of living, and review of candidates' Livescan. • The vendor must provide services under an "owner/manager" investigator license and use only experienced investigators to conduct background investigations. • The vendor must collect and analyze applicant-screening information to facilitate the pre-employment background investigation process. • The vendor must assume full responsibility for the accuracy of the Executive Summaries content.