Background Search Services

The Vendor is required to provide criminal conviction history information to evaluate applicants for employment.
- Provide criminal conviction reports from the National Criminal History Database, statewide and county searches, in addition to social security traces, credit history reports, and motor vehicle records.
- Service Provider shall provide the City with a mechanism for determining the states and counties from which to request criminal history records based on an applicant’s prior place(s) of residence.
- The primary purpose of the contract is to obtain reliable, accurate, and timely background search information.
- Record check requests shall include social security traces, state criminal history, and county criminal history. Credit history, depending on position applied for, may also be requested. Although the City doesn’t currently utilize the National Criminal History Database, the option must be readily available.
- Criminal history reports shall show, at a minimum, the following: name, county/state searched, years searched, type of records or database searched, how identity of applicant was confirmed (i.e. name, date of birth, social security number), arrest date, case number, and type of conviction, conviction date, and final disposition.