Inmate Technology Services

Inmate Technology Services RFP # EC-02-2024 #01 ESTIMATED TIMELINE – RFP Released February 8, 2024 Deadline to Submit Written Questions February 23, 2024 @ 3:00 PM EST Response to Questions March 6, 2024 @ 3:00 PM EST Proposal Due Date March 26, 2024 @ 3:00 PM EST Public Bid Opening – BOC Conf. Room March 26, 2024 @ 3:15 PM EST Project Review and Award Date Pending BOC Approval April 8, 2024 (tentative) *BOC = Board of Commissioners OPTIONAL SITE VISIT – A site visit may be scheduled by contacting the Jail Administrator by email to request an appointment. Emmet County Sheriff’s Office is located at 450 Bay St. in Petoskey, MI. RFP PROCUREMENT CONTACT – Brenda Ford, Jail Administrator, bford@emmetcounty.org Emmet County is soliciting proposals from prospective vendors to provide the County with inmate telephone, video visitation, tablet program, ordering commissary, digital postal mail scanning, electronic messaging/texting,

inmate forms, and grievance applications. A copy of this RFP and any subsequent addenda or communications may be obtained from the County’s Purchasing page as well as on the BidNet Direct website at https://www.bidnetdirect.com. Emmet County Administration Office • 200 Division Street, Suite G70 • Petoskey, Michigan 49770 www.emmetcounty.org mailto:bford@emmetcounty.org https://www.bidnetdirect.com/ 2 | P a g e RFP# EC-02-2024 #01 A. PROJECT BACKGROUND The Emmet County Sheriff’s Office is located at 450 Bay St. Petoskey, MI 49770. FACILITY SPECIFICATIONS Current Average Daily Population (ADP): 47 Number of Beds: 103 Telephone Call Time Limit (minutes): 20 Video Visitation Time Limit (minutes): 20 eMmessaging Photo/eCard Limit: 5 Hours of Availability for Inmate Telephones: 7am-10pm Hours of Availability for Booking Telephones: 24 hours # of Inmate Telephones Required