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Williamson County Sheriff’s Office Jail Commissary Service Solicitation for Bid Specifications

The Sheriff is requesting Solicitation for Bids for Off-Site Commissary Services. These services must include a computerized Trust Fund Accounting System.

Williamson County Jail's primary objective is for a contract commissary to operate in an efficient and effective manner maintaining the security of the Williamson County Jail and to obtain a quality Trust Fund Accounting System adequate to meet the requirements of the Proposal.

The costs related to the commissary services and the Trust Fund Accounting System should be covered in the selling prices of the commissary products to the inmates. The prices of the commissary items must fall within a reasonable, market price philosophy and provide a profit to the County.

The best overall proposal will be determined in meeting the specifications, qualifications, requirements, and standards in this Solicitation for Bid, in addition to the product menu with item selling prices, and the commission rate that is to be paid to the County.

Please provide proposal responses to all of the specifications, qualifications, requirements and standards listed below.

1. References

a. Total Number of Facilities and Inmates Served

i. Vendor should provide a total number of accounts and inmates served for each service/technology requested (ex. Bagged offsite commissary service, deposit services, debit card release) in Texas

b. Mandatory Minimum Commissary References

i. The vendor must provide a minimum of 5 references of current bagged offsite operations

ii. Name, contact, number, Average Daily Population (ADP), and a brief summary of the operation and services provided should be included.

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c. Minimum In-State Required References

i. Vendor must provide commissary services to a minimum of 5 facilities in the state of Texas. Name, contact, number, ADP, and a brief summary of the operation and services provided should be included.

ii. Each reference will be graded on various performance criteria such as:

quality of services, quality of product, quality of services verses a previous vendor, staffing sufficiency and efficiencies, technology/services promised vs. technology/services provided and quality of integration or technology services.

2. Operations

a. On-Site Employees

i. The vendor’s on-site management and staff must be dedicated exclusively to the purpose of providing commissary services.

ii. Vendor must staff 1 full-time onsite manager dedicated to commissary services at Williamson County only.

b. Start-Up / Transition Plan

i. Vendor shall provide a startup/transition plan which details and provides time frames for all proposed services, systems, software, labor, and equipment.

ii. The Vendor must provide references and past experience that demonstrate the vendor’s ability to successfully perform the proposed startup/transition plan.

c. Operational Plan

i. Orders will be processed via 3rd party interface with current Kiosk provider

ii. Orders to be printed, processed and delivered from vendor owned distribution center in Texas.

iii. Vendor shall include in their references at least 5 similar size operations to Williamson County in Texas serviced from an offsite warehouse location

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iv. Vendor shall provide a detailed operational plan and schedule for processing and delivering the weekly commissary orders, in a complete and timely manner.

v. Accompanying this must be information from a facility with a similar plan that the vendor has operated.

vi. A contact name and number from the facility must be included.

d. Back–Up Plan

i. Vendor shall describe its’ backup plan in the event of an interruption in the following areas and/or services:

1. Primary facility

2. Inventory

3. Distribution (transportation)

4. Receiving and shipping

5. Computer technology and hardware

6. Management staff

7. Employee staff (order processing and delivery)

8. On-site staff

e. Employee Hiring Practices

i. The vendor must describe their hiring practices for employees which will service the facility including on-site staff and warehouse staff, including but not limited to the following:

1. Number of staff

2. Years of service

3. Experience and qualifications

4. Employee retention/turnover

5. Rates of pay, bonus plans/incentives

6. Departments, number of staffing, supervision, and management

7. Job descriptions

8. Background checks

9. Drug testing

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3. Warehouse

a. Warehouse Security

i. Vendor should provide warehouse security procedures including how many points of access are open to the warehouse, security systems utilized, security access to the warehouse, internal and external camera systems utilized, employee policies and procedures, employee hiring policies (drug tests, background checks, credit checks, etc.), security measures taken on contraband products (tobacco, if stored at the warehouse, tools utilized by workers, etc.), outside vendor access points to the warehouse, etc.

ii. Vendor receiving, packaging and shipping areas should be monitored by a closed circuit television system at all times. All videos should provide a date and time stamp and the ability to identify staff.

b. Capabilities

i. Vendors should provide the vital statistics of the warehouse that will service the facility.

1. Square footage

2. Time the vendor has operated

3. Number of employees including management. Include a organizational chart

4. Average daily inventory value

5. Number of total products carried in the warehouse

ii. Vendor must provide locations, size, and daily inventory value of back up warehouses to be used for product in the case of an emergency.

iii. Servicing warehouse must be located within 200 miles of the facility

c. Site Visit

i. Site visit to vendor servicing warehouse will be allowed to facility staff to verify the responses to the requirements above.

d. Increase/Product Changes

i. Vendor must maintain the commissary pricing submitted for the first year of the contract.

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ii. Increases in commissary product pricing will only be allowed on anniversary dates of the contract renewal starting on year one of the contract. Price increases will be made only after the facility has reviewed the suggested increases and approved said suggestions. The facility reserves the right to reduce the increases or deny increases that are viewed as exorbitant.

iii. The facility and the awarded vendor should meet annually or as needed to review product offerings and permit product changes with approval. Products are continuously improving and being enhanced, with this policy, the facility can be assured they have the most advanced and security friendly products in the market

4. Products

a. Product should be conducive to a correctional environment.

b. Preference should be given to products that have clear packaging, are re-sealable and packaged in pouches.

c. No metal, glass or alcohol should be used in any products.

d. Vendors should have a dedicated product development team with a proven track record for developing new products that coincide with the mission and goals of the facility.

e. Vendor should provide a list of products they have developed specifically for the correctional marketplace to include the manufacturers and contacts that they worked with to develop these products.

f. Vendors must have the proven ability, resources, and distribution network to maintain sufficient inventory for a bid of this size and scope.

g. Vendor should provide the commissary skus it inventories at the pulling warehouse and the daily inventory in dollars. This will ensure product diversity and ample stock to reduce product out-of-stocks.

h. Vendor must be able to provide a vast selection of both name brand and private label products to ensure product quality and affordability for all inmates.

5. Technology

a. Integrations

i. Vendor shall provide previous experience in successfully integrating with jail management system Odyssey (Tyler Technology) at no cost to Williamson County

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ii. Vendor must have an existing interface with Odyssey.

6. POE- Phone Order Entry Commissary Operations and Phone Time

Purchases

a. Commissary vendor agrees to interface commissary and/or banking software to process real-time Debit calling time purchases with County ITS contractor.

This interface must allow inmates to place Debit calls using funds in their inmate trust account, without the need to establish a separate Debit calling account. Sufficient funds to place a phone call must be verified and placed on hold before each call is connected and then transferred from the trust account to the ITS in real time, immediately upon completion of each call, and in the exact amount of the call. Rounding or transferring funds in whole-dollar increments will not be permitted, except in the event that the actual cost of a completed call is a whole dollar amount. In no case will funds be transferred before the conclusion of the phone call, and there must never be a need to issue a refund from the ITS to the inmate trust account for unused funds.

b. This interface must also allow for automated commissary ordering over the phone, using automated operator prompts to enable inmates to make commissary purchases using any standard inmate telephone. The commissary ordering module must confirm sufficient funds in the inmate’s trust account before allowing a sale to occur.

c. Vendor should provide a list of all facilities where current utilizing POE commissary operations are in place, list should include: name of facility, ADP, contact name and number.

7. Deposit Services

a. Deposit Kiosk – vendor must provide standalone floor model kiosk to the county at no cost.

i. The kiosk should be able to accept cash and credit/debit card deposits by friends and family members of inmates to be located in the jail public lobby.

ii. The kiosk must be equipped with a camera to capture picture of each depositor.

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iii. The deposits must post in the Jail’s Inmate Accounting system in real time.

iv. All funds deposited must be guaranteed by the vendor.

v. All costs of the hardware and installation are the winning Vendors responsibility. The Jail will be responsible for the electrical and data drop cost.

b. Deposit Kiosk questions

i. Who collects the funds from the kiosk and how often are these funds picked up?

ii. Does the deposit kiosk provide a receipt to the depositor?

iii. Does the deposit kiosk identify or take pictures of depositors?

iv. Describe the location and staffing for your call center.

v. What are the service fees charged to the depositor?

c. Alternate Service Deposit Methods

i. Vendor must provide alternate service deposit methods for family and friends of inmates to post monies to inmate accounts. The following must be available:

d. Phone

i. A call center using a 1-800 number in which family and friends can use a credit card to deposit funds into an inmate’s account. The call center must be bilingual (English & Spanish) and call center

e. Internet

i. Designated website for family and friends to use a credit or debit card to deposit funds directly to an inmate’s account

8. Release Cards

a. Debit Release Specs

i. Debit release cards must carry the MasterCard® or Visa® logo.

ii. Debit release card must be FDIC insured.

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iii. Service must provide immediate access to funds.

iv. Release cards must provide the ability to make both pin based and signature based transactions.

v. Both pin based and signature based transactions must be free of charge to the cardholder.

vi. Release cards must allow a FREE cash back option with a Point of Sale

Purchase.

vii. Release cards must allow for Access to surcharge Free ATMs. (from provider)

viii. Release cards must allow for the removal of the entire card balance by visiting any financial institution that is a MasterCard principal member.

ix. Release cards must have a toll-free customer service number located on the card. Customer service must be bilingual and accessible 24x7x365.

x. Release cards must have 24x7x365 account access.

xi. Facility staff must be able to access a secure website for the purpose of loading the inmate funds onto a debit release card.

xii. Vendor must provide a card swipe that will allow the facility staff to populate the debit card number on the website to reduce human error.

xiii. Facility must have access to reporting needs 24x7x365 via the secure website.

xiv. The debit release card program must be offered at no cost to the

Agency.

xv. Release cards must be able to load a maximum of $9,900.00.

xvi. A Minimum load balance of $.01.

xvii. If reported lost, the provider can de-activate card and send them the remaining balance at time of deactivation to the inmate.

9. Data

a. Vendor must provide the ability for authorized staff to see connections between inmates and senders and transaction history.

b. Tool must automatically be applied to all payment and messaging information.

c. Tool must provide the facility with the sender’s email address, street address, and total messages sent and total deposits made as well as who else they have sent messages to or deposited money to. It must also provide the sender’s computer IP address.

d. Tool must be a web based program so authorized facility staff are able to view from their own desktop computer 24/7.

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e. Information must be provided online in real time.

10. Inmate Accounting Software Specifications

a. The vendor must employ its own in-house staff and provide current staffing levels employed to perform the following services in support of the Inmate Trust and Commissary Software System.

i. 24 x 7 x 365 First Contact Support

ii. Level 2 – Escalation Support

iii. Data Center Services Support

iv. Project Management and Training Support

v. Engineering and Software Defect Support

b. Vendor must own and support their software

Regardless of the method of order entry, all of the following commissary controls must be available.

Type of Restriction

Description Example Scope

Quantity per order Any Item may be restricted to any quantity.

For instance, any inmate may be restricted to no more than 2 2-pack Tylenols per order

Per inmate, per order

Quantity per time span

In addition to the quantity per order restriction, any item may be restricted to any quantity over any time span in days.

For instance, any inmate may be restricted to no more than 4 2-pack Tylenols over a 60-day period

Per inmate, per item, per time span

Orders per time span

Any inmate may be restricted from placing any number of commissary orders over any time span in days.

For instance, any inmate may be restricted to no more than four orders in thirty days

Per inmate, per time span

Disallowed item Any item may be restricted entirely from a given inmate

For instance, any inmate may have smoked sausage restricted entirely so that none may be ordered

Per inmate, per item

Category Quantity Restriction

Any inmate may be restricted to a given quantity of a collection of related items

For instance, any inmate may be restricted to ordering up to 7 candy items

Per inmate, per category

Category Age Restriction

Any inmate may be completely restricted from ordering a class of items on account of age For instance, any inmate less than 19 years of age may be

Per inmate, per category

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11. The Inmate Banking System must have at minimum the following features and controls

a. Authorization Controls

i. Separately authorize-able functions ranging from access to groups of accounting transactions to cash management and GL functions to inmate property controls.

ii. Independent user authorization IDs that can be added to user-defined groups for ease of management and change control

Type of Restriction

Description Example Scope restricted entirely from purchasing tobacco products

Spending Limit Restriction

Any inmate may be restricted to a maximum dollar amount to be spent per order

For instance, any inmate may be limited to spending no more than $50 per order

Per inmate, per order

Spending Limit over timespan

Any inmate may be restricted to a maximum dollar amount to be spent per week or month

For instance, any inmate may be limited to spending no more than $50 per order and no more than $150 per month

Per inmate, per timespan

Spending Limit Override

Any inmate may be granted a spending limit override to order a given item

For instance, any inmate may be allowed to spend up to $40 on a tennis shoes, which amount does not contribute to the spending limit for the rest of the items ordered

Per inmate, Per item

Restriction Grid by Housing Location, Gender and / or Age

Entire restriction grids including combinations of any of the above restrictions can be applied automatically during the scan process based upon an inmate’s location in the facility, gender or age

For example, an inmate in a female only pod can be automatically assigned to a female restriction profile without user intervention.

Per inmate, Per grid

Indigent Items

Indigent purchasing requires both the item and the inmate to be classified as indigent. Commissary indigent inmate classification is determined instantaneously at time of order based on the current balance, indigent item purchasing may be controlled both at time of order and over a timespan

For example, an inmate with a current balance of $2.25 may be classified as indigent at time of order, but the indigent items desired may be restricted to one per order or one every 14-days, etc.

Per Inmate, Per grid, Per item

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iii. Application idle timeouts with automated logoff

iv. Independent workstation authorizations that can be added to workstation groups to limit activities in sensitive areas such as cash handling, check writing

v. Inquiry only modes to prevent unauthorized updates to inmate and/or General Ledger Accounts

vi. Each financial transaction retains the user id, station id, timestamp, and unique numeric record key.

b. Active Real Time General Ledger

i. Access controlled by user ID and station ID

ii. Enforced Dual Entry Accounting

iii. Summarization of transaction amounts by month, year

iv. Trial Balance from any date to any date

c. Check Register and Bank Reconciliation

i. Ability to use pre-numbered or blank check stock

ii. Ability to record bank account, routing, and check ID with magnetic ink printing technologies to ensure that all checks recorded to the system are printed from the system

iii. Simple and Advanced on-line query capabilities including dollar ranges, date ranges, check number ranges, payee wild card search, inmate issuing check, and transaction type

iv. Ability to update status to cleared, voided, expired

v. Automated Bank to Book Reconciliation with the ability to record and retain bank opening and closing balances and dates, documents cleared, bank charges and credits.

vi. Positive pay check issue transfer to allow bank to flag possibly fraudulent checks

vii. Automated bank reconciliation capabilities to receive check and deposit status in electronic format from bank

d. Transaction Controls

i. Ability to set out of range transaction warnings

ii. Ability to apply holds to suspect deposits

iii. Ability to limit the transaction types viewable from data entry panels based on user ID and station ID

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iv. Automated account close features to avoid errors in applying closing amounts

v. Ability to Encumber funds for Release Aid

vi. Pending commissary order amounts reserved to avoid over-spending the inmate’s balance

e. Integrity and Audit Trail

i. Each financial transaction relating to an inmate account must include at minimum the inmate’s account code and the date, amount, timestamp, workstation ID, officer ID, description, receipt number, cross-reference to related transactions (e.g. recoverable, bank reconciliation, general journal, etc.), and the transaction code (e.g.

DEPCASH, DEPMO money order, EPR electronic commissary purchase, ERF refund, CHECK, etc. [these transaction codes must be both unlimited and 100 percent user definable).

f. Real-Time General Ledger

i. The software must provide an unlimited number of user defined accounting transactions and an unlimited number of user defined General Ledger Accounts. This enables the establishment of both a Chart of Accounts and standardized transaction events that affect these accounts, including adjusting and closing entries, transfers from subsidiary ledger accounts to General Ledger Accounts, clearing accounts that can accept closing entries at the end of an accounting period.

g. Journal Structure and Fiscal Periods

i. Transactions related to inmate accounts must be summarized in the General Journal under a single master account, viewable and printable at various user screens throughout the Inmate Accounts module and subject to ad hoc query capabilities.

ii. General Journal transactions must be grouped by Account in the General Journal and summarized by month and year.

iii. Using the trial balance feature of the General Journal, transactions must be capable of being grouped and reported on for any time span, including accounting periods asynchronous to common calendar

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iv. For example, the GL Trial Balance Feature may be employed to group transactions by a Fiscal year such as October 01, 2026 - September 30, 2027, or into smaller accounting periods such as five-week 'months' for reporting purposes.

v. General Journal reporting must also be context sensitive, such that users can produce reports based on multi-selected line items in summary or detail amounts at the General Journal View.

h. Encumbered Funds for Release

i. The Banking system must allow the facility to create and fund one or more encumbered funds pools for reserving monies per inmate to be disbursed either at time of release or for other future financial obligations.

ii. Encumbering of Funds must be available as a percentage of incoming deposits

iii. Encumbering and Releasing of funds must also have a manual override to allow for on-demand encumbrances and payments from encumbered funds

i. Financial Responsibility for Court Ordered Payments

i. The Banking system must allow the facility to create financial responsibility contracts and assign them to inmate accounts for the purpose of charging the inmate for recurring financial obligations

j. Recoverable Transactions and Inmate Debts

i. The Banking system must allow the facility to charge any number of user-defined read-only flows of Intake, Release, and Housing information from the Odyssey system

ii. File Based

iii. Real Time

iv. Read-only flows of Inmate identification, funds balance, housing and privilege level information from the Odyssey system to the Commissary system. In turn the Commissary system forwards inmate

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v. File Based

vi. Real Time

vii. Centralized Secure flows of information from the Inmate Banking System to on-line depositors for inmate lookup. In turn secure flows of deposit information from the Centralized service to the Inmate banking system for both individual deposits and ACH transfers

viii. IVR phone interface / connection between premise-based or centralized phone system and commissary order entry system

ix. Phone debit interface / connection between premise-based or centralized phone system and Inmate Banking system

x. Sales export / import interface between commissary system and the inmate phone funding system

xi. Recoverable transactions (including but not limited to Indigent Purchases) to an inmates account when the inmate does not have the funds to make payment for the charge.

xii. The Banking system must create a receivable account for each inmate and track this account until full payment is made.

xiii. The Banking System must recover based on the facility’s rules, any funds that are owed to the facility at various points as transactions occur.

1. Payment at Charge Time – Any given recoverable type may be enabled to collect all or part of the amount assessed at the time of the assessment. If the inmate has no money in his or her personal account, the amount of the assessment will be stored as a recoverable amount. If only a portion of the assessment was collected, the uncollected portion will remain as a recoverable amount.

2. Future Collection of Unpaid Amounts - Amounts uncollected at charge time may be recovered from future deposits based on a percentage of the deposit, prioritized by assessment type or by a percentage allocation to various assessment types. The user may also set a minimum balance to be retained to allow for

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3. On-Demand Collection – The Inmate Banking System will allow the authorized user to selectively recover unpaid amounts from the current inmate account balance.

4. Collection at Time of release – Remaining uncollected recoverable amounts may be collected during the account closeout process, also prioritized by charge type.

5. Collection at Time of Reinstatement – Remaining uncollected recoverable amounts may be collected during reinstatement should the inmate return to the facility at a future date

6. Recovered amounts must be accumulated in a real time General Ledger account. From the collected GL account(s) users of the system may disburse a check to clear the balance owed to the State or other service providers or authorities.

12. Texas Commission on Jail Standards Guidelines

a. Each proposer shall certify the following in its proposal submission:

i. The Sheriff or a member of his immediate family does not have an actual or potential financial interest in the contract subject of this proposal, including prospective employment of a contract participant or family member.

ii. The Sheriff has not solicited or received personal gifts or gratuities from the proposer.

iii. The Sheriff has not been employed by, or agreed to work for, the proposer, while still holding the office of Williamson County Sheriff.

iv. To proposer’s knowledge, the Sheriff has granted all competitive suppliers equal consideration insofar as state statute, county and institutional policy permit.

v. To proposer’s knowledge and to the extent the Sheriff has had past business dealings with the proposer, the Sheriff has conducted such business with the proposer in an atmosphere of good faith, devoid of intentional misrepresentation.

vi. The proposer knows and will obey the letter and spirit of laws governing commissary contracts in Texas.

vii. The proposer will make every reasonable effort to negotiate equitable and mutually agreeable settlements of controversies with the Sheriff if such proposer is the successful proposer.

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viii. The proposer will treat with discretion all information obtained in confidence.

ix. Make the contract subject of this proposal accessible to the public as a public document.

x. Agree to yearly audit of the commissary fund by the county auditor and/or outside audit firm, as set forth above.

xi. The proposer shall foster fair, ethical and legal trade practices.

13. Commissions

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office shall receive monthly commissions from the successful proposer based on monthly net sales less any refunds, allowances, or adjustments for return services. Net sales are defined as gross sales, less any applicable sales tax and items sold at or near costs (i.e., stamps, stamped envelopes). The successful proposer shall provide any documentation reasonably requested by the Sheriff or the County Auditor to support the calculation of commissions.

Gross receipts shall be construed to be all monies received from the sales of merchandise, products or services, less any refunds, allowances, or adjustments for returns, defective or unsatisfactory merchandise, product or service, and applicable sales taxes.

The proposer shall notify the Sheriff, in writing, of any requested adjustment to the contract unit prices. Per the Sheriff’s approval, price adjustments will be made. The written notification must include the effective date of the adjustment and provide documentation justifying said increase or decrease.

Commissions must be paid monthly or at a mutually agreed upon interval with the Sheriff.

14. Special Provisions

a. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office does not guarantee the purchase of any minimum quantities.

b. In the event the successful proposer is unable to furnish any item within a reasonable time after order is placed, the Sheriff reserves the right to spot

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c. Commissary items considered shall be descriptive, not restrictive, and is indicative of the type and quality the office desires to purchase. Substitution items of like quality shall be approved by the Sheriff and/or his designee prior to substitution otherwise stated the Sheriff shall assume the vendor shall supply the items as listed.

d. The County will not be responsible for buying any items of excessive stock upon termination of this contract.

e. The successful proposer is required to immediately notify the Sheriff of product liability warnings or notices.

f. Items offered in the commissary must meet the following specifications:

i. Food items shall be wrapped/packaged and dated for individual consumption.

ii. All containers shall be made of non-breakable material and clear where available.

iii. Combs and hair picks shall be made of non-breakable plastic no longer than six (6) inches.

iv. All consumable products shall be nonalcoholic (mouthwash etc.)

g. The successful proposer shall provide a method of handling “restocking” for items that have been ordered but received after the inmate has been released.

15. Contract Terms

a. The term of the resulting Contract shall be five (5) years.

b. After the initial twelve (12) months, this Agreement my be terminated at any time at the option of either Party, without future or prospective liability for performance upon giving sixty (60) days written notice thereof. In the event of termination, Customer will only be liable for its pro rata share of services rendered and goods actually received.

16. Evaluation Criteria

Overall Menu Pricing (25 points) Responses to Specifications (25 points) Commission to County Jail (25 points) Years of Experience in Corrections Environment (25 points)

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17. Miscellaneous Provisions

In addition to the Terms and Conditions set forth in the Solicitation for Bids, the following Miscellaneous Provisions shall apply:

a. In the event this contract is terminated by either party, the time frame must be such that there is no disruption of service between the termination of the existing services and the implementation of an alternate commissary service.

b. Contractor’s personnel who have criminal histories and/or ties or associations with known criminals will be disqualified. The Sheriff has the right to refuse to allow an employee of the successful proposer to work inside of the Williamson County Jail should the Sheriff believe that he/she is a security risk.

c. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office reserves the right to inspect the stock for contraband at any time before acceptance and/or during deliveries to the inmates. Introduction into the Williamson County Jail of contraband or prohibited items in any way will be cause for immediate termination without notice.

d. Facilitating or assisting an escape or escape attempt will be cause for immediate termination of without notice.

e. Any notice to be given hereunder shall be in writing and may be affected by personal delivery, in writing or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the proper party, at the following address:

Sheriff: Williamson County Sheriff 508 South Rock Street Georgetown, Texas 78626

Proposer: At the address provided in the proposer’s proposal

f. By submitting a proposal in response to this Solicitation for Bid, proposer represents and warrants to Williamson County and the Sheriff that it possesses the legal authority to enter into this contract and that it has taken all actions necessary to exercise that authority and to lawfully authorize the proposer’s signatory to bind proposer to the terms hereof; and that he/she is duly authorized to contract on behalf of proposer.

g. This contract may be amended only by written instrument signed by the Sheriff and the successful proposer. NO OFFICIAL, EMPLOYEE, AGENT, OR

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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SHERIFF HAS ANY AUTHORITY, EITHER EXPRESS

OR IMPLIED, TO AMEND THIS CONTRACT, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO SUCH

EXPRESS AUTHORITY AS MAY BE GRANTED BY THE SHERIFF.