Correctional Staff Tablets
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- TPS_RFI_2026
- Agency
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Bureau of Prisons
Department of Justice
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- PSC
- Not on record
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP), under the Department of Justice, is conducting market research through a Request for Information (RFI) to identify vendors capable of providing integrated rugged/industrialized tablets with enterprise-level software to modernize correctional staff operations. This pre-solicitation notice seeks capability and qualification statements from interested vendors, with responses due by May 4, 2026. Key requirements include Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliance, ruggedized hardware suitable for correctional environments, and multi-factor authentication access controls supporting secure PINs, biometric verification, and PIV access for staff logins. The solution must support operational capabilities including presence verification through NFC/RFID/QR code scanning, real-time digital documentation with multimedia support, offline functionality with automatic secure synchronization upon reconnection, and comprehensive audit trails with forensic integrity tied to user IDs and timestamps. This RFI is purely for information gathering purposes and does not constitute a binding solicitation or commitment to award a contract.
No set-aside designation has been applied to this procurement opportunity. The notice does not identify any incumbent contractors or current service providers, nor does it specify an estimated award value or budget range for future contract awards that may result from this market research. Similarly, no specific quantities of tablets or implementation timelines are disclosed in the RFI, as this is an exploratory phase designed to assess vendor capabilities and market solutions before formal solicitation development. Interested vendors should note that this is a voluntary information submission with no guarantee of contract action, and responses will be evaluated solely as capability information rather than as formal proposals.
Notice text
This Request for Information (RFI) is posted as a means of conducting market research and there is no solicitation currently. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI, or otherwise pay for the information requested. Responses are purely voluntary and will be treated as information only and not as a proposal.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is seeking information from vendors who have integrated a rugged/industrialized tablet with enterprise level software. The intent of this solution would be to modernize daily correctional staff duties. Interested vendors are requested to submit capability/qualification statements with the relevant information requested below by May 4th, 2026.
Hardware & Physical Security Requirements
- Compliance: Trade Agreemets Act (TAA).
- Ruggedization:Information on devices ruggedness.
- Access Control: Provide information on access controls such as support multi-factor authentication including secure PINs, biometric verification (e.g., fingerprint or facial recognition), and or PIV access for staff logins, etc..
- Operational & Digital Logging Requirements
- Presence Verification: Information on capabilities for the system to utilize NFC, RFID, or QR code scanning to provide verifiable proof of location specific entries and data.
- Real-Time Documentation: Information on capabilities to provide digital templates for housing unit logs, headcounts, incident reports, and other correctional institution data. Capabilities for supporting multimedia attachments (photos/audio) and voice-to-text input.
- Offline Synchronicity: Information on the systems capability to fully functional in areas with zero network connectivity. Abilities to automatically and securely sync to the central server immediately upon re-establishing a connection.
- Audit Trails: Ability to maintain forensic integrity of entry, edit, or deletion within the system including time-stamped and tied to a specific user ID to ensure a permanent, unalterable audit trail.
- Artificial Intelligence & Analytics Requirements
- Behavioral Analytics: Information on capabilities for AI analyzation of historical and real-time data to identify anomalies in inmate movement or routine that may indicate a security risk or "hot spot."
- AI Reports: Abilities to utilize AI capabilities to produce detailed customized reports from staff inquiries.
- Automated Redaction: Capabilities for the system to provide AI-driven tools to automatically redact faces or sensitive identifiers in video and photo evidence to comply with privacy and legal discovery requests.
- System Integration & Compliance Requirements
- Data Security: Information and capabilities for data security.
- System Interoperability: Ability to integrate with current Correctional Management software, and other external data sources.
- Centralized Management: Capabilities for Mobile Device Management allowing administrators to push updates, restrict applications, and remotely "kill" or wipe lost or stolen devices.
- Reporting Engine: Ability to generate automated daily, weekly, and monthly reports for compliance monitoring, shift summaries, and facility-wide trend analysis.
- Support & Sustainability Requirements
- Training: Capabilities to provide a comprehensive training program, including "train-the-trainer" model, digital user manuals, and course curriculum.
- Technical Support: Capabilities for offering 24/7/365 technical support with defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for hardware replacement and critical software patches.
- Implementation Costs
- Associated Costs: Available information regarding pricing structure to include one-time costs, implementation costs, and annual recurring costs, or recurring maintenance, licensing costs, etc..
- Industry Use
- Any relevant currently deployed use cases.
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