Remote Alcohol Detection

Brief Description of Requirement: 

The Administrative Office of the US Courts (AOUSC) has a requirement for the provision of monitoring services and equipment, complying with required equipment specifications for offenders and defendants under community supervision by the United States Probation and Pretrial Services Offices in judicial districts nationwide. 

Remote alcohol detection equipment shall be used to monitor federal defendants/offenders in the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.Virgin Islands. 

The contractor shall provide random alcohol testing methods via the use of electronic monitoring equipment that may occur in the defendant/offender's home, not to include  transdermal alcohol testing methods.  This system shall detect the presence of alcohol and shall have the capacity to transmit results remotely through a secured telephone connection or form of secured wireless transmission.  The equipment may be used as a stand alone device or in conjunction with radio frequency monitoring. 

The contractor shall, at a centrally located monitoring center/facility, receive, store, and disseminate informaiton generated by the monitoring equipment and system.  Any services provided through a subcontractor arrangement may be performed at a separate center/facility, provided that they encompass an entire system (e.g., programmed contact system; electronic monitoring system), and are transparent to the officer in the remote access environment. 

The AOUSC plans to award one contract for a 5 year period with one base year and 4 one-year options. 

See Solicitation USCA14R0001 for complete requirement.