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Rankin County, Mississippi is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a fully integrated Public Safety Software Systems to support the Rankin County Sheriff's Department (RCSD). The procurement seeks proposals for a comprehensive suite including Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), Records Management System (RMS), Mobile Data Computing (MDC), and Jail Management System (JMS) software designed to serve a population of 162,181 with approximately 120 sworn officers managing an average of 24,000 annual calls for service across 150 concurrent users and 9 dispatch stations. The system must support two detention centers with a combined capacity of 734 inmates and average daily population of 385. Vendors must provide new equipment and latest software versions only, with all modifications to meet RCSD requirements included in proposal costs. The contract will be firm-fixed price with maintenance support required for a minimum of five years, and all data conversion must be completed within 10 weeks of contract award, with system operationalization by December 31, 2026. Pricing shall be structured as a five-year cost including software, interfaces, and annual subscription fees, with optional pricing available for a ten-year lifecycle. Evaluation criteria allocate 40 points to pricing, 20 points to software capabilities, 10 points each to proposal response, proposed services, and warranty/maintenance/support, and 5 points each to vendor references and company profile. Vendor questions are accepted until April 30, 2026, proposals are due May 22, 2026, at 5:00 PM, finalists will be notified on May 22, 2026, final presentations and software demonstrations are scheduled for June 3, 2026, and the anticipated contract award date is June 12, 2026.

The RFP document does not specify set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The current systems are provided by PTS Solutions and Motorola and are outdated and no longer supported. Rankin County requires integration with existing Motorola APX N70 P25 radios and Motorola Solutions V700 and V300 body-worn cameras, which represents critical infrastructure that the successful vendor must seamlessly incorporate. Bids must remain firm for 90 days from opening, and the awarded contract shall be made available to other government agencies for cooperative purchasing with separate agreements required. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the RFP documentation; however, the five-year firm-fixed price contract structure with mandatory maintenance support and optional ten-year lifecycle pricing indicates a substantial procurement reflecting the complexity and scope of the integrated public safety systems required.