Emergency Extension Notice 2022 DJJ Parole Monitoring Service

The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) is seeking to extend an emergency contract for the provision and maintenance of a Parole Division Communications and Control Center and related web-based community supervision with 24-hour management services. This contract provides essential services including 24-hour monitoring, offender movement and scheduling, emergency response, and other critical functions to ensure the safety of staff, youth, and the general public. The emergency extension is needed to allow time for IDJJ and the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) to properly procure these services through a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process, as the previous joint procurement only received one bid that was too high for DOC to accept long-term. The current emergency contract with vendor Protocol Criminal Justice Inc. was originally for $70,000 and the proposed 6-month extension is estimated at $177,776.60. A public hearing is scheduled for December 22, 2021 to allow interested parties to provide testimony on the proposed emergency extension.

This contract opportunity does not appear to have any set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The incumbent vendor is Protocol Criminal Justice Inc., who currently provides the 24/7 communications and supervision services under the existing emergency contract. Funding for the contract will be through state appropriated funds, though the specific budget range is not provided in the documentation. No additional information is given on integration requirements or other salient details related to the procurement.