Wearable Monitoring Solutions

California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) under the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has issued a Request for Information (RFI), solicitation number SD25-00039, seeking vendor input on wearable monitoring solutions for correctional healthcare environments across 34 statewide institutions. The procurement focuses on wearable technologies capable of providing real-time location tracking, vital signs monitoring, and automated alerting for emergency events such as duress, man-down situations, and abnormal physiological conditions to enhance situational awareness and emergency response times. Vendors must address hardware durability, geolocation and tracking accuracy, vitals monitoring capabilities, operational safety features, multi-facility scalability, deployment support, technical integration, security and compliance standards, and analytics or artificial intelligence capabilities. Responses must comply with HIPAA and Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) requirements and integrate securely with existing CCHCS and CDCR enterprise systems. The RFI was released on April 30, 2026, with key deadlines including an Intent to Respond deadline of May 8, 2026 at 2 PM PST, a final question submission deadline of May 15, 2026 at 2 PM PST, and an RFI Response Due Date of May 29, 2026 at 2 PM PST. Vendors must submit responses in PDF format via email to Jonathan Raitt (Jonathan.Raitt@cdcr.ca.gov) with a signed cover letter that includes vendor profile information, system proposal details, implementation and technical support capabilities, and technical requirements documentation. No site visits or bidder conferences are scheduled for this informational stage.

The RFI does not specify set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations eligible to respond, and no incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the procurement documentation. Vendors should note that cost estimates requested are for planning purposes only and do not obligate CCHCS to purchase, and no specific funding amounts or budget ranges are disclosed at this informational stage. This RFI represents the first step in developing a competitive solicitation; CCHCS will use vendor responses to develop a detailed scope of work and determine whether to release a formal solicitation, with the information gathered also informing potential pilot implementations and future procurement decisions. Interested vendors must provide system proposal details addressing deployment models, interoperability, and scalability across multiple facilities while demonstrating technical capabilities to integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure.