The Department of Public Safety (Department) is seeking a law enforcement needs assessment / job task analysis and law enforcement curriculum development services as defined in this Request for Proposals (RFP) document. This document provides instructions for submitting proposals, the procedure and criteria by which the awarded Bidder will be selected, and the contractual terms which will govern the relationship between the State of Maine (State) and the awarded Bidder. The Maine Criminal Justice Academy (hereafter Academy or MCJA) is a division of the Maine Department of Public Safety (DPS) and is the state agency responsible for the training and certification of all criminal justice personnel in the state’s 152 law enforcement agencies and 21 correctional agencies. As of December 2023, this includes the following 4,997 authorized positions in the state (2023 Annual Report to The Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, April 2024): 2,910 full-time law enforcement officers 570 part-time law enforcement officers 1,312 corrections officers 26 transport officers 120 judicial marshals 14 capitol police officers 21 harbor masters with arrest powers 24 shellfish wardens with arrest powers The Academy is governed by the Board of Trustees which consists of nineteen members. Five members are ex officio, including: the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Attorney General (or designee), the Game Warden Colonel in the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the Commissioner of Corrections, and the Chief of the State Police.
