The Piedmont Regional Jail Authority desires to solicit proposals for providing all labor, materials, hardware, software, program interfaces and equipment necessary to furnish, install and maintain an Inmate Telephone and 1:1 Tablet, and Video Visitation System. The Jail is seeking a single Contractor with end-to-end responsibility for inmate telephone, tablet, and video visitation services. Subcontractor relationships will be permitted. The Contractor shall install, operate and maintain a telephone system for inmates at no cost to the Piedmont Regional Jail Authority. The Contractor shall provide inmate telephones (i.e., wall mounted, pedestal, and portable), in-pod wall mounted kiosks (at a minimum of one in each housing unit), deposit kiosks, and 1:1 assigned tablets based on the Statement of Needs below. The Contractor shall also provide two (2) TTY non-portable telephone for the facility. The equipmentshall be local, intraLATA and interLATA service capable, with line concentration allowed, provided the Contractor can guarantee 99.75% dial tone availability. The Contractor shall recommend the total number of inmate phones needed based on the statistics below.
