Jail Services

The City of Bell, California, is requesting proposals from qualified vendors to provide Jail Services The City of Bell invites your company to submit a proposal in accordance with this Request for Proposal (RFP). Your response to this request will be evaluated to determine the qualifications of your company. Proposals must adhere to the format and content of this RFP. Proposals will not be evaluated unless all parts requested are submitted in a complete package. The information set forth is the minimum required in order to qualify for consideration. The City desires to enter into an Agreement for three (3) years, with two (2) optional one-year extensions.

Background

The Bell Police Department is seeking a company to provide the following services: Operation, and maintenance of the City of Bell Jail to properly receive, detain, and care for all inmates who may be booked. The Department processes approximately 900 arrests per year. These arrests are all pre-arraignment, and consist of males and females, adults, and juveniles.

BELL POLICE TYPE I JAIL FACILITY OPERATIONS

The custody officers’ responsibilities involve, but are not limited to, receiving, processing, detaining, monitoring, transporting and/or releasing adults and juveniles arrested or detained by officers of the Bell Police Department (and other agencies authorized to use the Bell Police Jail), and performing other related duties as outlined in the Bell Police Department Manual and the Bell Police Department Jail Manual. These specifications are for uniformed, unarmed, and commissioned or non-commissioned custody officers to be provided at the Bell Police Department’s Type I Jail Facility on a seven-day per week, twenty-four hour per day schedule.

STAFFING REQUIREMENTS

The staffing requirements for the City’s Jail Facility consist of staffing the required positions for the contract and within the Jail Facility, the establishment of a retention plan with a progressive salary scale for each position within the Jail, and quarterly or bi-monthly recruitment consisting of interviews and backgrounds. The positions required for the Statement of Work (SOW) are Account Manager, Supervisor, Shift Leads, and Custody Officers.

The City of Bell reserves the right to request certain Jail employees who have established a positive work performance while working as a Bell Jailer.  The City also requests consideration of Bell Explorers and Cadets who are of legal age to work with the contracted jail service provider as jailers in the City of Bell Jail.

The City of Bell reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or waive any informality or irregularity in the proposals or the proposal procedures and shall be the sole judge of the proposals received.  The City may reject proposals from contractors who have previously failed to meet their obligations to the City of Bell.  All proposals shall be valid for a period of 120 days after City’s proposal deadline, notwithstanding any award of Contract by the City to another contractor.

Project Details

• Department: Police
• Department Head: Carlos Islas (Chief)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-04-13T21:00:00.000Z
• Answers Posted By: 2026-04-20T21:00:00.000Z

Addenda

• Addendum #1 (released 2026-04-09T23:38:06.354Z) —

  All questions related to this Request for Proposal (RFP) should be addressed to Bell Police Lieutenant Carlos Silva, Commanding Officer, Investigative and Administrative Operations:
  csilva@cityofbell.gov, or (323) 923-4017

• Addendum #2 (released 2026-04-20T21:00:38.749Z) —

  Please use the See What Changed link to view all the changes made by this addendum.

Evaluation Criteria

• Cost (30 pts)
• Responsiveness (15 pts)
• Qualifications and Experience (20 pts)
• References/Previous Performance (10 pts)
• Timeline/Ability to Provide Service (25 pts)

Submission Requirements

• Executive Summary (required) —

  Provide a short overview of how the vendor will assist the city in achieving the goals outlined in this RFP

• Company Profile (required) —
  • Include an overview of vendor’s company, which encompasses a brief company history highlighting your experience working with local governments, the length of time the company has been in business, and the number of current employees.
  • Name the vendor’s main point of contact for the RFP process, including their email address and telephone number.
  • Describe any differentiators that set vendor and vendor’s systems apart from your competitors.
  • One-source vendors are preferred. If utilizing subcontractors for any portion of the RFP requirements, provide subcontractor company information and key personnel involved.
• Experience (required) —
  • Provide a minimum of three municipal references, and include the following information for each:
    • Client name
    • Client contact person and title
    • Phone
    • Email address
• Project Team (required) —
  • Identify and define vendor’s project team roles for implementation. 
  • Include a project team organization chart showing the relationship of each role.
• Features & Functionality (required) —
  • Provide a brief description of how vendor’s solution meets the minimum functional requirements as identified in the Scope of Work Section
  • Identify any functional requirement vendor’s solution cannot provide as described in the Scope of Work Section.
• Implementation Plan (required) —
  • Provide a typical phased implementation timeline including major tasks and deliverables.
  • Include a description of the vendor’s implementation approach.
  • Outline what role the city will play in the implementation.
• Exceptions (required) —
  • Identify any exceptions to the specifications of this RFP and attachments. Exceptions must reference the relevant section(s) and an alternate solution or substitute language in lieu of such requirement or specification.
• Certification of Proposal (required) —

  The Proposer hereby submits its proposal and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Request for Proposal.

  1. Proposer declares and warrants that no elected or appointed official, officer or employee of the City has been or shall be compensated, directly or indirectly, in connection with this proposal or any work connected with this proposal. Should any agreement be approved in connection with this Request for Proposal, Proposer declares and warrants that no elected or appointed official, officer or employee of the City, during the term of his/her service with the City shall have any direct interest in that agreement, or obtain any present, anticipated or future material benefit arising therefrom.
  2. By submitting the response to this request, Proposer agrees, if selected to furnish services to the City in accordance with this RFP.
  3. Proposer has carefully reviewed its proposal and understands and agrees that the City is not responsible for any errors or omissions on the part of the Proposer and that the Proposer is responsible for them.
  4. It is understood and agreed that the City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals and to waive any informality or irregularity in any proposal received by the City.
  5. The proposal response includes all the commentary, figures and data required by the Request for Proposal.
  6. The proposal shall be valid for 90 days from the date of submittal.
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