Information Technology System
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Tx Dept Crim. Justice/inst Div: TheTexas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is soliciting for the installation, operation, and maintenance of an InmateTechnology System to include an Inmate Telephone Service and an Inmate TabletService for Eligible Inmates.
TheTexas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is soliciting for the installation, operation, and maintenance of an InmateTechnology System to include an Inmate Telephone Service and an Inmate TabletService for Eligible Inmates.
Posted to the Electronic State Business Daily by Tx Dept Crim. Justice/inst Div (Texas SmartBuy member 696).
Status: Addendum Posted.
Agency's estimated value: $20,000,000.
Posting requirement: 21+ Days for Solicitation Notice.
Class/item codes: 20453-*Microcomputers, Desktop Or Tower Based; 20454-*Microcomputers, Handheld, Laptop, And Notebook; 20928-*Communications: Networking, Linking, etc., Mainframes and Servers; 83883-*Telecommunication (Internet Protocol) Network Monitoring, Surveillance, Intrusion Detection Systems And Networking Products; 83986-*Telephones, Correctional Facilities; 91576-*Telephone Services Includes Installation, Moves, Changes, Adds, Programming, Removal, Training, Etc. (To Include Pay Telephones); 91577-*Telephone Services, Long Distance And Local (Including 800, Telex, Watts Services, And Offender Telephone Systems); 91597-*Wiring Services, Data/Voice; 92005-*Application, Infrastructure, Hosting, Data Hosting and Cloud Computing Services, Vendor Hosted and Internally Hosted; 94610-Accounting And Billing Services (Including Payroll Services, 3Rd Party Reimbursement For Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurance, Etc); 94649-Financial Services (Not Otherwise Classified).
Contact: Ellyse Collins, ellyse.collins@tdcj.texas.gov, (936) 437-3484
Submit responses at: https://tdcj.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/private/b9d608911c76893acfb6c2c199e41ee6
Attachments:
- ESBD_544362_1785771987163_696-IT-26-O003 ESBD Proposal Notification.pdf — 696-IT-26-O003 ESBD Proposal Notification
- ESBD_544362_1785772036778_696-IT-26-O003.pdf — Solicitation
- ESBD_544362_1785772077324_696-IT26-O003 Exhibit J.2.pdf — Exhibit J.2
- ESBD_544362_1786541269561_696-IT-26-O003 A-001.pdf — Amendment A-001 Revision of Key Dates; Remove Polunsky Unit site visit.
- ESBD_544362_1789510293805_696-IT-26-O003 A-002.pdf — Amendment A-002 Revision of the Key Dates on Page 2 and answer vendor submitted questions.
Full notice: https://www.txsmartbuy.gov/esbd/696-IT-26-O003
Who should bid
Electrical contractors - the work is Statewide - TX.
Deadline
9 October 2026, 3:00 PM CDT (7 days remaining - last confirmed 1 Oct)
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| Bid deadline7 days remaining - last confirmed 1 Oct | 9 October 2026, 3:00 PM CDT check | 7 days |
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