INMATE TELEPHONE SYSTEM

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: INMATE TELEPHONE SYSTEM This Request for Information (RFI) solicits feedback from the supplier community regarding a proposed requirement from Correctional Service Canada for a direct-dial wire-line telephone service that would be used by inmates incarcerated at various Federal correctional institutions across the country (hereinafter referred to as the "Inmate Telephone System"). Potential suppliers are invited to submit responses to the questions set out in this RFI. The questions are related to the proposed approach and related specifications for the procurement of the Inmate Telephone System should the Government of Canada decide to proceed with a bid solicitation. Potential suppliers are also invited to submit comments, concerns, suggestions and, where applicable, alternative recommendations regarding how the requirements or objectives described in this RFI could be satisfied or improved upon. Inmates would use the proposed Inmate Telephone System to place outgoing local and/or long distance calls to telephone numbers that have been authorized by Correctional Service Canada. Inmates would have the option of using either debit card or collect calling to place their calls. The proposed Inmate Telephone System would also include the hardware, software and network that Correctional Service Canada would require to: manage, control and supervise the inmates' use of the service; access and retrieve data concerning inmate telephone activity from a national centralized database; and electronically transfer an inmate's file when the inmate is moved to another correctional facility. This is not a bid solicitation. A contract will not result from this activity. This RFI will not necessarily result in any procurement action and contractors are not to earmark stock or facilities relative to the work described in this RFI.

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The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

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