Offender Transportation Services
The IDOC is especially interested in procuring a vendor to provide intrastate transportation of offenders to and from locations within the State of Indiana that will save the IDOC staff time, money, and vehicle maintenance associated with offender transportation. The transportation will be done regardless of classification or security level and in a manner that is safe, secure, and humane while ensuring the protection of the public, staff, and other offenders.
The IDOC operates nineteen (19) correctional institutions within the State of Indiana. The IDOC also houses offenders in work release and transitional components, such as CTP. In addition, it houses offenders in various county jails and private facilities. The IDOC must provide the transfer of offenders throughout the state for a variety of reasons. Although some transportation is unscheduled and on an emergency basis, most transport is on a scheduled basis. Scheduled transport includes:
The transport of offenders who are reassigned to another facility.
The transport of offenders to county or private contract facilities and from said facilities to either another contract facility or to an IDOC facility.
The transport of offenders for regularly scheduled medical services.
The transport of offenders to funerals and deathbed visits.
The transport of offenders to selective court hearings (Note: Most transportation to state court hearings are conducted by the Sheriff of the county).
The transport of offenders to their home destinations upon release.
The transport of offenders on Parole or CTP who are being returned to the IDOC.
This RFI, a step in the procurement process, has two key objectives: 1) Provide prospective respondents with general information regarding the statewide project and its targeted schedule and 2) Solicit respondent information that will help IDOC in the development of the resulting RFP.
