Jail Services

The City of Bell, California, is seeking a qualified vendor to provide jail services, including the operation and maintenance of the City of Bell Jail. The selected vendor will be responsible for receiving, processing, detaining, and caring for all inmates who may be booked into the jail. The vendor will also be required to provide total support to all types of prisoners, including processing, segregation, housing, meals, medical care, and recreation. The contract will be for a period of three years, with two optional one-year extensions. The City of Bell reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any informality or irregularity in the proposals or the proposal procedures. Some key requirements for the vendor include: • Providing 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. • Operating and maintaining the jail facility in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws and policies. • Providing food service to all prisoners that meets State Board of Corrections and County Board of Health requirements and any applicable Federal requirements. • Managing a prisoner visitation program in accordance with State and Federal law, as well as local policy. • Providing an Operating Policy Manual that shall be kept current. The City of Bell is seeking a vendor that can provide high-quality jail services, including the operation and maintenance of the City of Bell Jail. The selected vendor will be required to meet all the requirements outlined in the RFP and to provide excellent customer service to the City and its residents.