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Cuyahoga County committee backs contract to replace jail management system with $3.99 million vendor deal
Summary
The Public Safety and Justice Affair Committee voted to forward Resolution 20250322, a proposed contract with Executive Information Systems to replace the county jail management system at a not-to-exceed cost of $3,999,756.96. Staff said the current IMAX system is obsolete and the new platform will add integrations, a public viewer and training for 400 employees.
Cuyahoga County’s Public Safety and Justice Affair Committee on March 22 reviewed a nearly $4 million contract to replace the county’s jail management system and voted to advance the measure to full council for three readings.
County IT and sheriff’s office staff told the committee the chosen vendor is Executive Information Systems (EIS), an independent business unit of Harris/Constellation, and that the procurement followed an RFI and an open RFP scored by an independent committee. "This here is a contract for a new jail management system that will be located in the correction center," said Chris Costin of the sheriff’s department.
Sharon Faenza, manager of technical services for county IT, said the current system—known as IMAX—is more than 20 years old, runs on unsupported technology and is "noncompliant with CJIS," creating security and operational risks. "It is a system that we do use to manage our inmate life cycle, including our bookings and releases," Faenza said, describing the new system’s inmate classification, booking/release workflows and integrated dashboards.
Faenza outlined…
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