Jail Resident Commissary, Banking and Trust Services

The purpose of this document is to provide interested parties with information to enable them to prepare and submit a proposal for Resident Commissary and Resident Banking & Trust Services. The County, as represented by the Sheriff’s Office, is particularly interested in proposals that facilitate ordering and processing commissary services that use the existing tablet technology service provider (currently Global Tel*Link Corporation dba ViaPath Technologies) to minimize staff involvement and provide robust resident banking and trust services. The County intends to use the results of this process to award one contract for these services.

The County intends to use the results of this process to award a contract or issue a purchase order for the product(s) and/or service(s) stated Jail Resident Commissary, Banking and Trust Services .

The contract resulting from this RFP will be administered by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office. The contract administrator will be the Dane County Sheriff’s Office Security Services Captain or designee.

The Dane County Purchasing Division is the sole point of contact for questions and issues that may arise during the RFP process.

Mandatory Vendor Conference (On-Site)

1. Because this contract will overlap with the Jail Consolidation Project, it is important that vendors understand the facility changes that will be occurring.
2. A mandatory Vendor Conference will be held to tour our facilities and will include the opportunity for vendors to ask additional questions.
3. All vendors who intend to respond to the RFP are required to attend the vendor conference. If a vendor fails to attend the conference and submits a proposal, the proposal will be rejected.
4. Every individual planning to attend the conference and site tours must complete and submit Attachment E - Vendor Conference Registration Form no later than Friday, April 3, 2026 at 4:00 pm (CST) (5 days prior to Vendor Conference).
   1. On the day of the vendor conference, each individual must have and provide a valid driver’s license or other officially-issued photo identification.

• Date: Friday, April 10, 2026
• Time: 10:00 am (CST)
• Location: 115 W. Doty Street, Room 2002, Madison, WI 53703