1. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com RFPs & RFIs Defining a Framework in Justice Information for the 21st Century

2. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com Are you ready to issue your integrated justice RFP? 90% of the work in a good RFP is done BEFORE the RFP is written. Due Diligence

3. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com Pre-RFP Preparation Comprehensive preparation involves extensive collaboration with your IJIS partners: analysis of systems and existing infrastructures workflow and business analysis functional requirements funding and budgets staffing and support communication and risk planning

4. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com Pre-RFP Preparation Comprehensive preparation involves extensive collaboration with your IJIS partners: objectives and goals leadership and governance gathered common IJIS requirements Nothing takes the place of doing your “homework” prior to releasing a proposal

5. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com  Motivation – Why are we doing this?  What’s the big hurry?  What are we asking for? Ask a good question, get a good answer RFP/RFI Survival Guide

6. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com RFP Checklist Are your motives clear? Vision and Scope Business Case Justification Is your support solid? Leadership Governance

7. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com RFP Checklist Is your funding secured? Standard Funding Sources State, regional and local appropriations Grants Is your plan well articulated? Strategic Plans Phase Plans

8. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com RFP Checklist Is your staffing adequate? Organizational Chart Job Descriptions Staffing Plans Have you incorporated legal planning from the beginning? IJIS Legal Planning

9. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com RFP Checklist Are your technology environments and architecture (current and future) known and documented? Technology Plans Architecture  Conceptual/Logical Are your information exchanges (current and future) known and documented? SEARCH JIEM CONOPS

10. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com RFP Checklist Are your requirements complete? Detailed Requirements  Security  Auditing  Event Logging  Integrity  Performance  Availability  Maintainability  Efficiency  Scalability  Reliability  Interoperability  Flexibility  Usability

11. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com RFP Checklist Can you measure success? ROI & Cost Benefit Analysis Metrics RFP Evaluation Handbook RFP Boilerplate Essentials Experience Requirements Timeline Suitability Ability to Deliver Cost

12. All Rights Reserved: JusticeExperts.com RFP Resources Help, templates, toolkits, examples Pre-RFP Toolkit IT.OJP.GOV SEARCH.org CSLJ.net www.jisp.us