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Contracting for Correctional Services Provided by Private Firms
Publication year:
2001
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The drafting of a request for proposal (RFP) and the negotiation of a contract with a private correctional facility are examined. Sections of this manual include: introduction and general overview; the manual's scope; the decision to contract; the request for proposal -- importance and contents; contents of the RFP; the RFP process; the evaluation process; drafting the contract; contract content -- general administration, operational requirements, fiscal management, contract monitoring/enforcement/and dispute resolution, physical plant, security and control, food service, inmate activities and programs, health care, inmate rights and privileges, staffing and training, and indemnification and litigation; and conclusion.