County Agrees to Contract with new Electronic Monitoring Company
By Supervisor Todd Spitzer
(SANTA ANA, CA) The Board of Supervisors, at its Sept. 10 meeting, agreed to a contract with a new provider for Orange County Probation for full case management Supervised Electronic Confinement (SEC) and home detention program services using a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system.
The Board approved a one-year contract with CorrectiveSolutions, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods. CorrectiveSolutions was the runner-up in the Request For Proposal process in 2012.
That contract went to incumbent Sentinel Provider Services, but a subsequent internal audit revealed several instances of gross negligence. At the June 25, 2013 Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Todd Spitzer highlighted the issues, leading the County to terminate the contract with Sentinel after a 17-year relationship.
Spitzer requested a shorter contract for CorrectiveSolutions to give the Board an opportunity to test the market for a better deal through another RFP process.
“When a company like Sentinel had a contract for 17 years, other interested entities doing the same business may not be as inclined to spend the resources necessary to bid because they feel Sentinel had the corner on the market in Orange County,” Spitzer said. “I think it’s important to test the marketplace.”
The Board agreed to allow CorrectiveSolutions a one-year extension period and directed the County Probation Department to make a recommendation whether or not to test the market after that year.
The Board agreed to allow CorrectiveSolutions a one-year extension period and directed the County Probation Department to make a recommendation whether or not to test the market after that year.