Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Maine Criminal Justice Academy (MCJA) on behalf of the Department of Public Safety (Department) is seeking strategic planning and development consultancy services as defined in this Request for Proposal (RFP) document. This document provides instructions for submitting proposals, the procedure, and criteria by which the awarded Bidder will be selected and the contractual terms which will govern the relationship between the State of Maine (State) and the awarded Bidder. The MCJA is the central training facility for state, county, municipal law enforcement and corrections officers. The campus is located at the former Oak Grove-Coburn School in Vassalboro, Maine. The Academy has twelve (12) classrooms, four (4) conference rooms, a full cafeteria and can house 130 students. The building has a tactical training center, an indoor running track, outside obstacle course, and formal parade grounds. The mission of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy is to provide the highest level of training within given resources, to law enforcement and correctional officers in the State. By statute, the Academy is required to provide a basic training program for all full-time law enforcement officers, all part-time law enforcement officers, all county and state correctional officers, all Judicial Marshals, and all Capitol Police officers. The Academy also coordinates the eight Regional Training Districts across the state, many of which provide Academy-certified training and other training to officers in remote areas. The MCJA has an allocation of eleven (11) full-time staff and operates with an annual budget of $1,932,256 (FY21). The MCJA is governed by a Board of Trustees which is comprised of citizens, law enforcement, corrections, and legal representatives. The Board is committed to the citizens of Maine as the oversight board for the Maine Criminal Justice Academy as it relates directly to: admission standards, training curriculum, policy standards, and the certification and de-certification standards for the more than 5,000 law enforcement and corrections certificate holders. The purpose of the MCJA Board of Trustees is to protect the public health and welfare. (25 MR S Chapter 341 SS 2801). The Board carries out this purpose by ensuring that the public is served by competent and honest criminal justice practitioners and by establishing minimum standards of proficiency in the regulated professions by examining, licensing, regulating and disciplining practitioners of those regulated professions. The Board seeks the expertise of a consultancy service with extensive expertise in strategic planning and development to assist the Board in formulating a robust vision for moving forward into the future. In doing so, this planning process must include stakeholders from all aspects of the criminal justice system. MCJA staff completed a job task analysis in 2004 for law enforcement training and another in in 2006 for the Basic Corrections Training Program. During these studies the MCJA identified areas of concern. However, no clear vision was established nor an end point for the future as well as offering a defined roadmap and plan for realizing that vision. The successful Bidder will need to support the MCJA Board and a variety of stakeholders in establishing a shared, unified vision and defining a strategic roadmap for how to get to that desired state.
