The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit proposals from qualified sources to establish a contract through competitive negotiations to provide an Emergency Notification System (ENS) for [Houston County, GA]. This system will be used to allow any member of the public to provide critical information about themselves, their families and households for use during emergency management planning, response and recovery activities. Emergency management officials will be provided with realtime, web-based access to this information, and a fully integrated emergency notification system to rapidly notify the public, enabling them to respond quickly and safely to any emergency incidents affecting the jurisdiction. The emergency notification system must at minimum support notification via SMS, email, voice, mobile applications, IPAWS and social media. The ENS will be a key component of our jurisdiction’s emergency preparedness and communication strategy.
