Iowa City Community School District Bidopportunities #RFI-532-2541-2027

Iowa DPS Market Research for a Digital Evidence Management System

Iowa is researching digital evidence management systems (DEMS) and implementation approaches for the Iowa Department of Public Safety. - Government buyer: Iowa Department of Management – IT (Agency No. 185), acting on behalf of the Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS). - Requested solution: A centralized, agency-wide DEMS for digital evidence intake, storage, management, sharing, retention, and legal holds. - Important capabilities: Immutable audit trails, chain-of-custody controls, standardized metadata and hashing practices, and more streamlined evidence and records-retention workflows. - Implementation information sought: Integration approaches, technical and security considerations, and rough-order-of-magnitude cost and level-of-effort estimates. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, vendors, or specific commercial products are named in the notice. - Items and quantities: No part numbers or purchase quantities are provided; this is market research to inform a potential future procurement.

Description

The Iowa Department of Management, on behalf of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, is issuing this Request for Information to research available Digital Evidence Management System platforms and implementation approaches. DPS is seeking information about solutions supporting centralized digital evidence intake, storage, management, sharing, retention, legal hold, immutable audit trails, and chain-of-custody controls. The planned platform would standardize metadata and hashing practices and streamline evidence and records-retention workflows. Responses will inform market analysis, technical and security due diligence, integration planning, cost and level-of-effort estimates, and planning for a future procurement.

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