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

Iowa DPS RFI for an agency-wide digital evidence management system

**Posted:** October 16, 2026
**Respond By:** November 19, 2026
**Identifier:** RFI-532-2541-2027
**NAICS:** 541512, 541519, 541511

Iowa is gathering market information on a centralized digital evidence management system for the Iowa Department of Public Safety.
- **Government buyer:** Iowa Department of Management – IT (Agency No. 185), on behalf of the Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS); Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
- **Request:** Information on digital evidence management system (DEMS) platforms and implementation approaches to support a unified, agency-wide system.
- **Requested capabilities:** Evidence intake, storage, management, sharing, retention, and legal holds; immutable audit trails and chain-of-custody controls; standardized metadata and hashing practices; and streamlined evidence and records-retention workflows.
- **Planning needs:** Responses will inform market analysis, technical and security due diligence, integration planning, rough-order-of-magnitude cost and level-of-effort estimates, and preparation for a possible future procurement.
- **Products and quantities:** One general DEMS platform is described; no specific product, part number, vendor, or quantity is identified. Implementation approaches are also requested, with no defined quantity.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No OEMs or vendors are named in the notice. Potential competitors include Axon Enterprise, Inc., Motorola Solutions, Inc., and NICE Ltd.
- **Performance period and value:** Not specified; no contract value is provided.

### Description

The Iowa Department of Management, on behalf of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, is issuing an RFI to research available Digital Evidence Management System platforms and implementation approaches. The sought solutions would support centralized digital evidence intake, storage, management, sharing, retention, legal hold, immutable audit trails, and chain-of-custody controls across the agency. DPS is researching a unified agency-wide platform to standardize metadata and hashing practices and streamline evidentiary and records-retention workflows. Responses will inform market analysis, technical and security due diligence, integration planning, rough order-of-magnitude cost and level-of-effort estimates, and planning for a future procurement.

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