SB 863 Jail Construction RFP Process Ramps Up

As part of the 2015-16 State Budget Package, $500 million in lease revenue bonds was authorized through Senate Bill 863 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee) to address local jail construction and programming space needs.  The California Board of State and Community Corrections recently established a SB 863 Executive Steering Committee (ESC) to help guide the development of the Request for Proposal (RFP) evaluation criteria and application process for awarding the $500 million available in jail construction funding. 

The ESC has tentatively approved the draft timeline below that will need to be formally adopted at the February 26, 2015 ESC meeting.  Counties that are interested in applying for SB 863 jail construction funds are encouraged to attend and actively engage in the development of the SB 863 program.  RCRC has historically supported jail construction funding programs, and has long advocated for a dedicated funding set-aside and reduced match requirements for small counties with fewer than 200,000 in population.  During the SB 1022 ESC process, RCRC was successful at securing $100 million in dedicated funding for small counties.  RCRC will work with BSCC staff and the ESC to guide the development of the RFP process and will continue to provide updates on the SB 863 jail construction program as information becomes available. 

Tentative SB 863 Request for Proposals Timeline
January 21, 2015 February/March TBD April TBD	Executive Steering Committee (ESC) meeting to develop elements of Request for Proposals (RFP) and proposal evaluation criteria.
April 30, 2015	Special Session BSCC meeting to initiate the emergency adoption of the Construction Regulations.
June 11, 2015	Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to take action on RFP at regularly scheduled board meeting.
June 12, 2015	BSCC releases the SB 863 RFP.
June 25, 2015	Bidders’ conference in Sacramento.
August 28, 2015	Proposals due to BSCC office by 5:00 PM.
August 28- September 11, 2015	Staff completes technical requirements review of proposals. Counties are given opportunity to correct technical deficiencies.
September 16, 2015	Raters’ training for ESC.
September 16 -October 16, 2015	ESC reviews the proposals and makes preliminary ratings.
October 21-23, 2015	Scheduled county presentations on proposals to ESC (Sacramento). ESC makes final rating and ranks proposals for funding recommendations.
October 26, 2015	Staff finalizes ESC recommendation list.
October 27, 2015	ESC recommendations mailed to counties and BSCC Board.
November 12, 2015	ESC recommendations presented to BSCC for funding action/conditional awards at a scheduled board meeting.