Acquisition
A practical path from operational requirement to award
Intercept helps technology companies understand how correctional and public-safety agencies identify requirements, obtain funding, conduct market research, test technology, structure procurements, and make acquisition decisions.
We help clients pursue opportunities before a solicitation is issued by identifying operational requirements, educating stakeholders, demonstrating capabilities, and developing a practical acquisition path.
- REQUIREMENT
- FUNDING
- MARKET RESEARCH
- DEMONSTRATION
- PROCUREMENT
- DEPLOYMENT
- Task order under an existing vehicle45 days
- Commercial item contract100 days
- Construction, design-bid-build250 days
Byrne JAG formula grants
FormulaState and local formula funding usable for corrections technology.
Justice Reinvestment Initiative
$19M program · up to $4M per siteCompetitive site awards for correctional system improvement.
Body-Worn Camera Program
CompetitiveCorrectional agencies are eligible applicants.
State capital and pilot appropriations
$240,000Washington State body scanner pilot, general fund appropriation.
Our services
- Federal, state, and local market strategy
- Test-and-evaluation planning
- Contracting-officer engagement
- Opportunity identification and qualification
- Appropriations and funding strategy
- Implementation and deployment planning
- Agency and stakeholder engagement
- Acquisition-vehicle assessment
- Executive reporting
- Government briefings and demonstrations
- Competitive-procurement strategy
- Market and competitor awareness
- Pilot-program development
- Small-business partnership development
- Proposal positioning
Corrections-market development
Connecting technology with legitimate operational requirements
Intercept maintains relationships and experience across federal, state, local, and private corrections. We assist clients seeking to:
- Enter the corrections and detention market
- Introduce a new technology
- Expand an existing correctional footprint
- Validate an operational requirement
- Arrange executive-level briefings
- Conduct facility demonstrations
- Develop pilot programs
- Understand agency budgets and appropriations
- Navigate government procurement
- Identify qualified integration partners
- Build state and federal growth strategies
- Support post-award implementation
Federal law and regulatory expertise
From legal authority to operational implementation
Security technologies used in corrections, detention, telecommunications, surveillance, aviation, screening, and use-of-force environments are governed by a complex combination of federal law, regulation, policy, technical standards, privacy requirements, and agency authority. Intercept provides strategic guidance regarding the federal authorities and regulatory considerations affecting security-technology evaluation and deployment.
Areas of expertise
- Federal correctional policy
- Government procurement law and regulation
- Federal Communications Commission requirements
- Telecommunications and spectrum restrictions
- Counter-UAS legal authorities
- Privacy and civil-liberties considerations
- Records and evidence management
- Cybersecurity and authorization-to-operate requirements
- Use-of-force policy
- Testing and evaluation requirements
- Health and safety standards
- Appropriations and authorized funding
- Small-business and socioeconomic contracting programs
Intercept is not a law firm and does not provide legal representation. Our role is to help clients identify the legal, regulatory, policy, and acquisition issues that must be addressed and coordinate with appropriate legal counsel and government authorities when required.