DOJ Seeks Mobile Duress Systems For WA Prisons Trial Deployment.
DOJ Seeks Mobile Duress Systems For WA Prisons – Programmed Facility Management has gone to market seeking mobile duress alarm systems for trial deployment across Western Australian correctional facilities in a push for real-time staff protection.
The EOI calls for vendors to propose systems capable of supporting frontline operations inside one or more sites. The focus is on practical capability in a live correctional facility rather than paper specs.
The process is split in 2 with stage one now open and suppliers invited to put forward systems they believe meet Department of Justice requirements. In stage 2, shortlisted respondents will move to a restricted request for quote, where pricing, deployment detail and trial site selection come into play.
There’s no commitment to a single vendor. PFM has left the door open to award multiple contracts, potentially trialling different technologies across different sites. That’s a tell as far as SEN is concerned – DOJ is clearly testing the market rather than backing a single approach.
The operational problem is straightforward enough – fixed duress points and legacy systems don’t follow officers into dynamic, high-risk situations. Mobile duress changes that, but only if location accuracy, latency and network resilience stack up inside reinforced, RF-hostile environments like prisons.
For suppliers this is less about ticking compliance boxes and more about proving performance under pressure. Coverage across complex buildings, reliable alerting, and integration into existing security and control room workflows will all be under examination before a trial rolls out.
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“DOJ Seeks Mobile Duress Systems For WA Prisons Trial Deployment.”
