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and location, and total annual jail or program operating expenses
by labor and non-labor cost categories will need to be documented during this task.
Similar operational assessments of jails ranging in size from 500 beds to more than 2,000 have resulted in
statistical data that has proven valuable to command staff in making day-to-day decisions as well as assisting
funding authorities for budgeting and long range planning purposes.
Specific Subtasks will include:
Document Current Operational Practices/ Issues
Document Existing Staff and Operating Costs
Compile Operational Deficiencies
Task 4: Assessment of Existing Facility Physical Conditions
The specific lifespan of a correctional facility is directly impacted by long term maintenance and selection of
specific MEP equipment. In addition, detention facilities are continually operated and occupied by inmates who
often abuse the spaces that they occupy. These factors often lead to a shortened usable lifespan for jail
facilities. The team assembled for this investigation must take all of these factors into account when performing
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a simple General Condition Assessment. Recognizing that building codes and accessibility requirements are
regularly evolving, the team will need to provide a code analysis to determine impacts of future expansions or
renovations to bring things up to current Code requirements.
The DLR Group Team will inspect facilities to document existing conditions and develop the base of information
needed to complete an assessment of standards compliance, best use and future life expectancy of the facility.
The general conditions of major building systems in relation to operational and security requirements will be
documented. The DLR Group Team will need to obtain record drawings from the County (ideally digitized
where available); a 5-year record of utility, repair and maintenance expenditures (separate for annual operating
costs versus capital project expenditures); and be able to interview responsible facility maintenance staff. The
results of this assessment will be used in the development of renovation/ expansion or replacement
recommendations needed to meet the 20-year system capacity projected needs.
Specific Subtasks will include:
Inventory Existing Physical Conditions
Document Current Utilization by Component
Evaluate Facility for Reuse/Adaptation Potential
Develop Existing Conditions Report
Conduct County Workshop #2
Task 5: Prepare Preliminary Report.
This task is where all of the preceding activities and findings are brought together. At the conclusion of Tasks
1-4, the DLR Group team will meet with the Okaloosa County Project Review Committee to present our
preliminary report based on our findings and recommendations to date. The Preliminary Report will be
presented in draft form; and subsequently revised to incorporate client/user group comments. Upon acceptance
of our findings, we will proceed to Task 6. At this point, the projected needs and available resources will be
presented, as well as an initial discussion of potential strategies to address those needs.
Specific Subtasks will include:
Define Projected Needs
Review Available Resources
Perform Shortfall Analysis
Outline Strategies for a Solution
Conduct Workshop Session #2
Task 6: Identify Future Facility Solutions
In general, corrections system master planning can be reduced to a “simple equation”: determining your
projected facility needs, identifying how existing resources can or cannot be used to meet these needs, and
translating the “shortfall” into a rank-ordered capital and operational plan for the development of new and/or
renovated facilities. It is not just about numbers – it’s about facilities in service of mission, operations, and
treatment.
The operational requirements, space standards and functional adjacencies will be translated into a preliminary
building program that will define macro space needs for inmate housing and requisite support and inmate
program services for the facilities up through 2026. At this stage in the process, security levels, classification
designations, housing unit sizes and management approaches (such as Direct Supervision) will be determined.
The operational and architectural program will be developed defining the jails needs for the phased needs over
time. We will define the spatial needs applying national and other pertinent standards to address both the
short-term and long-term deficiencies of the correctional facility based on the population planning horizons
defined above. These macro space needs will be utilized for the capital cost estimates.
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Another major aspect at this stage is evaluating what can be done on the existing site and/or other potential
sites in the County. This task will produce objective evaluation of the existing site location and a new site in
terms of development potential and relative opportunities and constraints for each site. The new site will be
addressed as a “prototypical” configuration in which required areas for the buildings, stormwater, parking,
loading docks, fire department access, and future expansion will be identified. If the County decides to
implement a new facility on a new site then the criteria for site selection will have been established with the
prototype configuration.
Working with the County and Corrections Department staff, we will develop facility configurations and site
development concepts for options under consideration through 2036, paying special attention to the following
criteria:
Operational and Space Requirements
Area Efficiency and Adjacency
Security
Staffing Efficiencies
Minimizing Facility Manpower and Staffing
Public and Staff Circulation
Support Services
Environmental Concerns
Life Safety Issues
Construction Costs
Energy Considerations
Operating Costs
Flexibility, Phasing and Potential for a Future Jail Expansion Program
Specific Subtasks will include:
Develop Operational and Architectural Program
Evaluate Potential New Sites (2) for Development
Evaluate Existing Site Expansion Options
Recommendations for Reuse/Adaption of Facilities
Develop Options for Consideration
Task 7: Prepare Budget Projections.
The results of previous tasks will provide an opportunity to consider the pros and cons and general magnitude
of cost estimated for meeting the projected capacity needs of either: (1) a status quo 20-year inmate population
growth projection, or (2) a lower facility capacity option based on the addition or expansion of certain criminal
process improvements and/or non-incarceration offender management supervision mechanisms. The DLR
Group Team will develop written narrative summaries of both facilities capacity options and any recommended
system diversion or process option(s) being considered. Any system and procedural offender management
changes recommended will be described with estimates of approximate annual operating cost impacts, plus the
approximate capital project cost for any new or expanded facility capacity in present value dollars.
We will also develop a preliminary staffing plan based on the full build out of the program. We will delineate all
posts for all staff including correctional and non-correctional personnel; we will use the current net annual work
hour information from Corrections to develop the staff coverage plan by shift. We will apply average salaries
and benefits to come up with a projected staffing budget and then add in non-personnel costs to arrive at an
overall operating budget.
This task will also incorporate a description of any temporary and/or interim facility modifications that may need
to be made during the construction phase. It is essential that the Jail remains operative during renovation or
new construction. We will make recommendations as to a phased construction schedule, housing relocation
possibilities, or any other measures that may be required to ensure ongoing operations during the construction
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phase. The capital cost estimates will be based on the macro space requirements developed in Task 6. We
will obtain data on local building costs, and develop a gross cost per square foot capital cost projection. These
gross cost estimates will give the County a basis for developing its three, five and ten-year capital budget
program.
Specific Subtasks will include:
Develop Staffing Plan and Operating Costs
Develop Capital and Operating Budgets for Phased Approach
Develop Schedule based upon Phased Approach
Task 8: Final Report.
The RFP requires completion of the report within 120 days of notice to proceed. We understand that the data
provided in these reports is utilized as basis of future capital plans and therefore needs to align with pre-
established budgeting timelines. In order to accomplish the tasks defined above within a specified timeline, a
detailed implementation schedule will be created to ensure all parties involved in the master planning process
understand when data collection is needed, when attendance is required for workshops, and when review of
information is essential.
A major element will be presentation of options for consideration and evaluating their pros/cons in concert with
the Project Review Committee (Workshop #3). The preferred option from evaluation of various options will
form the basis for the Final Report.
A draft of Tasks 1-7 findings and recommendations will be consolidated and submitted to the County in a draft
Final Report for distribution to the County Commissioners for review and comment. The project team will then
meet with the Commissioners for Board presentations to address the master plan recommendations.
Specific Subtasks will include:
Prepare Draft Report
Conduct County Workshop #3
Finalize Report with Comments from County Staff
Issue Final Report
Exclusions:
The following items are specific exclusions from our scope services to be provided for the update to the Master
Plan:
• Environmental analysis of the existing site or any proposed sites.
• Surveys of existing site or any proposed sites.
• Engineering analysis of existing building mechanical, electrical, plumbing, or security electronics
systems including lifespan predictions.
• Hazardous material identification, remediation, or removal including mold, mildew, and asbestos.
Special Note:
• It is assumed that all criminal justice system and inmate information in our data request is readily
available from the County. On site work by the DLR Group team to generate this required information
will trigger additional costs to do so.
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Proposed Schedule:
The attached Proposed Schedule for completion of the 2006 Master Plan Update for Okaloosa County
Department of Corrections is contingent upon timely receipt of data needed for in-custody inmate projections
and relative availability of relevant information for any new site(s) to be evaluated.
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