Procurement Consulting
Sentinel Consulting Group is completely dedicated to serving the needs of public safety procurement of Hardware & Software Technology, Mobile Command & other specialty vehicles, ALPR, Digital In-Car Video and other equipment. Our staff is all law enforcement professionals, with additional experience on the procurement of technology for the agency itself and also the design, sale and project management of technology to agencies.
"Historically, police agencies have not required the employment of specifically trained technology project managers. Consequently, most COPS funded technology projects have been overseen by sworn personnel who must learn technical project management through trial and error. Grant recipients are encouraged to analyze existing human resources at the onset of the project and provide either training to existing staff or consider outsourcing various project tasks (i.e. consulting or hiring full-time staff)." COPS Fact Sheet, US Dept. of Justice
With budget and federal funds in such high demand, every purchase needs to be well thought out, correctly specified to the needs of the department and there needs to be a methodical and successful implementation. Read more below to see if our services can benefit your agency:
Do any of the following problems exist in your agency?
· Our department is often left out when federal funds are dispersed.
· We are too small to have an IT person dedicated to our agency.
· There is frequent disagreement between our department and purchasing/procurement.
· There is frequent disagreement between our department and the IT staff.
· We are too short staffed to dedicate an officer to manage a technology implementation.
· There is a learning curve for our agency to choose the correct technology for our current and future needs.
Following are some of the many services that we provide individually or as a full life-cycle service:
Buyer Assistance
· Concept brainstorming & Functionality assessment
· Project budgeting
· Product selection & Design assessment
· Specification writing & Bid analysis
· Contract Negotiation
· Pre-construction meetings
Project Management
· Project Tracking
· Inspection & Testing
· Coordinated implementation & training
· Planning & Conceptual Design
· Budgeting/Estimating
· Scheduling & Task Coordination
· Vendor/Client Liaison
