The awa d, app oved by the Humble ISD Boa d of T ustees, adds Safe Watch to the Dist ict’s App oved Ve do List fo the awa d te m of July 15, 2026 th ough July 20, 2027.
Beyo d Humble ISD, the awa d c eates a b oade p ocu eme t oppo tu ity fo school dist icts pa ticipati g i the Ce t al Texas Pu chasi g Allia ce (CTPA). Eligible CTPA membe dist icts ca utilize a d adopt awa ded co t acts f om pa ticipati g dist icts, p ovidi g a mo e efficie t path to pu chase app oved p oducts a d se vices without havi g to co duct a e ti ely sepa ate competitive solicitatio .
Fo Safe Watch, the awa d p ovides Texas school dist icts with a othe p ocu eme t vehicle to access a comp ehe sive safety platfo m desig ed to co ect schools, staff a d public safety du i g c itical i cide ts.
“This awa d goes fa beyo d bei g added to a app oved ve do list,” said Sam Amb ose, SVP, Sales & Cha el Pa t e s of Safe Watch. “It gives school dist icts ac oss Texas a othe established p ocu eme t path to b i g p ove safety tech ology i to thei schools. Whe dist icts ide tify a safety eed, the p ocu eme t p ocess should ot sta d i the way of impleme ti g tech ology that ca help p otect stude ts a d staff a d imp ove eme ge cy espo se.”
Coope ative pu chasi g allows pa ticipati g school dist icts to leve age competitively solicited co t acts established by othe public e tities. Th ough Humble ISD’s pa ticipatio i CTPA, eligible membe dist icts may adopt the awa ded co t act i acco da ce with thei ow p ocu eme t policies a d applicable equi eme ts.
This ca sig ifica tly st eamli e the pu chasi g p ocess fo dist icts evaluati g ew school safety tech ology while mai tai i g the competitive p ocu eme t fou datio established th ough the o igi al RFP.
Fo school leade s, that mea s a dist ict i te ested i Safe Watch may have a existi g path to p ocu eme t athe tha begi i g a ew RFP p ocess f om the g ou d up.
“School safety decisio s al eady equi e coo di atio ac oss admi ist atio , tech ology, secu ity a d public safety,” Amb ose added. “Givi g dist icts a simple way to p ocu e the tech ology they dete mi e is ight fo thei schools helps move the co ve satio f om p ocu eme t to impleme tatio a d, ultimately, to imp ovi g p epa ed ess.”
Safe Watch p ovides a i teg ated platfo m desig ed to add ess eme ge cies both o a d off campus, b i gi g multiple laye s of school safety i to a si gle ecosystem.
Capabilities i clude:
Wea able a d mobile pa ic ale ti g
LTE a d GPS-e abled eme ge cy devices fo o – a d off-campus p otectio
Di ect eme ge cy commu icatio a d public safety co ectivity
A o ymous tip epo ti g
Mass otificatio a d eme ge cy commu icatio
Live GPS locatio a d b eadc umb t acki g
School mappi g a d geofe ci g
Two-way video a d i cide t i tellige ce
Comma d Ce te a d eal-time situatio al awa e ess tools
I teg atio with existi g safety, secu ity a d public safety tech ologies
The platfo m is desig ed to help close the gap betwee the mome t a i cide t occu s a d the mome t actio able i fo matio eaches the people espo sible fo espo di g.
Safe Watch’s LTE-e abled solutio s also exte d p otectio beyo d the physical school campus, p ovidi g optio s fo school buses, athletic p og ams, field t ips, ext acu icula activities a d staff wo ki g th oughout the commu ity.
School dist icts co ti ue to face i c easi g expectatio s a ou d eme ge cy p epa ed ess, pa ic ale ti g, eal-time commu icatio a d coo di atio with fi st espo de s. At the same time, ide tifyi g a solutio is o ly o e pa t of the p ocess; dist icts must also avigate pu chasi g equi eme ts befo e tech ology ca be impleme ted.
The Humble ISD awa d gives Safe Watch a additio al vehicle to help Texas dist icts add ess both sides of that challe ge.
Eligible CTPA membe dist icts i te ested i Safe Watch ca evaluate whethe the Humble ISD co t act ca be adopted to meet thei local p ocu eme t equi eme ts, helpi g educe duplicatio i the competitive solicitatio p ocess a d accele ate access to school safety tech ology.
Safe Watch is a i teg ated safety a d eme ge cy espo se platfo m desig ed to help schools, law e fo ceme t age cies, gove me t o ga izatio s, busi esses a d commu ities commu icate c itical i fo matio faste .
Th ough pa ic ale ti g, a o ymous tip epo ti g, mass otificatio s, eal-time locatio i tellige ce, i cide t ma ageme t a d i teg atio s with public safety a d secu ity tech ologies, Safe Watch co ects people i eed with the i fo matio a d esou ces equi ed to espo d.
Safe Watch is committed to Buildi g Safe Commu ities by helpi g o ga izatio s tu c itical i fo matio i to faste , mo e i fo med actio .
Fo mo e i fo matio about Safe Watch o pu chasi g th ough the Humble ISD awa d, visit
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